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I Live in the Future and Here's How It Works: How New Media Is Creatively Disrupting Your World, Work, and Brain
by Nick BiltonExploring how the Internet is creating a new type of consumer, Bilton's book captures the zeitgeist of an emerging age, providing the understanding of how a radically changed media world is influencing human behavior.
Windows 98/Me Para Todos
by Jaime Restrepo¿Sabe cómo más o menos usar las computadoras, pero no sabe cómo sacarle provecho a todo lo que ofrece el sistema operativo Windows® 98/Me?¿No sabe cómo usar el teclado para poder escribir en español más fácilmente?¿No entiende la terminología de lengua inglesa que se usa en la computación?¿Quiere usar el programa Windows® 98/Me para obtener archivos cibernéticos, pero no sabe cómo hacerlo?¿Sabe ya cómo entrar en el Internet pero le cuesta trabajo encontrar todo lo que ofrece?Escrito en español para los hispanoparlantes y con ilustraciones detalladas, Windows® 98/Me para todos es un recurso imprescindible que esclarece todos los pormenores que se necesita saber para usar el sistema operativo de computación más popular del mundo de forma eficaz, ya sea para uso personal, para hacer compras, en el trabajo, para desarrollar un negocio, o para pasar el tiempo.Paso a paso, Windows® 98/Me para todos abarca todo sobre el uso de todas las funciones y las opciones que ofrece Windows® 98/Me: > cómo instalar los programas que funcionan con Windows® 98/Me > cómo usar los CD-ROM y tocar los CD de música grabada> cómo trabajar con los LAN o redes locales. Además, el autor explica el vocabulario inglés que domina la computación al presentarlo de una manera comprensible para cualquiera que no se sienta cómodo con ese idioma. Windows® 98/Me para todos también incluye un útil glosario de terminología de computadoras de interés para los hispanos.En Windows® 98/Me para todos, Jaime Restrepo le abre a la familia hispana la puerta al mundo de la informática, educación, negocios y diversión.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Internet para todos: Aprenda Todo Lo Que Usted Necesita Saber Acerca Del Internet!
by Jaime Restrepo¡Aprenda todo lo que usted necesita saber acerca del Internet!Cómo utilizar los navegadores más populares: Internet Explorer, Safari, NetscapeCómo funciona el correo electrónico, incluyendo los programas MS Outlook® y Hotmail Cómo usar el mensajero instantáneo, inclusive para hacer llamadas por el Internet
Internet para todos
by Jaime A. Restrepo"Con Internet para todos, dar el primer paso para adentrarse en el mundo de las computadoras no es mas difícil que aprender a montar en bicicleta. Una vez que usted pierda el temor inicial a usarlo, el maravilloso universo del Internet estará a su alcance. " --Enrique Gonzales, Director, Hispanic Online (www. hisp. com) Usando este libro aprenderá todo lo necesario para usar el Internet: Cómo usar los navegadores Cómo usar el correo electrónico Cómo crear una página personal o "home page" Cómo bajar programas del Internet a su disco duro Con ilustraciones detalladas, un glosario de terminología de computadoras, y una lista de lugares del Web para hispanoparlantes, este as el úníco libro que usted necesitará. Deje que, con ilustraciones pormenorizadas, sea su guía mientras explora esta maravillosa tecnología llamada el Internet.
Computadoras para todos: Quinta Edicion, Revisada Y Actualizada (Vintage Espanol Ser.)
