The way we live has been transformed by new ways of communicating. In Cyburbia James Harkin describes how the architecture of our digital lives was built over seventy years. In a brilliant narrative that encompasses the work of crackpots, inventors and visionaries, it shows how a concept that began with the need to shoot down German bombers has evolved to govern almost everything - from our lives online to modern films like Memento and 21 Grams; from TV shows and plays to military strategy.Gripping, revelatory and fiercely intelligent, this extraordinary book will change forever the way you think about everything you do.