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Book SynopsisExplains how privacy laws are overridden by technology companies and how they can be improved. Drawing from behavioral science, psychology, sociology, and economics, the book dispels misconceptions that trap us into ineffective approaches to growing digital harms. It then develops solutions based on corporate accountability.Trade Review'To protect privacy in the digital age, Ignacio Cofone argues, we must rethink privacy harms. These harms are social and systemic as well as individual, and they will not be remedied by market and contractual approaches. This beautifully written book is an excellent introduction to problems of digital exploitation that affect everyone.' Jack Balkin, Yale Law School'Why are privacy rules failing us when we need them the most? In this superb book, Ignacio Cofone expertly threads together privacy law's many missteps and proposes a way forward that doesn't rest on myths and misconceptions. The Privacy Fallacy clearly and effectively stakes out an essential turning point for lawmakers and society: We either commit to holding companies liable for the full range of harms they cause, or we continue to indulge in the fantasy that privacy can be individually negotiated and that our laws have it under control.' Woodrow Hartzog, Boston University'With the rigor of an economist and the heart of a humanist, Cofone explores why privacy law has been disappointingly powerless in today's data-driven society. He proposes a new understanding of privacy harm to ground a more effective liability regime. A clear and engaging read for experts and interested laypeople alike!' Katherine J. Strandburg, New York University School of LawTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The traditionalist approach to privacy; 2. The privacy myths: rationality and apathy; 3. The consent illusion; 4. Manipulation by design; 5. Traditionalist data protection rules; 6. Pervasive data harms; 7. Privacy as corporate accountability; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisIntelligent Green Technologies for Sustainable Smart Cities Presenting the concepts and fundamentals of smart cities and developing green technologies, this volume, written and edited by a global team of experts, also goes into the practical applications that can be utilized across multiple disciplines and industries, for both the engineer and the student. Smart cities and green technologies are quickly becoming two of the most important areas of development facing today's engineers, scientists, students, and other professionals. Written by a team of experts in these fields, this outstanding new volume tackles the problem of detailing advances in smart city development, green technologies, and where the two areas intersect to create innovation and revolutionary solutions. This group of hand-selected and vetted papers deals with the fundamental concepts of adapting artificial intelligence, machine learning techniques with green technologies, and many other advances in concepts related Table of ContentsPreface xv List of Contributors xvii 1 An Overview of the Intelligent Green Technologies for Sustainable Smart Cities 1Tanya Srivastava, Sahil Virk and Souvik Ganguli 1.1 Introduction 2 1.2 Case Study 1: Oslo—A Smart City 5 1.3 Case Study 2: Chandigarh—A Smart City 5 1.4 Features of the Smart Cities 6 1.5 Well-Planned Public Spaces and Streets 6 1.5.1 Waste Management 6 1.5.2 Energy Management 7 1.5.3 Good Connectivity 7 1.5.4 Urban Residence 8 1.5.5 Smart Grids 8 1.5.6 Smart Governance 8 1.6 Intelligent Green Technologies 9 1.7 Global and National Acceptance Scenarios 13 1.8 Conclusions 15 References 15 2 Artificial Intelligence for Green Energy Technology 19Shanthi Jayaraj and Meena Chinniah 2.1 Introduction 19 2.2 Solar Energy and AI 20 2.3 AI Transforms Renewable Energy 23 2.4 IBM Solution Using AI 24 2.5 Hydrogen Vehicles 24 2.6 Wind Energy and AI 25 2.7 Renewable Energy Industry in India 29 2.8 Conclusion 30 References 30 Website Reference 31 Abbreviations 31 3 Effective Waste Management System for Smart Cities 33G. Boopathi Raja 3.1 Introduction 34 3.2 Literature Survey 36 3.3 Waste Management in India 37 3.4 Existing Methodology 40 3.4.1 IoT-Based Smart Waste Bin Monitoring and Municipal Solid Waste Management System 40 3.4.2 IoT Enabled Solid Waste Management System 41 3.4.3 Smart Garbage Management System 41 3.5 Proposed Framework 42 3.5.1 System Description 42 3.6 Functionality of the Proposed System 44 3.6.1 Sensing Module 44 3.6.2 Storage Module 46 3.6.3 User Module 47 3.7 Workflow of the Proposed Framework 48 3.8 Conclusion and Future Scope 49 References 50 4 Municipal Solid Waste Energy: An Option for Green Technology for Smart Cities 53Soumitra Mukhopadhyay 4.1 Unavoidable Impacts of Nonrenewable Energy 53 4.2 Municipal Solid Waste Energy as Clean Energy for Smart Cities 55 4.2.1 Renewable Energy Options 55 4.2.2 Municipal Solid Waste as Renewable Energy Option for Smart Cities 56 4.2.3 Why Is MSW Energy Renewable? 58 4.2.4 Various Waste to Energy Technologies 58 4.3 Waste to Energy Technologies (WTE-T) 59 4.3.1 Incineration 59 4.3.2 Pyrolysis 61 4.3.3 Gasification 63 4.3.4 Anaerobic Digestion 65 4.3.5 Landfill with Gas Capture 66 4.3.6 Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) 68 4.4 Integrated Solid Waste Management Systems (ISWM-S) for Smart Cities 69 4.5 Conclusion 70 References 70 5 E-Waste Management and Recycling Issues: An Overview 73Simran Srivastava, Sahil Virk, Saumyadip Hazra and Souvik Ganguli 5.1 Introduction 73 5.2 Global Status of E-Waste Management 75 5.3 Industrial Practices in E-Waste Management 77 5.4 Recycling of E-Waste 79 5.5 E-Waste Management Benchmarking 81 5.6 Future of E-Waste Management 82 5.7 Conclusions 83 References 84 6 Energy Audit and Management for Green Energy 89Arjyadhara Pradhan and Babita Panda 6.1 Introduction 89 6.2 Types of Renewable Energy 91 6.2.1 Solar Energy 91 6.2.2 Wind Energy 91 6.2.3 Biomass 92 6.2.4 Geothermal Energy 92 6.2.5 Ocean Energy 93 6.3 Energy Management 93 6.3.1 Types of Energy Management 94 6.3.1.1 Demand Side Management 94 6.3.1.2 Implementation of DSM 95 6.3.1.3 Supply Side Management 96 6.3.2 Ways to Improve Energy Management 97 6.4 Energy Audit 97 6.4.1 Types of Energy Audit 98 6.4.2 Preliminary Energy Audit 98 6.4.3 Detailed Energy Audit 98 6.4.4 Data Analysis 100 6.4.5 Detailed Steps in Energy Audit 100 6.5 Energy Audit in Solar Plant 101 6.5.1 Technical Inspection Steps of Solar Power Plant 103 6.6 Energy Conservation 104 6.6.1 Energy Conservation Methods 104 6.6.2 Case Study 105 6.7 Conclusion 108 References 108 7 A Smart Energy-Efficient Support System for PV Power Plants 111Salwa Ammach and Saeed Mian Qaisar 7.1 Introduction 112 7.2 Literature Review 118 7.2.1 Solar Tracking System 119 7.2.2 Solar Cleaning Mechanisms 120 7.2.3 Hotspots Detection 123 7.3 Proposed Solution 131 7.3.1 Solar Tracking 131 7.3.2 Cleaning System 136 7.3.3 Hotspots 136 7.3.4 Modeling and Simulation 136 7.3.5 Limitations 137 7.3.6 Hypothesis 137 7.4 Conclusion 138 References 138 8 A New Hybrid Proposition Based on a Cuckoo Search Algorithm for Parameter Estimation of Solar Cells 143Souvik Ganguli, Shilpy Goyal and Parag Nijhawan 8.1 Introduction 144 8.2 Modelling of an Amended Double Diode Model (ADDM) and the Objective Function 145 8.3 Proposed Work 149 8.4 Results and Discussions 149 8.5 Conclusions 161 References 162 9 Supervisory Digital Feedback Control System for An Effective PV Management and Battery Integration 165Amal E. Abdel Gawad, Nehal A. Alyamani and Saeed Mian Qaisar 9.1 Introduction 166 9.2 Literature Review 173 9.2.1 GHI in the Middle East 173 9.2.2 Types of PV Systems 173 9.2.3 Solar Tracking Systems 176 9.2.4 Charger Controller 179 9.2.5 Series Regulator 179 9.2.6 Shunt Regulator 180 9.2.7 Pulse Width Modulation 180 9.2.8 Maximum Power Point Tracker Charger Controller 181 9.2.9 Reducing the Charging Time 182 9.2.10 Dust Remover 183 9.3 Proposed Solution 185 9.3.1 Single Axis Solar Tracking System 186 9.3.2 Supervisory Digital Feedback Solar Tracker Control System 186 9.3.3 Database-Based Digital Solar Tracker Control System 187 9.3.4 Soiling Treatment Module 187 9.3.5 PV-to-Battery Switching Module 187 9.4 Discussion 189 9.5 Conclusion 191 References 191 10 Performance Analysis of Tunnel Field Effect Transistor for Low-Power Applications 195Deepak Kumar, Shiromani Balmukund Rahi and Neha Paras 10.1 Introduction 196 10.1.1 Limitation of Conventional MOSFET 199 10.1.2 Subthreshold Slope Devices 199 10.2 TFET Structure and Simulation Setup 201 10.3 TFET Working Principle 203 10.3.1 Transport Mechanism in TFET 205 10.3.1.1 Band to Band (BTB) Tunneling Transmission 205 10.3.1.2 Kane’s Model 208 10.4 Subthreshold Swing (SS) in Tunnel FETs 209 10.5 Performance of Hetrojunction Tunnel FET 214 10.5.1 Transfer Characteristics Analysis of TFET Devices 214 10.5.2 Frequency Analysis of TFET Devices 219 10.6 Conclusion 221 References 222 11 Low-Power Integrated Circuit Smart Device Design 227Shasanka Sekhar Rout, Salony Mahapatro, Gaurav Jayaswal and Manish Hooda 11.1 Introduction 228 11.2 Need of Low Power 229 11.3 Design Techniques of Low Power 230 11.3.1 Power Optimization by IC System 230 11.3.2 Power Optimization by Algorithm Section 231 11.3.3 Power Optimization by Architecture Design 231 11.3.4 Power Optimization by Circuit Level 231 11.3.5 Power Optimization by Process Technology 231 11.4 VLSI Circuit Design for Low Power 232 11.4.1 Power Dissipation of CMOS Inverter 232 11.4.1.1 Static Power 232 11.4.1.2 Dynamic Power 233 11.4.1.3 Short Circuit Power Dissipation 233 11.4.1.4 Other Power Issue 233 11.4.2 Capacitance Estimation of CMOS Logic Gate 234 11.5 Circuit Techniques for Low Power 234 11.5.1 Static Power Technique 234 11.5.1.1 Self-Reverse Biasing 234 11.5.1.2 Multithreshold Voltage Technique 235 11.5.2 Dynamic Power Technique 235 11.6 Random Access Memory (RAM) Circuits for Low Power 236 11.6.1 Low-Power Techniques for SRAM 236 11.6.2 Low-Power Techniques for DRAM 237 11.7 VLSI Design Methodologies for Low Power 237 11.7.1 Low-Power Physical Design 237 11.7.2 Low-Power Gate Level Design 237 11.7.2.1 Technology Mapping and Logic Minimization 238 11.7.2.2 Reduction of Spurious Transitions 238 11.7.2.3 Power Reduction by Precomputation 238 11.7.3 Low-Power Architecture Level Design 238 11.8 Power Reduction by Algorithmic Level 239 11.8.1 Lowering in Switched Capacitance 239 11.8.2 Lowering in Switching Activities 239 11.9 Power Estimation Technique 239 11.9.1 Circuit Level Tool 239 11.9.2 Gate Level 240 11.9.3 Architectural Level 240 11.9.4 Behavioral Level 240 11.10 Low-Power Flood Sensor Design 240 11.11 Low-Power VCO Design 241 11.12 Low-Power Gilbert Mixer Design 241 11.13 Conclusion 243 References 243 12 GaN Technology Analysis as a Greater Mobile Semiconductor: An Overview 247Biyyapu Sai Vamsi, Tarun Chaudhary, Deepti Kakkar, Amit Tiwari and Manish Sharma 12.1 Introduction 248 12.2 Research and Collected Data 250 12.3 Studies Reviewed and Findings 255 12.4 Conclusion 266 References 266 13 Multilevel Distributed Energy Efficient Clustering Protocol for Relay Node Selection in Three-Tiered Architecture 269Deepti Kakkar, Gurjot Kaur and Aradhana Tirkey 13.1 Introduction 270 13.1.1 Overview 270 13.1.2 Routing Challenges and Design Issues 271 13.1.3 Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks (HWSNs) 272 13.1.3.1 Clustering in WSN 273 13.1.4 Relay Node Selection Scheme 274 13.1.5 Genetic Algorithm 275 13.1.6 Problem Definition and Motivation 275 13.1.7 Proposed Work 276 13.2 Implementation of Proposed Relay Node Selection Based on GA 276 13.2.1 Network Model 276 13.2.2 Heterogenous Network Model 277 13.2.3 Radio Energy Dissipation Model 279 13.2.4 GA-Based Relay Node Selection 279 13.2.5 Steady State Phase or Data Communication Phase 282 13.3 Results of Simulation For Energy Consumption, Lifetime and Throughput of Network 282 13.3.1 Simulation Setup 282 13.3.2 Comparison of Residual Energy Consumption 284 13.3.3 Comparison of Lifetime of Network 284 13.3.4 Comparison of Throughput at BS 286 13.4 Conclusion and Future Scope 287 References 288 14 Privacy and Security of Smart Systems 291K. Suresh Kumar, D. Prabakaran, R. Senthil Kumaran and I. Yamuna 14.1 Smart Systems—An Overview 291 14.2 Security and Privacy Challenges in Smart Systems 292 14.2.1 Botnet Activities in Smart Systems 294 14.2.2 Threats of Nonhuman-Operated Cars 294 14.2.3 Privacy Issues of Virtual Reality 294 14.3 Case Studies—Security Breaches in Smart Systems 294 14.3.1 Breaching Smart Surveillance Cameras 295 14.3.2 Hacking Smart Televisions 295 14.3.3 Hacked Smart Bulbs 295 14.3.4 Vulnerable Smart Homes 296 14.3.5 Identity Stealing using Smart Coffee Machines 296 14.4 Existing Security and Privacy Protection Technologies 296 14.4.1 Cryptography 297 14.4.2 Biometric 299 14.4.3 Block Chain Technology 301 14.5 Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Artificial Intelligence 301 14.5.1 Machine Learning in Smart Systems 301 14.5.2 Genetic Algorithm 302 14.5.3 Deep Learning in Smart Systems 303 14.5.4 Artificial Intelligence in Smart Systems 303 14.6 Security Requirement for Smart Systems 303 14.6.1 Thwarting of Data Leakage and Falsifications 304 14.6.2 Identification and Prevention of Device Tampering 304 14.6.3 Light Weight Encryption Algorithm for Authentication 304 14.6.4 Access Restrictions to Users 305 14.6.5 Incident Response for Entire Systems 305 14.7 Instruction to Build Strong Privacy Policy 305 14.7.1 Privacy Policy 305 14.7.2 Definition 306 14.7.3 Key Reasons Why There Is a Need for Privacy Policy 306 14.8 Role of Internet in Smart Systems 306 14.8.1 Home Automation 307 14.8.2 Agriculture 307 14.8.3 Industry 308 14.8.4 Health & Lifestyle 309 14.9 Frameworks, Algorithms, and Protocols for Security Enhancements 310 14.9.1 Framework for the Internet of Things by Cryptography 311 14.9.2 Protocols for Security Enhancements 312 14.10 Design Principles of Privacy Enhancing Methodologies 312 14.11 Conclusion 313 References 314 15 Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Technologies for Smart City 317Jagendra Singh, Mohammad Sajid, Suneet Kumar Gupta and Raza Abbas Haidri 15.1 Introduction 318 15.2 Standard for Designing Smart City and Society 322 15.2.1 Scalability 322 15.2.2 Intelligent Health Care 322 15.2.3 Flexible and Interoperable 322 15.2.4 Safeguard Infrastructure 322 15.2.5 Robust Environment 323 15.2.6 Distribution and Sources of Energy 323 15.2.7 Intelligent Infrastructure 323 15.2.8 Choice-Based Backing System 323 15.2.9 Monitoring of Behavior 323 15.3 Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence 323 15.4 Contributions and Literature Study 324 15.5 Conclusion 328 References 329 16 Android Application for School Bus Tracking System 331S. Sriram 16.1 Introduction 331 16.2 Application Methods for Access 332 16.2.1 Driver Portal Screen 333 16.2.2 Parent Portal Screen 334 16.2.3 Teachers Portal Screen 334 16.3 GPS Data Processing Methodology 335 16.4 GPS Working Process 336 16.5 System Implementation 336 16.6 Result and Discussion 336 16.6.1 Reasons to Utilize Android Application for School Bus Tracking System 337 16.6.1.1 Perfect Child Security 337 16.6.1.2 Elaborate Operational Efficiency 337 16.6.1.3 Valid Timely Maintenance 338 16.6.1.4 Automating Attendance Management 338 16.6.1.5 Better Staff Management 338 16.6.1.6 Addressing Environmental Concerns 338 16.7 Conclusion 338 References 339About the Editors 341 Index 343