by Jaime Restrepo¡Conozca a fondo su computadora y todo lo que puede hacer con ella!¿Necesita saber usar las computadoras para mejorar su empleo y nivel de vida, pero no sabe por dónde empezar?¿No entiende la terminología de lengua inglesa que se usa en la computación?¿Quiere comunicarse con sus amigos y su pas de origen por correo electrónico o por llamadas telefónicas por Internet pero no sabe cómo hacerlo?¿Sabe ya cómo entrar en el Internet pero le cuesta trabajo aprovecharse de todo lo que ofrece?Computadoras para todos, 2 a edición es su entrada al mundo de la informática, educación, negocios y diversión para la familia hispana. Jaime Restrepo le brinda al lectortanto el principiante como el más conocedorla guía más práctica y actualizada para aquel que quisiera saber lo que es una computadora, cómo funciona, y cómo usarla y sacarle provecho.En esta edición actualizada, Computadoras para todos, 2 a edición le enseña lo ltimo en:Cómo usar los sistemas operativos Microsoft® Windows® 98/Me, 2000 y XP, y las ventajas de cada unoCómo funciona el programa de computación Microsoft® Office 2003, incluyendo los programas Word®, Excel® y PowerPoint®Cómo utilizar los navegadores más populares: Internet Explorer y SafariCómo enviar y recibir correo electrónico mediante los programas Microsoft® Outlook® y HotmailCómo utilizar el programa de mensajero instantáneo Windows Messenger para realizar llamadas gratis a cualquier parte del mundoAdemás, el autor esclarece el vocabulario de lengua inglesa que domina la computación al presentarlo de una manera comprensible para cualquiera que no se siente cómodo con ese idioma. Escrito para el público hispanoparlante y con ilustraciones detalladas, Computadoras para todos, 2 a edición es un recurso imprescindible que esclarece todos los pormenores que se necesita saber para usar todos los componentes de una computadora de forma eficaz.
Computadoras para todos
by Jaime Restrepo¡Conozca a fondo su computadora y todo lo que puede hacer con ella! ¿Necesita saber usar las computadoras para mejorar su empleo y nivel de vida, pero no sabe por dónde empezar? ¿No entiende la terminología de lengua inglesa que se usa en la computación? ¿Quiere comunicarse con sus amigos y su pa’s de origen por correo electrónico o por llamadas telefónicas por Internet pero no sabe cómo hacerlo? ¿Sabe ya cómo entrar en el Internet pero le cuesta trabajo aprovecharse de todo lo que ofrece? Computadoras para todos, 2 a ediciónes su entrada al mundo de la informática, educación, negocios y diversión para la familia hispana. Jaime Restrepo le brinda al lector—tanto el principiante como el más conocedor—la guía más práctica y actualizada para aquel que quisiera saber lo que es una computadora, cómo funciona, y cómo usarla y sacarle provecho. En esta edición actualizada,Computadoras para todos, 2 a ediciónle enseña lo œltimo en: Cómo usar los sistemas operativos Microsoft® Windows® 98/Me, 2000 y XP, y las ventajas de cada uno Cómo funciona el programa de computación Microsoft® Office 2003, incluyendo los programas Word®, Excel® y PowerPoint® Cómo utilizar los navegadores más populares: Internet Explorer y Safari Cómo enviar y recibir correo electrónico mediante los programas Microsoft® Outlook® y Hotmail Cómo utilizar el programa de mensajero instantáneo Windows Messenger para realizar llamadas gratis a cualquier parte del mundo Además, el autor esclarece el vocabulario de lengua inglesa que domina la computación al presentarlo de una manera comprensible para cualquiera que no se siente cómodo con ese idioma. Escrito para el público hispanoparlante y con ilustraciones detalladas,Computadoras para todos, 2 a ediciónes un recurso imprescindible que esclarece todos los pormenores que se necesita saber para usar todos los componentes de una computadora de forma eficaz. From the Trade Paperback edition.
All Your Base Are Belong to Us: How Fifty Years of Video Games Conquered Pop Culture
by Harold GoldbergThrough the stories of gaming's greatest innovations and most beloved creations, journalist Harold Goldberg captures the creativity, controversy--and passion--behind the videogame's meteoric rise to the top of the pop-culture pantheon. Over the last fifty years, video games have grown from curiosities to fads to trends to one of the world's most popular forms of mass entertainment. But as the gaming industry grows in numerous directions and everyone talks about the advance of the moment, few explore and seek to understand the forces behind this profound evolution. How did we get from Space Invaders to Grand Theft Auto? How exactly did gaming become a $50 billion industry and a dominant pop culture form? What are the stories, the people, the innovations, and the fascinations behind this incredible growth?Through extensive interviews with gaming's greatest innovators, both its icons and those unfairly forgotten by history, All Your Base Are Belong To Us sets out to answer these questions, exposing the creativity, odd theories--and passion--behind the twenty-first century's fastest-growing medium.Go inside the creation of: Grand Theft Auto * World of Warcraft * Bioshock * Kings Quest * Bejeweled * Madden Football * Super Mario Brothers * Myst * Pong * Donkey Kong * Crash Bandicoot * The 7th Guest * Tetris * Shadow Complex * Everquest * The Sims * And many more!
