Neil Gross

Neil Louis Gross (born June 1, 1971) is an American sociologist. He is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology and chair of the department of sociology at Colby College, and also a visiting scholar at New York University's Institute for Public Knowledge. Quotes In the next century, planet earth will don an electronic skin. It will use the Internet as a scaffold to support and transmit its sensations. This skin is already being stitched together. It consists of millions of embedded electronic measuring devices: thermostats, pressure gauges, pollution detectors, cameras, microphones, glucose sensors, EKGs, electroencephalographs. These will probe and monitor cities and endangered species, the atmosphere, our ships, highways and fleets of trucks, our conversations, our bodies — even our dreams. "The Earth will Don an Electronic Skin", bloomberg.com (August 30, 1999) External links Category:1971 births Category:Living people Category:Sociologists from the United States Category:Harvard University faculty