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Book SynopsisThis book tells the story of how remarkable serendipitous discoveries by radio astronomers changed our understanding of the Universe. It gives various examples of the unexpected ways in which real-life scientific research often advances, for general readers interested in astronomy and those interested in the history of modern scientific research.Trade Review'This is a wonderful book, accessible to most college undergraduates! Its photographs and biographical sketches introduce some of the world's most competent, best-informed radio astronomers, and reveal how these researchers almost always lost their way, repeatedly, before ultimately arriving at a deeper understanding of the Universe. In describing this process, Kellermann and Bouton also depict the Cosmos, as observed today, and sketch how it may have evolved over the eons.' Martin Harwit, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy, Cornell University'This book presents a history of radio astronomy from the unique perspective of authors close to important developments in the field. It not only describes the historical developments but provides a wealth of entertaining stories. Kellermann was on the scene or one degree removed from the events described as a PhD student of John Bolton, a leading pioneers in radio astronomy after World War II. These stories, which are related in colorful detail and accompanied by copious photographs, are told with such a flourish that makes the book hard to put down. The conclusions provide an object lesson about the nature of scientific discovery and how science really works. Scientists, students, and people who influence which instruments are built and who gets to use them will enjoy and benefit from reading this book.' James M. Moran, D. H. Menzel Professor of Astrophysics Emeritus, Harvard University and Senior Scientist, SAOTable of ContentsForeword; Preface; Introduction; 1. A new window on the universe; 2. Radio emission from the sun and stars; 3. Radio galaxies; 4. Quasars and AGN; 5. Radio astronomy, cosmology, and cosmic evolution; 6. The Cosmic Microwave Background; 7. Interplanetary scintillations, pulsars, neutron stars, and fast radio bursts; 8. Interstellar atoms, molecules, and cosmic masers; 9. Radio studies of the moon and planets; 10. Testing gravity; 11. If you build it, they will come; 12. Expecting the unexpected; End notes; Glossary: Abbreviations and acronyms; Bibliography and suggested reading; Index.

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Book SynopsisAn Introduction to Global Media for the Twenty-First Century provides a thorough introduction to the field of global media today. The book presents the key changes taking place as the global media landscape evolves, and the main theories of the field, that explain these developments.Tracing, first, the formative development of an international and global media landscape throughout the 20th century from the telegraph, television and film export, and transnational television to the Internet, the book then focuses on developments in the 21st century. This includes: the digitization of the global media and communications sector; the popularization of the Internet and digital infrastructure such as the smartphone and platforms; the emergence of global online media and services; the production and distribution of digital media content; and the exploitation of user data. Case studies illustrate key developments throughout the book.The book shows how the field is characterized by a contTrade ReviewWith this book, Ole J. Mjøs makes a vital contribution to global media studies, by drawing attention to continuity as well as change in the rise of digital platforms and social media. His judicious use of case studies and breadth of scholarship make it clear that we need to apprehend the recent past in global media scholarship in order to better understand current trends. * Terry Flew, Professor of Digital Communication and Culture, The University of Sydney, Australia, and author of Understanding Global Media (Bloomsbury, 2018) *This rigorous, illuminating book both traces the historical development of the international and global media landscape, as well as helps us to make sense of this development by discussing key theoretical traditions. Ole J. Mjøs' accessible writing style and impressive knowledge of the field make this an indispensable guide for anyone interested in global media. * Thomas Poell, Professor of Data, Culture & Institutions, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and co-author of The Platform Society (2018) and Platforms and Cultural Production (2021) *This richly detailed text on global media in the digital age by Ole J. Mjøs, with its compelling case studies, is an extremely useful aid for undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as researchers. Highly recommended. * Daya Thussu, Professor of International Communication, Hong Kong Baptist University, and author of International Communication: Continuity and Change (3rd edition 2019). *Table of ContentsDedication Acknowledgement Case Studies List of Tables 1. Introduction Part I: Key Developments: Industry, Infrastructure, Content, and Audiences 2. The Emergence of a Global Media and Communications Landscape: From the Telegraph to the Internet 3. The Popularization and Consolidation of the Global Online Environment: The Internet, Social Media, and Search Engines 4. Media Companies, Content and Branding in the Global Digital Age: Platforms, Distribution, and Production Part II: Key Theoretical Traditions: The Continuity of Themes and Concerns 5. The Role of Media and Communications in Development: Modernization, Progress, and Social Change 6. The Power of Media and Communications: Imperialism, Influence, and Domination 7. The Power of Media Audiences and Users: Empowerment and Autonomy 8. The Dimensions of Globalization in the Context of Media and Communications Index