Say Everything: How Blogging Began, What It's Becoming, And Why It Matters
by Scott RosenbergThe author of "Dreaming in Code" examines the new species of written conversation--blogs--and explores the dilemmas that still face this new medium, from privacy and self-expression to authority and community.
Rapture for the Geeks: When AI Outsmarts IQ
by Richard DoolingWill the Geeks inherit the earth? If computers become twice as fast and twice as capable every two years, how long is it before they're as intelligent as humans? More intelligent? And then in two more years, twice as intelligent? How long before you won't be able to tell if you are texting a person or an especially ingenious chatterbot program designed to simulate intelligent human conversation? According to Richard Dooling in Rapture for the Geeks--maybe not that long. It took humans millions of years to develop opposable thumbs (which we now use to build computers), but computers go from megabytes to gigabytes in five years; from the invention of the PC to the Internet in less than fifteen. At the accelerating rate of technological development, AI should surpass IQ in the next seven to thirty-seven years (depending on who you ask). We are sluggish biological sorcerers, but we've managed to create whiz-bang machines that are evolving much faster than we are. In this fascinating, entertaining, and illuminating book, Dooling looks at what some of the greatest minds have to say about our role in a future in which technology rapidly leaves us in the dust. As Dooling writes, comparing human evolution to technological evolution is "worse than apples and oranges: It's appliances versus orangutans. " Is the era of Singularity, when machines outthink humans, almost upon us? Will we be enslaved by our supercomputer overlords, as many a sci-fi writer has wondered? Or will humans live lives of leisure with computers doing all the heavy lifting? With antic wit, fearless prescience, and common sense, Dooling provocatively examines nothing less than what it means to be human in what he playfully calls the age of b. s. (before Singularity)--and what life will be like when we are no longer alone with Mother Nature at Darwin's card table. Are computers thinking and feeling if they can mimic human speech and emotions? Does processing capability equal consciousness? What happens to our quaint beliefs about God when we're all worshipping technology? What if the human compulsion to create ever more capable machines ultimately leads to our own extinction? Will human ingenuity and faith ultimately prevail over our technological obsessions? Dooling hopes so, and his cautionary glimpses into the future are the best medicine to restore our humanity.
The Chip: How Two Americans Invented the Microchip and Launched a Revolution
by T. R. ReidBarely fifty years ago a computer was a gargantuan, vastly expensive thing that only a handful of scientists had ever seen. The world's brightest engineers were stymied in their quest to make these machines small and affordable until the solution finally came from two ingenious young Americans. Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce hit upon the stunning discovery that would make possible the silicon microchip, a work that would ultimately earn Kilby the Nobel Prize for physics in 2000. In this completely revised and updated edition of The Chip, T. R. Reid tells the gripping adventure story of their invention and of its growth into a global information industry. This is the story of how the digital age began.
Dark Age Ahead
by Jane JacobsIn this indispensable book, urban visionary Jane Jacobs--renowned author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities and The Economy of Cities--convincingly argues that as agrarianism gives way to a technology-based future, we stand on the brink of a new dark age, a period of cultural collapse. Jacobs pinpoints five pillars of our culture that are in serious decay: community and family; higher education; the effective practice of science; taxation, and government; and the self-regulation of the learned professions. The corrosion of these pillars, Jacobs argues, is linked to societal ills such as environmental crisis, racism, and the growing gulf between rich and poor. But this is a hopeful book as well as a warning. Drawing on her vast frame of reference-from fifteenth-century Chinese shipbuilding to Ireland's cultural rebirth-Jacobs suggests how the cycles of decay can be arrested and our way of life renewed. Invigorating and accessible, Dark Age Ahead is not only the crowning achievement of Jane Jacobs' career, but one of the most important works of our time.From the Trade Paperback edition.
