Here is a great example of the online resources available on the Web. There are many books that have been presented entirely online and for free. This book in particular is a modern American classic.

 
Here is an interesting article written by the great philosopher Gilles Deleuze. It shows that identity is split within a structure of language between the subject that speaks and the subject that is spoken about. It shows how there exists multiplicities within something that appears unified.

 
Here is a case where distributed information in a network can be immediately useful. A person who cheated people out of computers was caught by the victims who were able to communicate and link to each other. This can be called an ad hoc community of purpose and is emergent behavior.

 
The use of grid computing such as Seti@home uses the unused memory of personal computers to make calculations like a supercomputer. This is a new method that employs the grid procedure of a network with peer to peer filesharing to make a better system that is more effective and distributed.