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Book SynopsisExplore how the metaverse is changing our lives in this fast-paced, informative, and fresh take on where technology is leading usIn Interconnected Realities, Leslie Shannon, Head of Trend and Innovation Scouting at Nokia, delivers an energizing and optimistic new take on the Metaverse. Starting with metaverse realms already in existence today, the book explores the purpose that each independent platform serves, as well as how all these disparate realms will ultimately be stitched together to permanently transform our personal and business lives. You'll read about: The different metaverses: social, wellness, service, enterprise, gaming, and web3The future of augmented and virtual realitiesHow the metaverse is already woven into our daily livesExploring the purpose of the metaverse A singularly insightful and informed exploration of a fascinating subject at the intersection of technology, business, and society, Interconnected Realities is an essential resource for executives, busienss leTable of ContentsPreface Why Are We Here? Chapter 1 Introduction to the Metaverse Chapter 2 The Social Metaverse Chapter 3 The Wellness Metaverse Chapter 4 The Service and Social Good Metaverse Chapter 5 The Gaming Metaverse Chapter 6 The Web3 Metaverse Chapter 7 The Enterprise Metaverse Chapter 8 Today’s Metaverse-Adjacent Consumer Augmented Reality Chapter 9 Metaverse Gamechangers Chapter 10 Our Metaverse Superpowers Epilogue Interconnected Realities About the Author Index

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Book SynopsisErica Stanford is a crypto and future of money expert. The founder and CEO of the UK's most recommended crypto networking and events organization, Crypto Curry Club, she publishes the weekly Crypto Currier industry newsletter as well as Blockchain Industry Review. The advisor to several crypto start-ups, she is an in-demand speaker and commentator on the potential and use cases of digital currencies. She is the guest associate lecturer in cryptocurrency at Warwick Business School and has featured in The Express, Finance News, Coin Rivet and on the BBC. She is based in London, England.Trade Review"An accessible guide to the confusing and fast-growing world of crypto scams. If you're thinking of investing in cryptocurrency, read this first!" * Jamie Bartlett, host of BBC podcast The Missing Cryptoqueen, author of The People Vs Tech, The Dark Net, Radicals and The Missing Cryptoqueen, presenter and journalist *"Crypto has proved the quickest get-rich scheme in all history. Unfortunately, the easiest people to rip off are those hoping to get rich quick, so scam after inevitable scam has preyed on the sector. Erica Stanford's page turner tells their bitter, but compelling stories." * Dominic Frisby, comedian, actor, MoneyWeek columnist and author of Daylight Robbery *"Erica Stanford covers everything that is oh so wrong and oh so right about the transformational world of cryptocurrencies. Prepare to laugh, cringe or be spooked. This book combines technology, business, mystery, fantasy and popular culture in a fascinating and enlightening way. And the best part: it's all true." * Anthony Day, Blockchain Partner, IBM, and host of Blockchain Won’t Save the World podcast *"Fascinating read on the boom days of crypto's Initial Coin Offerings, analysing the hype that threatened to overshadow the technology. Erica Stanford captures the mood and energy of the time in this greatly entertaining and insightful work." * Caroline Casey, Vice President, Innovation and Consumer Experience, Europe, Mastercard *"In what other book could you read about the biggest Ponzi schemes in the world, espionage, an $800 billion bubble, fake death, cryptoqueens, gambling and porn - literally 50 shades of the dodgiest grey with regulators and the FBI in hot pursuit? Erica Stanford brilliantly analyses the future of crypto in a world where the real future including security-backed tokens and CBDC's is only just beginning." * Bob Wigley, Chair UK Finance, Co-Chair, Cross Market Operational Resilience Group, Bank of England, Board Member, DIT and UK Home Office, NED, adjunct professor and author of Born Digital *"The is a marvellous romp through the crazy world of cryptocurrency and its wackier elements. But as well as the fun, we get a glimpse into what might one day give the global financial system a run for its money." * Mike Butcher MBE, Editor-at-Large, TechCrunch *"Crypto Wars is a fascinating and gripping account of human nature and its demons emerging from the frontiers of the crypto economy. It is mandatory reading for investors, regulators and builders of our financial future" * Lex Sokolin, fintech futurist and philosopher, Founder, The Fintech Blueprint, and Head Economist, ConsenSys *"This book is essential reading, especially for anyone thinking of dipping even their little toe into cryptocurrency." * Sara Vaughan, innovator and creator of global brands with purpose, positive change maker *"Erica Stanford takes readers through the complicated history of crypto hacks, scams and pump and dump schemes with such vivid detail and engaging narrative, you'll find it hard to put the book down." * Leslie Lamb, Head of Institutional Sales, Amber Group, and host of the Crypto Unstacked podcast *"As the market booms it's timely that someone has done justice to the extraordinary story of crypto - this unputdownable book captures the fun and the ups and the downs. It's a mesmeric read." * Charlie Kerrigan, Partner and Global Head of Fintech, CMS *"Erica Stanford's entertaining exploration of the world of scams, grifts, frauds and fantasies serves as a reminder that while on the one hand there is nothing new under the sun, on the other hand we have barely begun to understand the impact of cryptocurrency." * David Birch, author of The Currency Cold War and international adviser and commentator on digital financial services *

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Book SynopsisRanges widely and deeply across William Blake's oeuvre to show how his post-Newtonian vision of space-time anticipates Einsteinian relativity.

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Book Synopsis''If you want to see what that future might look like, Duncan''s book is a fun place to start''NPR''Intensely readable, downright terrifying, and surprisingly uplifting'' Vanity Fair ''5 books not to miss . . . A fascinating work of imaginative futurology''USA TodayOne of Time magazine''s ''32 Books You Need to Read This Summer'' - ''a riveting read'' One of David Baldacci and Elizabeth Acevedo''s best summer reads, on USA Today''s Today programme ''A refreshing variation on the will-intelligent-robots-bring-Armageddon genre . . . this colourful mixture of expert futurology and quirky speculation does not disappoint'' Kirkus ReviewsWhat robot and AI systems are being built and imagined right now? What do they say about us, their creators? Will they usher in a fantastic new future, or destroy us? What do some of our greatest thinkers, from physiciTrade ReviewA refreshing variation on the will-intelligent-robots-bring-Armageddon genre . . . this colorful mixture of expert futurology and quirky speculation does not disappoint. * Kirkus *Duncan writes the way good teachers teach, conversational, yet informed . . . [he] is a popularizer and storyteller. * USA Today *A riveting read. * Time Magazine *A brilliant chronicle of encounters with our future selves. -- Andrei Codrescu, bestselling author and NPR commentator'Intensely readable, downright terrifying, and surprisingly uplifting.' * Vanity Fair *'A fascinating work of imaginative futurology, a science journalist takes a look at our current technologies and anticipates the human-robot future that could await us - one full of warrior bots, politician bots, doctor bots and sex bots.' -- Barbara VanDenburgh * ‘5 Books Not to Miss’, USA Today *One of the best summer reads of 2019. -- David Baldacci and Elizabeth Acevedo * USA Today’s Today programme *

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Book SynopsisLeemon McHenry argues that Whitehead's metaphysics provides a more adequate basis for achieving a unification of physical theory than a traditional substance metaphysics, drawing on Maxwell, Einstein, Quine, Russell and Broad.

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Book SynopsisScientists have identified southern China as a likely epicenter for viral pandemics, a place where new viruses emerge out of intensively farmed landscapes and human--animal interactions. In Virulent Zones, Lyle Fearnley documents the global plans to stop the next influenza pandemic at its source, accompanying virologists and veterinarians as they track lethal viruses to China''s largest freshwater lake, Poyang Lake. Revealing how scientific research and expert agency operate outside the laboratory, he shows that the search for origins is less a linear process of discovery than a constant displacement toward new questions about cause and context. As scientists strive to understand the environments from which the influenza virus emerges, the unexpected scale of duck farming systems and unusual practices such as breeding wild geese unsettle research objects, push scientific inquiry in new directions, and throw expert authority into question. Drawing on fieldwork with global health Trade Review“Readers will come away with a newly visceral understanding of the phrase One Health, as they journey with scientists and epidemiologists through the bodies and ecologies of animal viruses in China. This is a book that rearranges one's sense of scale and time, with a slow and massive build to the sharpness of crisis and the paradoxical enormous scale of the microscopic at play in every scene.” -- Hannah Landecker, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles“Virulent Zones tells an intricate story about ways the sciences interlace with geopolitics, with profound impacts on public health at many scales. Lyle Fearnley also provides new perspective on how the sciences advance, both geographically and conceptually, through displacement rather than discovery. This important book will be of critical interest to anthropologists and historians of science, scientists, and those working to build transnational scientific and governance capacity.” -- Kim Fortun, author of * Advocacy after Bhopal: Environmentalism, Disaster, New Global Orders *“Lyle Fearnley’s Virulent Zones offers a gripping anthropological account of the search for the origins of influenza pandemics in China…. Virulent Zones is an outstanding scholarly work as it unmasks the mechanism of virus hunting and disease control in China at a time of marketization and globalization. It allows for an alternative understanding of the interplay of science and everyday life. It is highly recommended reading not only for anthropologists but also for anyone interested in public health in contemporary China.” -- Qiliang He * East Asian Science, Technology and Society *"[A] compelling argument for the move away from older microevolutionary theories of pathogenesis, based on competition of hosts and parasites, toward a more systemic and rigorous reckoning—a dynamic configuration—of how environments and animal populations (human and nonhuman) connect up to promote viral innovation. . . . We can read [it] with profit to learn more about our current predicament, to see how historical perceptions and responses are repeated or modified as we come to terms with the pandemic that confronts us today." -- Warwick Anderson * Public Books *“Virulent Zones reads like a detective novel uncanny in its timeliness to collective conditions today, as it follows the travails of scientists across continents, trying to locate the origins of viral pandemics.” -- Emily Ng * Somatosphere *“Virulent Zones would make an excellent addition to any course covering topics in global health, medical anthropology, the production of scientific knowledge, networks, and expertise, or the history of medicine and public health.... Those who want to know more about pandemic planning and viral surveillance in the wake of COVID-19 will also find this an invaluable resource.” -- Theresa MacPhail * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *“Virulent Zones shows how science and geopolitics intersect and how this has an important impact on global health. As such, it is a key text for medical anthropologists and sociologists, historians of science, STS researchers, and those working in global health.” -- Giulia De Togni * New Genetics and Society *“Lyle Fearnley’s Virulent Zones . . . is a timely and reflexive ethnographic account of global focus on China as the ‘epicenter’ of new zoonotic diseases. . . . This book kicks off an important and enthusiastic discussion about global health and China.” -- Shao-hua Liu * Journal of Anthropological Research *“Virulent Zones is an impressively timely book. . . . [Some remaining] questions indicate the rich potential of the ideas articulated so lucidly by Fearnley in this excellent book.” -- Mary Augusta Brazelton * Journal of Asian Studies *“Virulent Zones is an excellent, informative book that serves as a welcome and valuable addition to the growing literature on the anthropology of epidemics. . . . It also serves as an important contribution to the anthropology of science, human-animal interactions, the environment, agriculture, and China.” -- Katherine A. Mason * Anthropological Quarterly *“[Fearnley’s] analysis goes beyond a classic medical anthropology approach; he navigates between different areas and topics of social studies (sciences, expertise, international relations, rurality, etc.) to forge alliances between different fields of knowledge, and to work across the classic divisions. This is crucial to address the complexity of emerging diseases.” -- Muriel Figuié * Review Of Agriculatural Food And Environmental Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Part I. Ecology 1. The Origins of Pandemics 27 2. Pathogenic Reservoirs 48 Part II. Landscape 3. Livestock Revolutions 65 4. Wild-Goose Chase 97 Part III. Territory 5. Affinity and Access 125 6. Office Vets and Duck Doctors 156 Conclusion. Vanishing Points 191 Notes 213 Bibliography 249 Index 271