The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington
by David Sirota[From the book jacket] An All-Access Pass to the Populist Insurrection Brewing Across the Country Job outsourcing. Perpetual busy signals at government agencies. Slashed paychecks. Stolen elections. A war without end, fatally mismanaged. Ordinary Americans on both the Right and Left are tired of being disenfranchised by corrupt politicians of both parties and are organizing to change the status quo. In his invigorating new book, David Sirota investigates whether this uprising can be transformed into a unified, lasting political movement. Throughout the course of American history, uprisings like the one we are seeing now have given birth to powerful movements to end wars, protect workers, and expand civil rights, so the prospect of today's uprising turning into a full- fledged populist movement terrifies Wall Street and Washington. In The Uprising, Sirota takes us far from the national media spotlight into the trenches where real change is happening - from the headquarters of the most powerful third party in America to the bowels of the U.S. Senate; from the auditorium of an ExxonMobil shareholder meeting to the quasi-military staging area of a vigilante force on the Mexican border. This is vital, on-the-ground reporting that immerses us in the tumultuous give-and-take of politics at its most personal. Sirota also offers a biting critique of our politics. He shows how the uprising is, at its core, a reaction to faux "bipartisanship" in the nation's capital - the "bipartisanship" whereby Republican and Democratic lawmakers join together in putting the agenda of corporate interests above all those of ordinary citizens. Ultimately, Sirota reminds us that the Declaration of Independence, "America's original uprising manifesto," says that governments "derive their powers from the consent of the governed." Irreverent and insightful, The Uprising shows how the governed have stopped consenting and have started taking action.
Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software
by Scott RosenbergOur civilization runs on software. Yet the art of creating it continues to be a dark mystery, even to the experts. To find out why it's so hard to bend computers to our will, Scott Rosenberg spent three years following a team of maverick software developers--led by Lotus 1-2-3 creator Mitch Kapor--designing a novel personal information manager meant to challenge market leader Microsoft Outlook. Their story takes us through a maze of abrupt dead ends and exhilarating breakthroughs as they wrestle not only with the abstraction of code, but with the unpredictability of human behavior-- especially their own.
The People's Platform
by Astra TaylorFrom a cutting-edge cultural commentator and documentary filmmaker, a bold and brilliant challenge to cherished notions of the Internet as the great democratizing force of our age. The Internet has been hailed as a place where all can be heard and everyone can participate equally. But how true is this claim? In a seminal dismantling of techno-utopian visions, The People's Platform argues that for all that we "tweet" and "like" and "share," the Internet in fact reflects and amplifies real-world inequities at least as much as it ameliorates them. Online, just as off-line, attention and influence largely accrue to those who already have plenty of both. What we have seen in the virtual world so far, Astra Taylor says, has been not a revolution but a rearrangement. Although Silicon Valley tycoons have eclipsed Hollywood moguls, a handful of giants like Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook still dominate our lives. And the worst habits of the old media model--the pressure to be quick and sensational, to seek easy celebrity, to appeal to the broadest possible public--have proliferated online, where every click can be measured and where "aggregating" the work of others is the surest way to attract eyeballs and ad revenue. In a world where culture is "free," creative work has diminishing value, and advertising fuels the system, the new order looks suspiciously just like the old one. We can do better, Taylor insists. The online world does offer an unprecedented opportunity, but a democratic culture that supports diverse voices, work of lasting value, and equitable business practices will not appear as a consequence of technology alone. If we want the Internet to truly be a people's platform, we will have to make it so.
