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'Dripping with delicious detail' - Aditya Chakrabortty Taking the reader on a journey through North East Scotland, Merseyside, South Wales, the Thames Estuary and London, this is the story of Britai……続きを見る

‘Work hard, have fun, make history’ proclaims the slogan on the walls of Amazon’s warehouses. This cheerful message hides a reality of digital surveillance, aggressive anti-union tactics and discipl……続きを見る

Science and technology are playing increasingly important roles in our lives. New projects in development today will fundamentally shape the world around us, and manipulate our lived experience. But……続きを見る

Sadness is now a design problem. The highs and lows of melancholy are coded into social media platforms. After all the clicking, browsing, swiping and liking, all we are left with is the flat and em……続きを見る

The world is overheated. Too full and too fast; uneven and unequal. It is the age of the Anthropocene, of humanity’s indelible mark upon the planet. In short, it is globalisation - but not as we kno……続きを見る

Western aid is in decline. Non-traditional development actors from the developing countries and elsewhere are in the ascendant. A new set of global economic and political processes are shaping the t……続きを見る

Our contemporary age is confronted by a profound contradiction: on the one hand, our lives as workers, consumers and citizens have become ever more monitored by new technologies. On the other, big b……続きを見る

What impact does our relentless fixation on gadgets have on the struggle for new kinds of solidarity, political articulation and intelligence? In this groundbreaking study, Joss Hands explores the n……続きを見る

With the development of new direct interfaces between the human brain and computer systems, the time has come for an in-depth ethical examination of the way these neuronal interfaces may support an ……続きを見る

This book is dedicated to the life and work of Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Polish pharmacist whose world-renowned achievements include construction of the world’s first oil refinery and invention of the mod……続きを見る

Nel corso della storia, la comparsa e la diffusione su larga scala di tecnologie che hanno contribuito a riplasmare la rappresentazione di sé e del mondo hanno sempre generato paure e previsioni “ap……続きを見る

This taut, true thriller dives into a dark world that touches us all, as seen through the brilliant, breakneck career of an extraordinary hackerーa woman known only as Alien. When she arrived at MIT……続きを見る

Technology is rapidly moving into our bodies,” writes cyber expert Keenan, and this book gives a chilling look ahead into where that road may lead us on a one way trip to the total surrender of ……続きを見る

Histories of design pay scant attention to the corded telephone, which played an immeasurable role in early communication. Although the Bell System, with many Nobel Prizes, is justly acknowledged fo……続きを見る

What if the most powerful social network in the world… didn't have any profiles, followers, or feeds? You never signed up. You never followed anyone. And yetーhere you are, thinking through it, spea……続きを見る

This important book celebrates design ingenuity – acknowledging the significant contributions of disabled individuals and communities to design and making that point that, simply put, inclusive desi……続きを見る

We don't read Yuval Noah Harari to predict the future. We read him to prepare ourselves for it. This is not a summary of Harari's books. This is a re-launch from the launchpad of his ideas ー a new ……続きを見る

我们读尤瓦尔·赫拉利**，不是为了知道未来，而是为了准备自己。** 本书不是对赫拉利著作的总结，而是一次站在赫拉利思想之上的"再出发"： 从《人类简史》的叙事革命，看我们如何学会讲述自己的人生； 从《未来简史……続きを見る

Inteligencia Artificial, al Natural: Una conversación que cambia el alma, no el código. Este libro es un viaje hacia lo más profundo del ser humano en tiempos de inteligencia artificial. A través de……続きを見る

Few of us ponder the mechanisms behind our eyes. We simply expect them to capture the world around us. But for many people, injuries, illnesses, aging, and other health issues can hinder their abili……続きを見る

Chronoworking: The Revolutionary Time Hack Boosting Productivity and Work-Life Balance What if you could get more done in less timeーand actually enjoy your day while doing it? Chronoworking isn't j……続きを見る

UNILUME™ The World's First Bipartisan, Decentralized Equity Ecosystem UNILUME™ is a revolutionary new platformーan all-original, bipartisan, decentralized equity operating system that merges educati……続きを見る

You're sleeping with a weapon. Not under your pillowーworse. In your hand, in your pocket, beside your bed. It doesn't fire bullets, but it fires signalsーones that fragment your attention, disrupt ……続きを見る

Every few seconds, somewhere in the world, a passport determines whether someone gets their dream job, reunites with family, or remains trapped by an accident of birth. Why can a Singapore passport ……続きを見る

The AI revolution isn't on the horizon. It's already redesigning the world beneath our feet. Obsolete: The Education Wake-Up Call is a bold, clear-eyed look at the mismatch between the world we're b……続きを見る

Technology is often seen as a double-edged sword-capable of creating both progress and problems. But what if innovation could be purpose-driven? What if the digital tools, smart systems, and cutting……続きを見る

A surprising window into the online lives of people sixty and overーoffering essential insights, no matter your age. Many popular accounts say the older you are, the greater your tech struggles. And……続きを見る

**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'The most important book of the decade'** MAX TEGMARK, author of Life 3.0 'A loud trumpet call to humanity to awaken us as we sleepwalk into disaster - we mus……続きを見る

The echo of us ー When circuits can't capture the pulse of us The age of artificial ー cold logic blooming ー but here, in the shadows of silicon, the real stirs: the human hum that AI cannot parse.……続きを見る

A provocative rethinking of the intersection of death, technology, and disability, for a better life. We are all cyborgs, relying on technologyーwhether it’s Alexa, a pacemaker, or a titanium kneeー……続きを見る