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Book SynopsisWhat happens when screen time is all the time?In the early 1990s, the phrase screen time emerged to scare parents about the dangers of too much TV for kids. Screen time was something to fret over, police, and judge in a low-grade moral panic. Now, screen time has become a metric not only for good parenting, but for our adult lives as well. There's even an app for it! In the streaming eraand with streaming made nearly ubiquitous during COVID-19almost every aspect of our day is mediated by these bright surfaces. Whether it was ever the real villain in the first place, or merely a convenient proxy for unaddressed familial, social, and institutional failures, screen time is now all the time. Avidly Reads Screen Time is a funny, insightful work of cultural criticism and history about how we define screens, and how they now define us. From Mad Men to iCarly, Vine to FaceTime, binge-watching to doom-scrolling, Phillip Maciak leads us on a sometimes heartwarming, sometimes harrowing tour of Trade Review"Original and thought-provoking. Maciak’s willingness to defend screen time refreshes. Readers will want to tune in to this." * Publishers Weekly *"A witty, intimate meditation on the way we watch now from Phillip Maciak, an author of the celebrated Dear TV column. Hopscotching elegantly from Twin Peaks to bedtime doomscrolling, Zoom school to Vine, Maciak explores the deep paradoxes of ‘screen time,’ the mirror we all gaze into, at once together and alone." * Emily Nussbaum, Pulitzer Prize winning author of I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution *"What a timely and important contribution to the study of the present! Maciak beautifully synthesizes scholarship, art, and his personal experiences of the past decades, teasing apart some of the skeins that get knotted together around that ubiquitous modern experience (and source of anxiety), screen time. Maciak puts aside the scolding that haunts today's parents (and scrollers), and instead shows the complex and sometimes even beautiful ways technology has changed the way we learn, play, communicate, fight, create, and connect, reframing our habits and providing some wonderful cultural criticism along the way. An essential text for our streaming, scrolling era." * Lydia Kiesling, author of The Golden State, A Novel *"Alas, we are creatures made of screens! But beheld in Maciak’s shrewd, tender gaze, our relationship with these pulsing surfaces that situate our lives loses the flavor of a diagnosis—in its place, wit, and curiosity. This book offers a roomy haven for working out what it means to live and grow up in a modern age, honoring the tangle of feelings—bad, euphoric—that accompany our most sacred rituals, from appointment television to all that scrolling. It prompted me to continue wondering about the screens we take for granted, what they offer us and why we return." * Lauren Michele Jackson, contributing writer, The New Yorker *"Phillip Maciak is one of the best TV critics alive right now, full stop. Whether he’s writing about Girls or Station Eleven or Bluey, his criticism is always characterized by wit, insight, and a remarkable propensity for close-reading. So yes, I was over the moon to learn about his new book of cultural criticism and history, Avidly Reads Screen Time, about how we define screens and how they define us. There are three Mad Men screen caps within the book’s first 30 pages, so, yeah, it’s gonna be ridiculously good." * The Millions *"Screen Time is a book about this televisual unconscious, about parenting, about a world that children will consume long before they know what they’re digesting—that formed us when we were still children—and about trying to understand the selves we only belatedly discover ourselves to have already always been. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/phillip-maciaks-avidly-reads-screen-time-a-symposium/" -- Jorge Cotte, Aaron Bady, Lili Loofbourow, Jane Hu * LA Review of Books *

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Book SynopsisIn this moment of climate precarity, Victorian studies scholar Barbara Leckie considers the climate crisis as a problem of time. Spanning the long nineteenth century through our current moment, her interdisciplinary treatment of climate change at once rethinks time and illustrates that the time for climate action is now. Climate Change, Interrupted argues that linear, progress-inflected temporalities are not adequate to a crisis that defies their terms. Instead, this book advances a theory and practice of interruption to rethink prevailing temporal frameworks. At the same time, it models the anachronistic, time-blending, and time-layering temporality it advances. In a series of experimental chapters informed by the unlikely trio of Walter Benjamin, Donna Haraway, and Virginia Woolf, Leckie reinflects and cowrites the traditions and knowledges of the long nineteenth century and the current period in the spirit of climate action collaboration. The current moment demands as many approaches as possible, invites us to take risks, and asks scholars and activists adept at storytelling to participate in the conversation. Climate Change, Interrupted, accordingly, invests in interruption to tell a different story of the climate crisis.Trade Review"Climate Change, Interrupted is a moving and voracious experiment that inspires more than it alarms. I so appreciate the capacious and unexpected circles it draws, and Leckie's sage and spirited company on every page."—Maggie Nelson, author of On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint"What a treat to read such brilliantly surprising readings of Benjamin, Eliot, and Shelley, braided together in an exquisitely crafted experimental work. Leckie makes a powerful case for the crucial role of the humanities in the climate crisis."—Caroline Levine, author of Forms: Whole, Rhythm, Hierarchy, Network"Highly original, boldly conceived, and extremely thought-provoking. The genuine honesty and directness of Leckie's voice, and the approachability of her experimentation, will ensure this book finds a wide audience."—Kate Flint, author of Flash! Photography, Writing, and Surprising Illumination"This is a dazzling piece of work, and a joy to read—deeply adventurous and undisciplined in the best sense of that term."—Jesse Oak Taylor, coeditor of Anthropocene Reading: Literary History in Geologic Times"The staggering originality of Barbara Leckie's Climate Change, Interrupted: Representation and the Remaking of Time rests upon the title's most innocuous term: representation.... Climate Change, Interrupted unforgettably activates its own claims on an aesthetic level."—Shawna Ross, Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment

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Book SynopsisContrary to optimistic visions of a free internet for all, the problem of the ‘digital divide’ – the disparity between those with access to internet technology and those without – has persisted for close to twenty-five years.In this textbook, Jan van Dijk considers the state of digital inequality and what we can do to tackle it. Through an accessible framework based on empirical research, he explores the motivations and challenges of seeking access and the development of requisite digital skills. He addresses key questions such as: Does digital inequality reduce or reinforce existing, traditional inequalities? Does it create new, previously unknown social inequalities? While digital inequality affects all aspects of society and the problem is here to stay, Van Dijk outlines policies we can put in place to mitigate it.The Digital Divide is required reading for students and scholars of media, communication, sociology, and related disciplines, as well as for policymakers.Trade Review“Van Dijk continues his twenty-five-year leadership in digital divide research, from motivations and attitudes, access to adoption, use and skills, through to outcomes and solutions. His integrative model organizes these issues into a thoughtful, critical and readable story.”Ronald Rice, University of California, Santa Barbara “Jan van Dijk can be considered the godfather of digital divide theory. In this book, he brings his earlier work forward into a world that has changed beyond what even he could imagine. Building on existing research and new theoretical developments, he shows that digital divides are changing shape and are likely getting worse. Anyone interested in why, what and who we should be worried about in increasingly digital societies has to read this book.”Ellen J. Helsper, author of The Digital Disconnect: Social Causes and Consequences of Digital Inequalities“The book is rich conceptually and provides frameworks and categorisations to explain every step of the digital media appropriation process... a welcome resource for students and academics as a reference on the evolution of research on the digital divide since the mid-nineties.”Information, Communication & Society“The Digital Divide is an excellent reference for those being introduced to the subject and for those who have long been interested in the issue. I recommend it as a tool and look forward to using it myself in this strange, terrible and awe-inspiring year, and in many years to come.”PrometheusTable of ContentsAcknowledgements1 What is the Digital Divide?2 Research and Theory of the Digital Divide3 Motivation and Attitude4 Physical Access5 Digital and 21st-Century Skills6 Usage Inequality7 Outcomes8 Social and Digital Inequality9 Solutions to Soften the Digital DivideReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisA groundbreaking reflection on the process by which one arrives at an ethological theory How do humans study the complex worlds of animals without imposing their own societal and scientific gaze upon them? The biologist Amotz Zahavi stakes the controversial claim that Arabian babblers are said to raise themselves up each day to dance and tend to one another in the early morning sun. Such a claim will provoke the interest and intellectual curiosity of a young philosopher and psychologist recognizing that the best way for her to observe the practices of scientists at work is to join them on their terrain. Embedding herself in the field alongside ethologists in the Negev desert, Vinciane Despret deftly depicts and reflects on the process by which scientists construct their theories within the milieu of the animals they study. Along the way, and not without humor, Despret analyzes a variety of theories posited by many well-known thinkers, including Zahavi, who devoted his life to the interpretation, companionship, and conservation of the Arabian babbler bird, and naturalists such as Charles Darwin and Pierre Kropotkin. Trade Review"The naturalist’s eye guides the philosopher’s reflection in Vinciane Despret’s delicate study of philosophical anthropology and ethology in dialogue with Isabelle Stengers and Bruno Latour. In a beautiful translation by jeffrey bussolini, Despret explores the origin story of Amotz Zahavi’s ‘handicap principle,’ a kind of species-specific potlatch (display and gaze), touching on problems of anthropomorphism, zoomorphism, and animal behavior. Underlining the ‘influence of the observer,’ and including the conflict between mathematical models and embedded interpretation, Despret offers a fascinating inquiry into the human and the animal."—Babette Babich, Fordham University"It is with this book that Vinciane Despret introduced her unique research style: follow scientists with the same care that they follow their animals and select among animals those that render their scientists most interesting! This is how she taught her readers to escape the stultifying ‘voice over’ of so many nature narratives. Be ready for quite a dance."—Bruno LatourTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsTranslator’s Introductionjeffrey bussoliniIntroductionPart I. The Ethological Debates1. The Theoretical Context: The Two Paradoxes of the Theory of EvolutionAltruismSexual Selection2. Rituals Between Altruism and Reproductive FunctionPart II. The Dance of the Babbler3. The Arabian Babbler4. Models and Methods: Outline of a Field Study5. Narratives and Metaphors6. Models and FictionsConclusionsNotes