Innovation: The Five Disciplines for Creating What Customers Want
by William W. Wilmot Curtis R. CarlsonNothing is more important to business success than innovation ... And here's what you can do about it on Monday morning with the definitive how-to book from the world's leading authority on innovation. When it comes to innovation, Curt Carlson and Bill Wilmot of SRI International know what they are talking about--literally. SRI has pioneered innovations that day in and day out are part of the fabric of your life, such as: *The computer mouse and the personal computer interface you use at home and work *The high-definition television in your living room *The unusual numbers at the bottom of your checks that enable your bank to maintain your account balance correctly *The speech-recognition system used by your financial services firm when you call for your account balance or to make a transaction. Each of these innovations--and literally hundreds of others--created new value for customers. And that's the central message of this book. Innovation is not about inventing clever gadgets or just "creativity." It is the successful creation and delivery of a new or improved product or service that provides value for your customer and sustained profit for your organization. The first black-and-white television, for example, was just an interesting, cool invention until David Sarnoff created an innovation--a network--that delivered programming to an audience. The genius of this book is that it provides the "how" of innovation. It makes innovation practical by getting two groups who are often disconnected--the managers who make decisions and the people on the front lines who create the innovations--onto the same page. Instead of smart people grousing about the executive suite not recognizing a good idea if they tripped over it and the folks on the top floor wondering whether the people doing the complaining have an understanding of market realities, Carlson and Wilmot's five disciplines of innovation focus attention where it should be: on the creation of valuable new products and services that meet customer needs. Innovation is not just for the "lone genius in the garage" but for you and everyone in your enterprise. Carlson and Wilmot provide a systematic way to make innovation practical, one intimately tied to the way things get done in your business. Teamwork isn't enough; Creativity isn't enough; A new product idea isn't enough; True innovation is about delivering value to customers. Innovation reveals the value-creating processes used by SRI International, the organization behind the computer mouse, robotic surgery, and the domain names .com, .org, and .gov. Curt Carlson and Bill Wilmot show you how to use these practical, tested processes to create great customer value for your organization.
Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home
by David Shipley Will SchwalbeThe hows and whys of using email, and how to communicate effectively.
Outrage Machine: How Tech Amplifies Discontent, Disrupts Democracy—And What We Can Do About It
by Tobias Rose-StockwellAmazon's Best History Book of the Month for July 2023An invaluable guide to understanding how the internet has broken our brains—and what we can do to fix it. The original internet was not designed to make us upset, distracted, confused, and outraged. But something unexpected happened at the turn of the last decade, when a handful of small features were quietly launched at social media companies with little fanfare. Together, they triggered a cascading set of dramatic changes to how media, politics, and society itself operate—inadvertently creating an Outrage Machine we cannot ignore. Author, designer, and media researcher Tobias Rose-Stockwell shares the defining shifts caused by these technologies, and how they have ignited a society-wide crisis of trust. Drawing from cutting-edge research and vivid personal anecdotes, Rose-Stockwell illustrates how social media has bound us to an unprecedented system of public performance, training us to react rather than reflect, and attack rather than debate.Outrage Machine reveals the triggers and tactics used to exploit our anger, unpacking how these tools hack our deep tribal instincts and psychological vulnerabilities, and how they have become opportunistic platforms for authoritarians and a threat to democratic norms everywhere. But this book is not just about the problem. In a story spanning continents and generations, Rose-Stockwell explores how every new media technology disrupts our ability to make sense of the world, from the printing press to the telegraph, from radio to television. Outrage Machine situates social media within a historical cycle of confusion, violence, and emerging tolerance. Using clear language and powerful illustrations, this book reveals the magnitude of the challenges we face, while offering realistic solutions and a promising pathway out.
Dot Con: The Art of Scamming a Scammer
by James VeitchFrom viral comedy sensation James Veitch (as seen on TED, Conan, and The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon) comes a collection of laugh-out-loud funny exchanges with email scammers.The Nigerian prince eager to fork over his inheritance, the family friend stranded unexpectedly in Norway, the lonely Russian beauty looking for love . . . they spam our inboxes with their hapless pleas for help, money, and your social security number. In Dot Con, Veitch finally answers the question: what would happen if you replied?Suspicious emails pop up in our inboxes and our first instinct is to delete unopened. But what if you responded to the deposed princess begging for money in your Gmail? Veitch dives into the underbelly of our absurd email scam culture, playing the scammers at their own game, and these are the surprising, bizarre, and hilarious results.
Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy
by Talia LavinA HARROWING JOURNEY INTO THE HEART OF WHITE SUPREMACY <P><P>Talia Lavin is every skinhead's worst nightmare: a loud and unapologetic Jewish woman, acerbic, smart, and profoundly antiracist, with the investigative chops to expose the tactics and ideologies of online hatemongers. Culture Warlords is the story of how Lavin, a frequent target of extremist trolls (including those at Fox News), dove into a byzantine online culture of hate and learned the intricacies of how white supremacy proliferates online. Within these pages, she reveals the extremists hiding in plain sight online: Incels. White nationalists. White supremacists. National Socialists. Proud Boys. Christian extremists. <P><P>In order to showcase them in their natural habitat, Talia assumes a range of identities, going undercover as a blonde Nazi babe, a forlorn incel, and a violent Aryan femme fatale. Along the way, she discovers a whites-only dating site geared toward racists looking for love, a disturbing extremist YouTube channel run by a fourteen-year-old girl with over 800,000 followers, the everyday heroes of the antifascist movement, and much more. <P><P>By combining compelling stories chock-full of catfishing and gate-crashing with her own in-depth, gut-wrenching research, she also turns the lens of anti-Semitism, racism, and white power back on itself in an attempt to dismantle and decimate the online hate movement from within. Shocking, humorous, and merciless in equal measure, Culture Warlords explores some of the vilest subcultures on the Web-and shows us how we can fight back.
The Algorithm: How AI Decides Who Gets Hired, Monitored, Promoted, and Fired and Why We Need to Fight Back Now
by Hilke SchellmannBased on exclusive information from whistleblowers, internal documents, and real world test results, Emmy‑award winning Wall Street Journal contributor Hilke Schellmann delivers a shocking and illuminating expose on the next civil rights issue of our time: how AI has already taken over the workplace and shapes our future. Hilke Schellmann, is an Emmy‑award winning investigative reporter, Wall Street Journal and Guardian contributor and Journalism Professor at NYU. In The Algorithm, she investigates the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) in the world of work. AI is now being used to decide who has access to an education, who gets hired, who gets fired, and who receives a promotion. Drawing on exclusive information from whistleblowers, internal documents and real‑world tests, Schellmann discovers that many of the algorithms making high‑stakes decisions are biased, racist, and do more harm than good. Algorithms are on the brink of dominating our lives and threaten our human future—if we don't fight back. Schellmann takes readers on a journalistic detective story testing algorithms that have secretly analyzed job candidates' facial expressions and tone of voice. She investigates algorithms that scan our online activity including Twitter and LinkedIn to construct personality profiles à la Cambridge Analytica. Her reporting reveals how employers track the location of their employees, the keystrokes they make, access everything on their screens and, during meetings, analyze group discussions to diagnose problems in a team. Even universities are now using predictive analytics for admission offers and financial aid.
The Mobile Wave: How Mobile Intelligence Will Change Everything
by Michael SaylorIn the tradition of international bestsellers, Future Shock and Megatrends, Michael J. Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy, brings The Mobile Wave, a ground-breaking analysis of the impact of mobile intelligence--the fifth wave of computer technology. The Mobile Wave argues that the changes brought by mobile computing are so big and widespread that it's impossible for us to see it all, even though we are all immersed in it. Saylor explains that the current generation of mobile smart phones and tablet computers has set the stage to become the universal computing platform for the world. In the hands of billions of people and accessible anywhere and anytime, mobile computers are poised to become an appendage of the human being and an essential tool for modern life. With the perspective of a historian, the precision of a technologist, and the pragmatism of a CEO, Saylor provides a panoramic view of the future mobile world. He describes how: A Harvard education will be available to anyone with the touch of a screen. Cash will become virtual software and crime proof. Cars, homes, fruit, animals, and more will be "tagged" so they can tell you about themselves. Buying an item will be as easy as pointing our mobile device to scan and pay. Land and capital will become more of a liability than an asset. Social mobile media will push all businesses to think and act like software companies. Employment will shift as more service-oriented jobs are automated by mobile software. Products, businesses, industries, economies, and even society will be altered forever as the Mobile wave washes over us and changes the landscape. With so much change, The Mobile Wave is a guidebook for individuals, business leaders, and public figures who must navigate the new terrain as mobile intelligence changes everything.