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Book SynopsisA revealing genealogy of image-recognition techniques and technologies Today’s most advanced neural networks and sophisticated image-analysis methods come from 1950s and ’60s Cold War culture—and many biases and ways of understanding the world from that era persist along with them. Aerial surveillance and reconnaissance shaped all of the technologies that we now refer to as computer vision, including facial recognition. The Birth of Computer Vision uncovers these histories and finds connections between the algorithms, people, and politics at the core of automating perception today.James E. Dobson reveals how new forms of computerized surveillance systems, high-tech policing, and automated decision-making systems have become entangled, functioning together as a new technological apparatus of social control. Tracing the development of a series of important computer-vision algorithms, he uncovers the ideas, worrisome military origins, and lingering goals reproduced within the code and the products based on it, examining how they became linked to one another and repurposed for domestic and commercial uses. Dobson includes analysis of the Shakey Project, which produced the first semi-autonomous robot, and the impact of student protest in the early 1970s at Stanford University, as well as recovering the computer vision–related aspects of Frank Rosenblatt’s Perceptron as the crucial link between machine learning and computer vision.Motivated by the ongoing use of these major algorithms and methods, The Birth of Computer Vision chronicles the foundations of computer vision and artificial intelligence, its major transformations, and the questionable legacy of its origins. Cover alt text: Two overlapping circles in cream and violet, with black background. Top is a printed circuit with camera eye; below a person at a 1977 computer.Trade Review"A key technology of our time, computer vision is embedded in both our professional and everyday lives in numerous ways—from helping doctors diagnose diseases to enabling organizations to obtain accurate information about remote natural disaster zones and refugee camps to allowing billions of people to capture better images with their phone cameras. Focusing on the United States from the 1950s to the 1970s, James E. Dobson offers the first book tracing the development of computer vision. Combining historical research and theoretical analysis, The Birth of Computer Vision is an invaluable contribution to the fields of media theory, software studies, and algorithm studies."—Dr. Lev Manovich, author of Cultural Analytics"In this timely and eye-opening book, James E. Dobson provides a penetrating analysis of the opportunities and challenges of facial recognition and other computer vision technology by excavating its formation from the sediment of history, tracing its connections to the military industrial complex of the Cold War, and critically examining the notable successes and failures of embryonic research efforts and prototypes."—David J. Gunkel, author of Deconstruction

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Book SynopsisAn archaeology of innovation is the first monograph-length investigation of innovation and the innovation process from an archaeological perspective. It interrogates the idea of innovation that permeates our popular media and our political and scientific discourse, setting this against the long-term perspective that only archaeology can offer. Case studies span the entire breadth of human history, from our earliest hominin ancestors to the contemporary world. The book argues that the present narrow focus on pushing the adoption of technical innovations ignores the complex interplay of social, technological and environmental systems that underlies truly innovative societies; the inherent connections between new technologies, technologists and social structure that give them meaning and make them valuable; and the significance and value of conservative social practices that lead to the frequent rejection of innovations.Trade Review'Whether you are a social archaeologist or not, this book is a must-read for anyone studying innovations and change, but especially anyone interested in human complexity and how we were, and always will be, connected in a flux.'Ana Catarina Basílio, European Journal of Archaeology'This is a book that deserves to be widely read, and the ideas inside discussed and debated not only in archaeology but across fields [...] It is an invaluable contribution.'James L. Flexner, Archaeology in Oceania'Frieman has produced an extremely valuable piece of work for which praise is due [...] The discussion firmly situates innovation as something worth considering in its own right, and not simply as the means to the end of technological change. Instead, innovation is conceptualised as a social process within which material, human, structural and historical actors dynamically and uniquely interact in myriad ways.' Adam Sutton, Archäologische Informationen -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction: loomings1 Innovation as discourse2 Messy narratives/flexible methodologies3 Invention as process4 Power, influence and adoption5 Pass it on6 Tradition, continuity and resistance7 Create/innovateConclusion: the widening gyreIndex

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Book SynopsisOffers an original contribution to the field by focusing on epistemic tensions in socio-technical systems.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Tense Thinking and the Myths of an Algorithmic New Life 2. The Pursuit of Posthuman Security 3. Overstepping and the Navigation of the Perceived Limits of Algorithmic Thinking 4. (Dreaming of) Super Cognizers and the Stretching of the Known 5. The Presences of Nonknowledge 6. Conclusion: Algorithmic Thinking and the Will to Automate

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Book SynopsisPeople often believe that we can overcome the profound environmental and climate crises we face by smart systems, green innovations and more recycling. However, the quest for complex technological solutions, which rely on increasingly exotic and scarce materials, makes this unlikely. A best-seller in France, this English language edition introduces readers to an alternative perspective on how we should be marshalling our resources to preserve the planet and secure our future. Bihouix skilfully goes against the grain to argue that ‘high’ technology will not solve global problems and envisages a different approach to build a more resilient and sustainable society.Table of ContentsPrologue ~ The mad dance of the shrimps; Part I ~ The rise and fall of ‘engineering miracle-workers’; Part II ~ The principles of simple technologies; Part III ~ Daily life in the era of simple technologies; Part IV ~ Is ‘transition’ possible?; Epilogue ~ A dream if there ever was one.

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Book SynopsisEPUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. We tend to hold people responsible for their choices, but not for what they can’t control: their nature, genes or biological makeup. This thought-provoking collection redefines the boundaries of moral responsibility. It shows how epigenetics reveals connections between our genetic make-up and our environment. The essays challenge established notions of human nature and the nature/nurture divide and suggest a shift in focus from individual to collective responsibility. Uncovering the links between our genetic makeup, environment and experiences, this is an important contribution to ongoing debates on ethics, genetics and responsibility.Table of Contents1. Epigenetics, Bioethics and a Developmental Outlook on Life 2. Epigenetics and Forward-Looking Collective Responsibility 3. Luck, Epigenetics and the Worth of Collectives 4. Pictures at an Exhibition: Epigenetics, Harm and the Non-Identity Problem 5. Epigenetics, Parenthood and Responsibility for Children 6. AI and Epigenetic Responsibility 7. Responsibility and the Microbiome

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Book SynopsisWe are often expected to trust technologies, and how they are used, even if we have good reason not to. There is no room to mistrust. Exploring relations between trust and mistrust in the context of data, AI and technology at large, this book defines a process of ‘trustification’ used by governments, corporations, researchers and the media to legitimize exploitation and increase inequalities. Aimed at social scientists, computer scientists and public policy, the book aptly reveals how trust is operationalized and converted into a metric in order to extract legitimacy from populations and support the furthering of technology to manage society.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Trust Issues 2. Trustification: Extracting Legitimacy 3. State: Measuring Authority 4. Corporate: Managing Risk 5. Research: Setting Terms 6. Media: Telling Stories 7. Case Study: COVID-19 Tracing Apps 8. Case Study: Tech for Good 9. Case Study: Trusting Faces 10. Conclusion: False Trade-Offs

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Book SynopsisA disturbing portrait of a modern American family'Imagine Richard Yates becoming fascinated by Donald Antrim before writing Revolutionary Road and you'll have some idea of Love Orange. One of the most satisfying novels you will read this year. This book rules' Christian Kiefer, author of Phantoms'I enjoyed every minute of it' Chris Power, author of Mothers'A stunningly accurate portrayal . . . shining with vivid dialogue and observation' Chloe Aridjis, author of Sea Monsters'[A]n exuberant, comic, irresistibly dark examination of contemporary anxieties' Vanity Fair'An exquisite balance of humour and pathos' LunateAn extraordinary debut novel by Natasha Randall, exposing the seam of secrets within an American family, from beneath the plastic surfaces of their new 'smart' home. Love Orange charts the gentle absurdities of their lives, and the devastating consequences of casual choices. While Hank struggles with his lack of professional success, his wife Jenny, feeling stuck and beset by an urge to do good, becomes ensnared in a dangerous correspondence with a prison inmate called John. Letter by letter, John pinches Jenny awake from the "marshmallow numbness" of her life. The children, meanwhile, unwittingly disturb the foundations of their home life with forays into the dark net and strange geological experiments. Jenny's bid for freedom takes a sour turn when she becomes the go-between for John and his wife, and develops an unnatural obsession for the orange glue that seals his letters...Love Orange throws open the blinds of American life, showing a family facing up to the modern age, from the ascendancy of technology, the predicaments of masculinity, the pathologising of children, the epidemic of opioid addiction and the tyranny of the WhatsApp Gods. The first novel by the acclaimed translator is a comic cocktail, an exuberant skewering of contemporary anxieties and prejudices.Trade ReviewImagine Richard Yates becoming fascinated by Donald Antrim before writing Revolutionary Road and you'll have some idea of Love Orange. At turns funny, discomfiting, and darkly harrowing, Randall's debut is real life inscribed upon the page. The classic American family of countless TV dramas and comedies is here fractured against the hard fulcrum of the current age. One of the most satisfying novels you will read this year. This book rules. -- Christian Kiefer, author of PHANTOMS'In Love Orange we see the American nuclear family in meltdown, a phenomenon Natasha Randall describes with wisdom, wit, and a lot of heart. I enjoyed every minute of it' Chris Power, author of MothersAs an acclaimed translator of Russian novels, Natasha Randall has a fine-tuned sense of the absurd, and a wonderfully original way of seeing the world. A stunningly accurate portrayal of American society, shining with vivid dialogue and observation -- Chloe Aridjis, author of Sea Monsters[T]he first novel by this acclaimed translator is an exuberant, comic, irresistibly dark examination of contemporary anxieties * Vanity Fair *An exquisite balance of humour and pathos...The setting and plot ofLove Orange is extremely well crafted * Lunate *Randall throws satirical light on everything from opioid addictions to the domination of modern technology in this exuberant and contemporary novel. * Independent *The translator Natasha Randall's debut novel is a keenly observed account of the travails of an apparently normal American family . . . Hugely ambitious * Observer *Translator Randall makes her fiction debut with this assured and funny story of an American family in crisis trying to hide behind their new "smart" home. * The i *I was . . . hooked by this comedic take on the modern American family * Saga *I loved the rich emotional mayhem of Natasha Randall's Love Orange. * White Review (BOTY) *Love Orange is narrated in a close third-person from multiple points of view, artfully moving between the characters to build an absorbing story. Randall depicts the very contemporary struggles of the Tinkley family with empathy. And her wry humour leavens the serious topics she tackles: the prison system, gender roles, the perils of intrusive technology and the slippery slope of addiction - whether one reaches for drugs or devices for relief from the "marshmallow numbness" of daily life. * TLS *

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Book SynopsisThe globalisation of communication networks has increased the domains of translation and is challenging ever more the translator’s role. This volume is a collection of contributions from two different conferences (Misano, 1997 and Berlin, 1998). (Multi)Media translation, especially screen translation (TV, cinema, video), has made more explicit the complexities of any communication and has led us to take a fresh look at the translator’s strategies and behaviours.Several papers ponder the concepts of media and multimedia, the necessity of interdisciplinarity, the polysemiotic dimension of audiovisual media. Quite a few discuss the current transformations in audiovisual media policy. A great many deal with practices, mainly in subtitling but also in interpreting for TV and surtitling: what are the quality parameters and the conditions to meet audience’s expectations?Finally some show the cultural and linguistic implications of screen translation. Digitalisation is changing production and broadcasting and speeding up convergence between media, telecommunications and information and communication technology.Is (multi)media translation a new field of study or an umbrella framework for scholars from various disciplines? Is it a trick to overcome the absence of prestige in Translation Studies? Or is it just a buzz word which gives rise to confusion? These questions remain open: the 26 contributions are partial answers.Trade ReviewTranslation in the context of multimedia and technology will continue to evolve and take shape. The articles in this book give an excellent overview of this innovative area of study, and open the door to further research. -- Sabine Lauffer, Glendon College, York UniversityTable of Contents1. Multimedia, Multilingua: Multiple Challenges (by Gambier, Yves); 2. Part I: Concepts; 3. Multimedia & Translation: Methodological Considerations (by Cattrysse, Patrick); 4. Some Thoughts on the Study of Multimodal and Multimedia Translation (by Remael, Aline); 5. Simultaneous Interpreting for Television and Other Media: Translation Doubly Constrained (by Viaggio, Sergio); 6. Hypertext and Cyberspace: New Challenges to Translation Studies (by Martinez, Domingo Sanchez-Mesa); 7. Images of Translation (by Goethals, Gregor); 8. Text and Context in Multimedia Translation (by Werner, J. Ritter); 9. About Remakes, Dubbing and Morphing: Some Comments on Visual Transformation Processes and their Relevance for Translation Theory (by Wehn, Karin); 10. Part II: Policies and Practices; 11. Shooting in English? Myth or Necessity? (by Jackel, Anne); 12. The Position of Foreign Languages in the Flemish Media (by Meylaerts, Reine); 13. Disentangling Audiovisual Translation into Catalan from the Spanish Media Mesh (by Zabalbeascoa, Patrick); 14. Interpreter-Mediated TV Live Interviews (by Alexieva, Bistra); 15. Conference Interpreters on the Air: Live Simultaneous Interpreting on Italian Television (by Mack, Gabriele); 16. Translation Quality. An Organizational Viewpoint (by Gummerus, Eivor); 17. Quality Down Under (by Muller, Felicity); 18. Quality Control of Subtitles: Review or Preview? (by James, Heulwen); 19. Subtitling for Channel 4 Television (by Morgan, Hazel R.); 20. Live Interlingual Subtitling (by Boer, Corien M. den); 21. Punctuating Subtitles: Typographical Conventions and their Evolution (by Ceron, Clara); 22. Surtitling Operas. With Examples of Translations from German into French and Dutch (by Dewolf, Linda); 23. Part III: Empirical Research; 24. The Choice to Subtitle Children's TV Programmes in Greece: Conforming to Superior Norms (by Karamitroglou, Fotios); 25. Striving for Quality in Subtitling: the Role of a Good Dialogue List (by Diaz Cintas, Jorge); 26. Features of Oral and Written Communication in Subtitling (by Assis Rosa, Alexandra); 27. The Subtitling of la Haine: A Case Study (by Jackel, Anne); 28. Transfert des references culturelles dans les sous-titres filmiques (by Tomaszkiewicz, Teresa); 29. Anglicisms and TV Subtitles in an Anglified World (by Gottlieb, Henrik); 30. Incidental Foreign-Language Acquisition by Children Watching Subtitled Television Programs (by Van de Poel, Marijke); 31. Epilogue; 32. Four Remarks on Translation Research and Multimedia (by Pym, Anthony); 33. References; 34. Subject Index; 35. List of Films and TV Programmes Cited

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Book SynopsisSocial visionary Joseph Chilton Pearce’s indictment of cultural imprinting as the cause of humankind’s cruel and violent behavior • Refutes the Neo-Darwinist assumption that violence is inherent in humanity • Identifies religion as the sustaining force behind our negative cultural imprinting • Shows how infant-adult interactions unconsciously block the creative spirit We are all too aware of the endless variety of cruel and violent behavior reported to us in the media, reminded daily that in every corner of the world someone is suffering or dying at the hands of another. We have to ask: Is this violence and cruelty endemic to our nature? Are we, at our foundation, really so murderous? In The Death of Religion and the Rebirth of Spirit, Joseph Chilton Pearce, life-long advocate of human potential, sounds an emphatic and convincing no. Pearce explains that beneath our awareness, culture imprints a negative force-field that blocks the natural rise of the spirit toward its innate nature of love and altruism. Further, he identifies religion as the primary cultural force behind this negative imprinting. Drawing from recent neuroscience, neurocardiology, cultural anthropology, and brain development research, Pearce explains that the key to reversing this trend can be found in the interaction between infants and adults. The adult mind-set effectively compromises the infant’s neural and hormonal interactions between the heart and the higher evolutionary structures of the developing brain, thus keeping us centered primarily in our most primitive and defensive neural foundations, generation after generation. Pearce shows us that if we allow the intelligence of the heart to take hold and flourish, we can reverse this unconscious loss of our true nature.

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Book SynopsisThe Language of Genetics: An Introduction is the seventh title published in the Templeton Science and Religion Series, in which scientists from a wide range of fields distill their experience and knowledge into brief tours of their respective specialties. In this volume, Dr. Denis R. Alexander offers readers a basic toolkit of information, explanations, and ideas that can help us grasp something of the fascination and the challenge of the language of genetics.Alexander surveys the big picture, covering such topics as the birth of the field; DNA: what it is, how it works, and how it was discovered; our genetic history; the role of genes in diseases, epigenetics, and genetic engineering. The book assumes the reader has little scientific background, least of all in genetics, and approaches these issues in a very accessible way, free of specialized or overly technical jargon. In the last chapter, Dr. Alexander explores some of the big questions raised by genetics: what are its implications for notions of human value and uniqueness? Is evolution consistent with religious belief? If we believe in a God of love, then how come the evolutionary process, utterly dependent upon the language of genetics, is so wasteful and involves so much pain and suffering? How far should we go in manipulating the human genome? Does genetics subvert the idea that life has some ultimate meaning and purpose?Genetics is a rapidly advancing field; it seems new discoveries make headlines every other week. The Language of Genetics is intended to give the general reader the knowledge he or she needs to assess and understand the next big story in genetics.

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Book Synopsis“This kaleidoscopic collection will help you see and comprehend the world anew—which is, in my book, what good art should do.” —Astra Taylor It is a scary and disorienting time for art, as it is a scary and disorienting time in general. Aesthetic experience is both overshadowed by the spectacle of current events and pressed into new connection with them. The self-image of art as a social good is collapsing under the weight of capitalism’s dysfunction. In these incisive essays, art critic Ben Davis makes sense of our extreme present as an emerging "after-culture"—a culture whose forms and functions are being radically reshaped by cataclysmic events. In the face of catastrophe, he holds out hope that reckoning with the new realities of art, technology, activism, and the media, can help us weather the super-storms of the future.Trade Review”Ben Davis understands that you can't truly understand art without an analysis of the economic system that created the artist. He understands that movements create change and that artists only create change if they are involved with that movement in other ways than being the expert observer. Here's to art criticism with an axe to grind.” —Boots Riley “Ben Davis is the only art critic I read. These erudite and entertaining essays take the reader on a mind-bending tour through our fragmented, confounding, and commodified cultural landscape, providing welcome historical and political context to many of the high-profile controversies and existential challenges that define our age. Ever attuned to questions of power and profit, Davis never yields to cynicism or forecloses the possibility of creativity’s role in our collective liberation. This kaleidoscopic collection will help you see and comprehend the world anew—which is, in my book, what good art should do.” —Astra Taylor “Amid the cultural sandstorm of infinite memes and ravenous engagement algorithms, rare sneakers and mythic NFTs, made-for-Instagram immersive installations and the relentless firehose of TikTok clips, Ben Davis asks a simple question "What about Art?" What follows is an indispensable series of provocations on the future of culture, politics, and society that speak to some of the most urgent issues facing societies where culture, capitalism, and identity have become nearly indistinguishable from one another. Following in the footsteps of theorists like John Berger, Stuart Hall, and Lucy Lippard, Ben Davis is an essential guide to the politics of culture in the 21st Century.” —Trevor Paglen

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Book SynopsisA personal and engaging tribute to nature from a world-famous theoretical physicist. Marcelo Gleiser has had a passion for science and fishing since he was a boy growing up on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro. As a world-famous theoretical physicist with hundreds of scientific articles and several books of popular science to his credit, he felt it was time to once again connect with nature in less theoretical ways. After seeing a fly-fishing class on the Dartmouth College green, he decided to learn to fly-fish, a hobby, he says, that teaches humility. In The Simple Beauty of the Unexpected, Gleiser travels the world to scientific conferences, fishing wherever he goes. At each stop, he ponders the myriad ways physics informs the act of fishing; how, in its turn, fishing serves as a lens into nature's inner workings; and how science engages with questions of meaning and spirituality, inspiring a sense of mystery and awe of the not yet known. Personal and engaging, The Simple Beauty of the Unexpected is a scientist's tribute to nature, an affirmation of humanity's deep connection with and debt to Earth, and an exploration of the meaning of existence, from atom to trout to cosmos. This softcover edition features a new essay by Gleiser on how we need a profound change of worldview if we are to have a vibrant future for our species in this fragile environment. He describes how this book was an incubator for his current thinking.Trade Review“You will not learn how to fly fish from this book. You may decide to try it out. Or you may feel inclined to go on your own spiritual journey and reconnect with nature.” * The Citizen (Vermont) *“The Simple Beauty of the Unexpected is an elegantly written, introspective, and thought-provoking meditation on growing up as someone curious about the universe. It’s a wonderful introduction to the human side of science and the scientific side of being human.” -- Sean Carroll, author of The Big PictureTable of ContentsPrologue 1 Cumbria, Lake District, UK 2 Sao Jose Dos Ausentes, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil 3 Sansepolcro, Tuscany, Italy 4 Laxa River, Myvatnssveit, Iceland Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisThe gripping and definitive in-the-room account of the revolution that has swept the news industry over the last decade and reshaped our world.The last decade has seen the News industry face unprecedented change. The sometimes-century old institutions which were once the bastions of truth have had their dominance eroded by vast innovations in viral technology and, as millennial appetites force the industry to choose between principles of objectivity and impartiality, the survivors must confront the horrifying cost of their success: sexual scandal, fake news, the election of President Trump and the shaking of democracy.Taking us behind the scenes at four media titans - BuzzFeed, VICE, The New York Times and The Washington Post - Abramson reveals the human drama behind this shift: one involving deal-making tycoons, thrusting reporters, hard-bitten editors, egomaniacs, bullshitters, provocateurs and bullies, with some surfing and others drowning in the breaking wave of change. 'A cracking, essential read… Abramson knows where most of the bodies are buried and is prepared to draw the reader a detailed map' GuardianTrade ReviewA cracking, essential read … [Abramson] knows where most of the bodies are buried and is prepared to draw the reader a detailed map * Guardian *A masterwork … a vastly useful immersion in the ways of contemporary journalism * Financial Times *Chock-full of arresting titbits … describes the perfect storm that has engulfed newspapers over the past dozen years * Telegraph *Amazing. Filled with colourful inside stories, this book is essential for anyone who wants to understand today’s media and how it is affecting our society -- WALTER ISAACSONDeeply researched, wonderfully written and filled with fascinating portraits. Jill Abramson tells the truth about the news business as only she can tell it. An important book at a crucial time -- GAY TALESEA fascinating read -- Liz Thomson * The Arts Desk *