The End of Money: Counterfeiters, Preachers, Techies, Dreamers--and the Coming Cashless Society
by David WolmanFor ages, money has meant little metal disks and rectangular slips of paper. Yet the usefulness of physical money--to say nothing of its value--is coming under fire as never before. Intrigued by the distinct possibility that cash will soon disappear, author and Wired contributing editor David Wolman sets out to investigate the future of money...and how it will affect your wallet. Wolman begins his journey by deciding to shun cash for an entire year--a surprisingly successful experiment (with a couple of notable exceptions). He then ventures forth to find people and technologies that illuminate the road ahead. In Honolulu, he drinks Mai Tais with Bernard von NotHaus, a convicted counterfeiter and alternative-currency evangelist whom government prosecutors have labeled a domestic terrorist. In Tokyo, he sneaks a peek at the latest anti-counterfeiting wizardry, while puzzling over the fact that banknote forgers depend on society's addiction to cash. In a downtrodden Oregon town, he mingles with obsessive coin collectors--the people who are supposed to love cash the most, yet don't. And in rural Georgia, he examines why some people feel the end of cash is Armageddon's warm-up act. After stops at the Digital Money Forum in London and Iceland's central bank, Wolman flies to Delhi, where he sees first-hand how cash penalizes the poor more than anyone--and how mobile technologies promise to change that. Told with verve and wit, The End of Money explores an aspect of our daily lives so fundamental that we rarely stop to think about it. You'll never look at a dollar bill the same again.
Always On
by Brian ChenAn intriguing, definitive analysis of technology's current all-in-one revolution, and a serious reflection on the social implications of an always on society.
As If Human: Ethics and Artificial Intelligence
by Nigel Shadbolt Roger HampsonA new approach to the challenges surrounding artificial intelligence that argues for assessing AI actions as if they came from a human being Intelligent machines present us every day with urgent ethical challenges. Is the facial recognition software used by an agency fair? When algorithms determine questions of justice, finance, health, and defense, are the decisions proportionate, equitable, transparent, and accountable? How do we harness this extraordinary technology to empower rather than oppress? Despite increasingly sophisticated programming, artificial intelligences share none of our essential human characteristics—sentience, physical sensation, emotional responsiveness, versatile general intelligence. However, Nigel Shadbolt and Roger Hampson argue, if we assess AI decisions, products, and calls for action as if they came from a human being, we can avert a disastrous and amoral future. The authors go beyond the headlines about rampant robots to apply established moral principles in shaping our AI future. Their new framework constitutes a how-to for building a more ethical machine intelligence.
The Private Is Political: Networked Privacy and Social Media
by Alice E. MarwickA compelling firsthand investigation of how social media and big data have amplified the close relationship between privacy and inequality Online privacy is under constant attack by social media and big data technologies. But we cannot rely on individual actions to remedy this—it is a matter of social justice. Alice E. Marwick offers a new way of understanding how privacy is jeopardized, particularly for marginalized and disadvantaged communities—including immigrants, the poor, people of color, LGBTQ+ populations, and victims of online harassment. Marwick shows that few resources or regulations for preventing personal information from spreading on the internet. Through a new theory of “networked privacy,” she reveals how current legal and technological frameworks are woefully inadequate in addressing issues of privacy—often by design. Drawing from interviews and focus groups encompassing a diverse group of Americans, Marwick shows that even heavy social media users care deeply about privacy and engage in extensive “privacy work” to protect it. But people are up against the violation machine of the modern internet. Safeguarding privacy must happen at the collective level.