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Book Synopsis'Devastating and urgent, this book could not be more timely' Caroline Criado Perez, award-winning and bestselling author of Invisible WomenDanielle Citron takes the conversation about technology and privacy out of the boardrooms and op-eds to reach readers where we are - in our bathrooms and bedrooms; with our families and our lovers; in all the parts of our lives we assume are untouchable - and shows us that privacy, as we think we know it, is largely already gone.The boundary that once protected our intimate lives from outside interests is an artefact of the twentieth century. In the twenty-first, we have embraced a vast array of technology that enables constant access and surveillance of the most private aspects of our lives. From non-consensual pornography, to online extortion, to the sale of our data for profit, we are vulnerable to abuse -- and our laws have failed miserably to keep up.With vivid examples drawn from interviews with victims, activists and lawmakers from around the world, The Fight for Privacy reveals the threat we face and argues urgently and forcefully for a reassessment of privacy as a human right. As a legal scholar and expert, Danielle Citron is the perfect person to show us the way to a happier, better protected future.Trade ReviewIt's so refreshing to read an argument for privacy that centres women - Citron presents a crucial analysis that has been sorely missing from this important debate until now. Devastating and urgent, this book could not be more timely -- Caroline Criado Perez, author of Invisible WomenThe Fight for Privacy is nothing less than the battle to keep our intimate, private selves free from exploitation. A vitally important book -- Cordelia Fine, author of A Mind Of Its OwnDanielle Keats Citron has given us a crucial book for understanding the crisis of privacy invasion, and the unrelenting damage that comes from intimate, nonconsensual surveillance. This book should be required reading for every policy maker, parent, or person who wants to reimagine privacy protections. If you care about anyone, anywhere, you should read this book -- Safiya Noble, author of Algorithms of OppressionProfessor Citron - the brilliant, ground-breaking law professor and civil rights advocate - continues her important and impactful work in helping governments, society, and the titans of the technology sector to understand that our collective failure to protect our intimate privacy amounts to a massive failing to protect our basic civil rights. Through heart-breaking accounts form victims, a careful and detailed exposition of how a range of technologies are being weaponized against us, and a detailed review of the ethical and legal landscape governing these issues, The Fight for Privacy is a must read by anyone who cares about civil rights -- Hany Farid, UC BerkeleyThis is a terrific, though terrifying, exposé about how often our intimate activities and intimate information about us end up on social media. Professor Danielle Citron makes a compelling case for a 'right to intimate privacy' under the law. This beautifully written book deserves a wide audience and hopefully will inspire needed meaningful change in the law * Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law *When your wristwatch monitors your location and your health status and your window-shopping and purchases generate information sold and combined with other information about you, the accumulation of 'little assents' produce constant surveillance, risks of manipulation, and the elimination of privacy. Danielle Citron's expert and engaging treatment of 'technology-enabled privacy violations' shows why victims, digital platforms, and legislators alike turn to her for advice and for fights to reclaim privacy morally, legally, and practically -- Martha Minow, former Dean, Harvard Law SchoolPrivacy is politics, and if we want it back we must fight for it. In this open-hearted and down-to-earth book Danielle Citron offers reasons for optimism among the ruins of our once cherished privacy. She details the devastating effects of the loss of 'intimate privacy' and argues that new rights and laws for the digital age are both long overdue and within our grasp. Lawmakers and citizens alike, this book is for you -- Shoshana Zuboff, author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, Professor Emeritus, Harvard Business SchoolDanielle Citron's book makes privacy undeniably and uncomfortably personal, shining a light on the ways technology is used to pry open the most intimate corners of our lives. Hers is a powerful and urgent manifesto for the protection of "intimate privacy" in the United States and beyond -- Susie Alegre, author of Freedom to Think, international human rights lawyerThe Fight for Privacy is a tour de force. Arguing convincingly that our intimate privacy is a moral necessity being eroded in frightening and accelerating ways, Citron offers trenchant clarity and lucid hope for achieving justice in our digital future. A must read -- Kate Manne, author of Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women

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Book SynopsisApproach the future as a conversation, not a declaration. How can you be prepared for what's next when emerging trends constantly threaten to turn your strategic plan on its head? The world of business is experiencing a state of hyperchange influenced by global movements, disruptive technologies, political uprisings and new consumer expectations. If your world is turned upside down, will you know how to pivot and thrive, or will you be roadkill in the 'adapt or die' business race? Futuring is the art of anticipating and testing the trade-offs of different futures by making sense of key trends, signals and emerging patterns. How to Future is the only book that will teach you how to become a strategy wayfinder, allowing you to evaluate, plan and prepare for better futures for you and your business. How to Future is a guidebook to futuring and arms you with tools, strategies and practices that illuminate new strategic pathways. Renowned futurists Scott Smith and Madeline Ashby teach you how to manage the daily flood of information and signals, and discern emergent patterns that have a direct impact on the direction of your business. How to Future isn't about the "one future" you expect. Instead, this book equips you with valuable tools and concepts, builds a future-focused mindset and enables you to envision, stress-test and prototype adaptable, informed and agile strategic visioning. These tools will empower you, your team and your organization to anticipate whatever futures emerge.Trade Review"Just like great science fiction, 'futuring' isn't about trying to predict the future; it's about stimulating creative thinking about a range of possible futures. In How to Future, two of the best strategic foresight professionals in the business share all of their secrets, explaining how you can use the same tools they use to help their clients systematically think about and prepare for what's coming next--whatever it might be. It's a toolbox for taking control of your own future." * Kevin Bankston, AI Policy Director at Facebook and Fellow at Arizona State University's Center for Science and the Imagination *"The Future is no longer uncertain once you have read How to Future. The book does a brilliant job of providing the reader with the confidence and know-how to embrace uncertainty and work purposefully towards the future with ease. Using models of possibility and clear framework tools, anyone can learn to understand, predict, and shape the future, which is particularly refreshing considering the fact that futuring can often feel like an intimidating task." * Julie Doleman, Managing Director, Global Expansion at Experian Consumer Services *"The future is rarely singular, and even more rarely stable. And there are few voices I would rather have in my head, to keep me company into all those futures than Scott Smith and Madeline Ashby. Drawing on more than two decades of expertise and experience, this book is an exemplary way-finding tool, full of helpful instructions and sign-posts that will be unfailing useful no matter where you find yourself. And the book is also an incantation: summon the future, they write, but do it with intentionality, a sense of purpose, and a strong moral compass!" * Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell, Director of the 3A Institute, Australian National University and Senior Fellow, Intel Corporation *"Smith and Ashby have done our increasingly uncertain world a service with How to Future by sharing the crown jewels of the futurists' trade. This book is filled with plain-spoken but extremely sophisticated guidance on how to understand-and prepare for-what's over the horizon." * August Cole, co-author of Burn In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution and Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War *"Reading How to Future in mid-2020, reinforced in my mind how important it is to broaden the scope of who gets to 'future.' There has never been a better time to learn how to imagine new possibilities and incorporate more diversity of experiences and points of view into the process. If you want to engage communities and make new, different, and more resilient futures happen, Smith and Ashby's book provides both a manual and a call for doing so." * Matt Jones, Principal Designer, Google AI *"In a world that needs proper, grown-up futures thinking more than ever, How To Future is simply brilliant - it's the tonic (and the gin!) we've been waiting for. A true manual to futuring, it is both accessible and wise, written by two of the leading thinkers in the field with their characteristic wry pragmatism. With hope and without hype, the book shows us how to better think about, prepare for, and deal with the many strange things the future yet has to offer." * Professor Alf Rehn, Author "Innovation for the Fatigued" *"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The old pros at Changeist have written the definitive guide to thinking around corners, out of quarantine, and through the uncertainty ahead. How to Future contains all the accrued foresight you need to begin practicing futures as a team or organization, and persuasively argues that your "return on vision" will trump straight-line projections every time." * Greg Lindsay, Director of Applied Research, NewCities Foundation *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Chapter - 01: Different futuring for different needs; Chapter - 02: Getting started – scoping; Chapter - 03: Sensing and scanning – finding signals of the future now; Chapter - 04: Sense-making and mapping – turning data and insights into patterns and themes; Chapter - 05: Scenario development – combining patterns and themes to tell strategic stories; Chapter - 06: Storytelling and prototyping – creating ways for others to engage with your future stories; Chapter - 07: Assessing effectiveness – tools for monitoring and measuring fitness of approach; Chapter - 08: What to do next? Building a futuring culture; Chapter - 09: Conclusion

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Book SynopsisDemocratizing Technology provides a much-needed fresh perspective on the regulation of chemicals, and an important contribution to green thinking about technology.Caroline Lucas, Green Party MEP. This book is an excellent critique of the current risk-based approach to technology. By exploring the philosophical underpinnings and the practical applications of current policy on science and technology, Chapman exposes the serious flaws in allowing economic considerations to dominate the agenda in this area. Her proposals for reform are expertly constructed and deserve urgent and serious consideration by policy-makers.Dr Stuart Parkinson, Executive Director, Scientists for Global Responsibility. In this important book Anne Chapman argues that decisions about technology should answer a republican question: what kind of public world should we create through technology? Democratizing Technology deserves to be read widely. John ONeill, Professor of Political Economy, University of Manchester, UK A welcome addition to the new, more empirical and applied literature in philosophy of technology. This book will be essential reading for a variety of scholars and for the general reader intent on understanding, and criticizing, our chemically made world.Andrew Light, Interim Director, Program on the Environment, University of Washington, US What is technology? How do humans use it to build and modify the world? What are the relationships between technology, science, economics and democratic governance? What, if any, are our ethical and political responsibilities and choices in how we develop, deploy and control technology in democratic states? Democratizing Technology sets out to answer these questions. Focusing on the most widespread and pervasive technology - chemicals - this groundbreaking volume peels apart the critical technology debate to look at the relationship between humans, technology and the biological world. Attention is given to the immensely important new regulations, REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and restriction of Chemicals), the EUs largest ever legal framework, discussing the problems that are likely to occur in REACHs reliance on risk assessment methods and suggesting an alternative way forward for the regulation of chemicals. Providing much-needed clarity and insight into the heart of key debates in science and technology, risk analysis and mitigation, and domestic and international law, this volume arrives as a breath of fresh air.Trade Review'Democratizing Technology is an interesting book with contorversial opinions and proposals. [...] The book is a good candidate for the start of many interesting discussions in and out the classroom. Recommended.' R.E. Buntrock, formerly, University of Maine, USA 'Where the book excels is the thoughtful exploration of questions of profound relevance to public health, such as divergence between our understanding, our behaviours and public policies with respect to risk and responsibility. The analysis provides innovative insights for behaviouralists, policy development in both theoretical and practical spheres, ethicists, political analysts, environmental health scholars and all who encounter technology, and wonder about how we personally and collectively respond to technology in our midst.' Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 'An interesting book with controversial opinions and proposals... Recommended' ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface * Acknowledgements * Introduction * What is Technology? * Technology as World-Building * Technology, Science and the Economy * The Regulation of Chemicals * Risk * Assessing Risks from Chemicals * The Ethical and Political Framework of Regulation * Responsibility * Making Decisions about Technology * Index

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Book Synopsis'TIMELY AND IMPORTANT' JIM AL-KHALILIIn Our Own Image by Dr George Zarkadakis explores one of humankind’s oldest love–hate relationships – our ties with Artificial Intelligence or AI. Zarkadakis traces AI’s origins in ancient myth, through literary classics such as Frankenstein, to today’s sci-fi blockbusters, arguing that a fascination with AI is hardwired into the human psyche. He explains AI’s history, technology and potential; its manifestations in intelligent machines; its connections to neurology and consciousness, as well as – perhaps most tellingly – what AI reveals about us as human beings. In Our Own Image argues that we are on the brink of a fourth industrial revolution – poised to enter the age of Artificial Intelligence as science fiction becomes science fact. Ultimately, Zarkadakis observes, the fate of AI has profound implications for the future of science and humanity itself…Trade ReviewZarkadakis is an exciting and original thinker in the field of Artificial Intelligence and has written a book that is timely and important. * Jim Al-Khalili PhD OBE, author of Paradox *A mindful and historical look at the hope, hype and reality of artificial consciousness -- Stuart Hameroff, co-author of Consciousness and the UniverseFascinating [and] rich...interweaves sci-fi visions with explorations of the philosophy, technology and deep history of artificial super-intelligence -- Steve Cave * Financial Times *Ingenious...A delightfully lucid combination of the history, philosophy, and science behind thinking machines. * Kirkus Reviews *fascinating...the most comprehensive history of AI for our digital age [and] highly accessible * Publisher’s Weekly *

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Book SynopsisOver the last fifty years, humanity has developed an extraordinary global utility which is omnipresent, universal, and available to all: the Global Positioning System (GPS). A network of twenty-four satellites and their monitoring stations on Earth, it makes possible almost all modern technology, from the smartphone in your pocket to the Mars rover. Neither the internet nor the cloud would work without it. And it is changing us in profound ways we've yet to come to terms with. While GPS has brought us breathtakingly accurate methods of timekeeping, navigation, and earthquake tracking, our overwhelming reliance on it is having unexpected consequences on our culture, and on ourselves. GPS is reshaping our thinking about privacy and surveillance, and brings with it the growing danger of GPS terrorism. Neuroscientists have even found that using GPS for navigation may be affecting our cognitive maps - possibly rearranging the grey matter in our heads - leading to the increasingly common phenomenon 'Death by GPS', in which drivers blindly follow their devices into deserts, lakes, and impassable mountains. Deeply researched, inventive and with fascinating insights into the way we think about our place in the world, Pinpoint reveals the way that the technologies we design to help us can end up shaping our lives. It is at once a grand history of science and a far-reaching book about contemporary culture.

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Book SynopsisThe fully revised third edition of Katharine Hill's wise and encouraging book on parenting in the digital world. A lifeline for parents and carers, this book offers practical advice on screen time and social media, as well as cyberbullying, grooming and pornography, with new content on gaming and sharenting'

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Book SynopsisWhat makes Time, Ignorance, and Death inevitable? Do they have something in common? A pioneer of reducing that deadly something leads a short tour of where it''s found and displaced. Sayre''s tour visits some unusual places. An immigrant neighborhood builds a microgrid. A remote radio telescope solves how to detect intelligence in the universe. A quantum mystery is resolved by our own incomplete view. All are related.The tour''s destination is a moral compass and hope in tragedy.

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Book SynopsisOffline Matters is a handbook for anybody experiencing digital overload in their lives and creative work."For any creative who has had to cater to corporate dimwits in order support their art, here's a terrific guide to bringing your best work into the commercial sphere without selling out or compromising your craft. This is a book about how to break free from the data-driven expectations of your client's spreadsheet, and retrieve the true novelty that makes you valuable in the first place." - Douglas Rushkoff, author of Team Human"Offline Matters is a much needed take-down of the whole 'cult of creativity' from the inside. This rattle gun attack on the perniciousness of the creative digital work will leave you aghast and amused in equal measure." - Oli Mould, author of Against CreativityWhen did creative work become so boring?How did 'digital-first' come to dominate everything?...and why is nobody talking about it?Part insider exposé, part worker-manual, this book is for any creative seeking help on: Navigating the possibility of offline alternatives Countering overwork culture, exploitation, and dulled-down ideas Recovering what you loved about your creative calling ...away from the confines of our screens. We are dreaming of offline. Not as a romanticised past, a punishment, a quick detox, or a WiFi-free café. Offline is not a lifestyle. It's a space of opportunity.By the end of Offline Matters, you'll have a new perspective on the dry digitality that defines creative work today - and a set of strategies for going beyond it.Trade Review"Offline Matters is a much needed take-down of the whole 'cult of creativity' from the inside. This rattle gun attack on the perniciousness of the creative digital work will leave you aghast and amused in equal measure." - Oli Mould, author of Against Creativity"For any creative who has had to cater to corporate dimwits in order support their art, here's a terrific guide to bringing your best work into the commercial sphere without selling out or compromising your craft. This is a book about how to break free from the data-driven expectations of your client's spreadsheet, and retrieve the true novelty that makes you valuable in the first place." - Douglas Rushkoff, author of Team Human"This book is extremely timely. The pandemic has obliged everybody to stay online almost all the time. Offline Matters reminds us that life is (also) elsewhere. The neologism 'offline', which did not exist twenty years ago, has philosophical relevance. This book is hoping we can discover it." - Franco 'Bifo' Berardi, philosopher, theorist and activist"Today we are all called upon to be the content providers of our own lives. This can be exhausting and estranging. Fortunately Jess Henderson has arrived to help us get offline, not into the pasts but into the presence of our lives. With compassion and humour Henderson brings us back to ourselves and it turns out we are not predestined to be profiled and branded. Offline Matters is the mutual help book we need right now!" - Stefano Harney, co-author of The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning and Black Study"Jess has written a kind of outsider/artist/creative/inventor SURVIVAL MANUAL for our over-amped, information-overloaded, hypercommunicative age. Anyone seeking encouragement, inspiration, moral support, and IDEAS would do well to study these pages, preferably in a solitary room with no music playing and no laptop showing 'news' (or a cellphone constantly pinging). Electronics in another room, please!" - V. Vale, founder of RE/Search and Search & Destroy"Offline Matters couldn't come at a more important and critical juncture in our human existence...The insights within this book highlight the current creative plight we've gotten ourselves into and the cracks within many cultural and societal pillars.This book is a great step in helping us reclaim and reconsider our roles within the current structures we've all been players within. Many of us can read along nodding in agreement and the examples surely represent thoughts we've embraced at some point. But this book isn't about reprimanding us so much as help us understand how we can move forward. We've become so subservient to other factors out in the world and this is a stern reminder to take back control of something that can provide an immense amount of personal and community value." - Eugene Kan, co-founder of MAEKAN and Hypebeast"Consider this book a rehabilitation program for a creative thinking populace unknowingly addicted to vain online activity. Through these influential pages, Henderson bestows upon their readers the tools necessary to free one's mind from the constraints of the virtual realm so they may focus instead on something much more important...reality." - James T. Padlow, THE PEN NAME"I have followed Jess' writing since she created Outsider; an anarchic newsletter/witty commentary against the establishment, and its pervasive contentment with the same old marketing bullshit. I waited in anticipation, sometimes for months, to receive news from the trenches...Just like the white space between the lines in a book, it was like reading every unspoken truth, every unheard sigh, every roll of the eyes in our industry. Someone had to say it and thank god it was Jess. We need this book." - Alvaro Sotomayor, Creative Director at WEIDEN+KENNEDY

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Book SynopsisCollaborate with cutting-edge tools like ChatGPT, NotebookLM, Perplexity and Copilot.

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Book SynopsisNational security is paramount for an all inclusive development. Along with a holistic approach in place, there is an urgent need to first recognise the challenges to national security of the country. National Security Challenges: Young Scholars’ Perspective – a tribute to Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw from the youth of the country – primarily deals with India`s national security challenges from a hardcore, predominantly traditional security point of view.The main aim of the book is to develop strategic thinking amongst the youth of this country. To provide a suitable platform to the university students, CLAWS has initiated an unprecedented pan-India essay competition – Field Marshal Manekshaw Essay Competition (FMMEC). The book is the outcome of an overwhelming response to the competition over past two years, and 12 select essays have been compiled, edited, and published.Dealing with wide range of subjects from conceptual understandings, threats and challenges emanating from technological advancements, to learning from national, regional and global experiences; the book provides a fresh approach to the subject. It also gives a sneak peek into what the youth of India feels about national security in the form of policy recommendations.To boost the morale of the young authors and university students, the book carries messages from Hon’ble Raksha Mantri, Hon’ble National Security Advisor and Chief of the Army Staff.

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Book SynopsisHow do you describe cyberspace comprehensively?This book examines the relationship between cyberspace and sovereignty as understood by jurists and economists. The author transforms and abstracts cyberspace from the perspective of science and technology into the subject, object, platform, and activity in the field of philosophy. From the three dimensions of 'ontology' (cognition of cyberspace and information), 'epistemology' (sovereignty evolution), and 'methodology' (theoretical refinement), he uses international law, philosophy of science and technology, political philosophy, cyber security, and information entropy to conduct cross-disciplinary research on cyberspace and sovereignty to find a scientific and accurate methodology. Cyberspace sovereignty is the extension of modern state sovereignty. Only by firmly establishing the rule of law of cyberspace sovereignty can we reduce cyber conflicts and cybercrimes, oppose cyber hegemony, and prevent cyber war. The purpose of investigating cyberspace and sovereignty is to plan good laws and good governance. This book argues that cyberspace has sovereignty, sovereignty governs cyberspace, and cyberspace governance depends on comprehensive planning. This is a new theory of political philosophy and sovereignty law.Table of ContentsNoumenon: Thing-in-Itself: Ontology of Cyberspace; Cyberspace Evolution; Cyberspace Security; Cyberspace Sovereignty; Epistemology: The Consideration of Cyberspace Order; The History of Cyberspace Legislation; The Rule of Law in Cyberspace Sovereignty; Methodology: Cyberspace and Order Coordination; Cyberspace and Overall Planning Entropy; The Overall Planning of Cyberspace Justice;

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Book SynopsisThis book is about the nature of information. It touches on many core issues of philosophy of the mind, ontology, and epistemology, and draws in several domain-specific concepts from physics, mathematics, thermodynamics, computer science, and biology. The terms used in this book, such as the mind, a conscious agent, meaning, and knowledge are used with very precise meanings because they can be easily misinterpreted. A proper understanding of these terms can be gained from the referenced literature. But more specifically, this book is about the concept of information as physical phenomenon.The book is a unique exposition of the concept of information as physical phenomenon. It provides the detailed analysis and synthesis of the current conceptualizations of information demonstrating the lack of common definition and their incompleteness. The detailed argument is provided why information may be defined as a physical phenomenon and why this type of information may be seen as fundamental to our understanding of this concept.

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