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The Future Is Analog

How to Create a More Human World

par David Sax ...

Bestselling culture writer David Sax lays out the case against a false digital utopia—and for a more human futureIn The Future Is Analog, David Sax points out that the onset of the pandemic instantly gave us the digital universe we’d spent so long anticipating. Instant communication, online shopping, virtual everything.It didn’t take long to realize how awful it was to live in this promised future ... En savoir plus

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Bestselling culture writer David Sax lays out the case against a false digital utopia—and for a more human futureIn The Future Is Analog, David Sax points out that the onset of the pandemic instantly gave us the digital universe we’d spent so long anticipating. Instant communication, online shopping, virtual everything.It didn’t take long to realize how awful it was to live in this promised future
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Cult of the Dead Cow

How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World

par Joseph Menn ...

The shocking untold story of the elite secret society of hackers fighting to protect our freedom, “a hugely important piece of the puzzle for anyone who wants to understand the forces shaping the internet age” (The New York Times Book Review)Cult of the Dead Cow is the tale of the oldest active, most respected, and most famous American hacking group of all time. With its origins in the earliest ... En savoir plus

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The shocking untold story of the elite secret society of hackers fighting to protect our freedom, “a hugely important piece of the puzzle for anyone who wants to understand the forces shaping the internet age” (The New York Times Book Review)Cult of the Dead Cow is the tale of the oldest active, most respected, and most famous American hacking group of all time. With its origins in the earliest
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Code Dependent

Living in the Shadow of AI

par Madhumita Murgia ...

Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-FictionNamed a best book of the year by Esquire, The Spectator and Publishers WeeklyA riveting story of what it means to be human in a world changed by artificial intelligence, revealing the perils and inequities of our growing reliance on automated decision-makingOn the surface, a ... ... En savoir plus

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Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-FictionNamed a best book of the year by Esquire, The Spectator and Publishers WeeklyA riveting story of what it means to be human in a world changed by artificial intelligence, revealing the perils and inequities of our growing reliance on automated decision-makingOn the surface, a ...
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The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI

How to Think About Artificial Intelligence—Before It's Too Late

par Cory Doctorow ...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNational Indie Bestseller"[Doctorow] resembles the great rock critics of an earlier era, a high-tech Greil Marcus or even a Lester Bangs." —Stephen Marche, The New York Times Book ReviewA short, provocative guide to what's good, bad, and stupid about AI and the discourse around AI, by the author of Enshittification.In modern tech parlance, a c... ... En savoir plus

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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNational Indie Bestseller"[Doctorow] resembles the great rock critics of an earlier era, a high-tech Greil Marcus or even a Lester Bangs." —Stephen Marche, The New York Times Book ReviewA short, provocative guide to what's good, bad, and stupid about AI and the discourse around AI, by the author of Enshittification.In modern tech parlance, a c...
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More Everything Forever

AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity

par Adam Becker ...

A timely exposé of the ludicrous and cruel obsessions of Silicon Valley’s oligarchs.“In an era when billionaire space races and AI hype dominate headlines, More Everything Forever **arrives as a much-needed reality check.” —**The AtlanticTech billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have decided that the only worthwhile future for humanity is one powered by technology: trillions of human... ... En savoir plus

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A timely exposé of the ludicrous and cruel obsessions of Silicon Valley’s oligarchs.“In an era when billionaire space races and AI hype dominate headlines, More Everything Forever **arrives as a much-needed reality check.” —**The AtlanticTech billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have decided that the only worthwhile future for humanity is one powered by technology: trillions of human...
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Empire of AI

Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI

par Karen Hao ...

A New York Times Notable Book • Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction • A New York Times Bestseller • Named a Best Book of the Year by Smithsonian, Scientific American, and Elle • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, NYPL Helen Bernstein Award, Whiting Award, Nautilus Book Award, and Porchlight Business Book Award“A bestselling page-turner that has made waves not ... En savoir plus

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A New York Times Notable Book • Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction • A New York Times Bestseller • Named a Best Book of the Year by Smithsonian, Scientific American, and Elle • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, NYPL Helen Bernstein Award, Whiting Award, Nautilus Book Award, and Porchlight Business Book Award“A bestselling page-turner that has made waves not
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Vaporware, Inc.

How Silicon Valley Sells the Future to Control the Present

par David Karpf ...

**A critical reexamination of techno-optimism’s empty promises, and how the lessons of the past can help us regain control of our future."David Karpf has done us a great service by clearly and succinctly articulating the hollow rhetoric at the heart of Big Tech’s power. Vaporware, Inc. is equal parts funny and infuriating—I devoured most of it in a day. Let’s regulate Silicon Valley and tax these ... En savoir plus

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**A critical reexamination of techno-optimism’s empty promises, and how the lessons of the past can help us regain control of our future."David Karpf has done us a great service by clearly and succinctly articulating the hollow rhetoric at the heart of Big Tech’s power. Vaporware, Inc. is equal parts funny and infuriating—I devoured most of it in a day. Let’s regulate Silicon Valley and tax these
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Invisible Women

Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

par Caroline Criado Perez ...

The landmark, prize-winning, international bestselling examination of how a gender gap in data perpetuates bias and disadvantages women.#1 International Bestseller * Winner of the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award * Winner of the Royal Society Science Book PrizeData is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development to health care to education and public ... En savoir plus

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The landmark, prize-winning, international bestselling examination of how a gender gap in data perpetuates bias and disadvantages women.#1 International Bestseller * Winner of the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award * Winner of the Royal Society Science Book PrizeData is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development to health care to education and public
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The Infinity Machine

Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence

par Sebastian Mallaby ...

**An Instant New York Times Bestseller • One of NPR's Best Books of the Year • Nominated for the Financial Times Business Book of the YearFrom one of our leading chroniclers of the intersection of innovation and capitalism, a landmark reckoning—based on unprecedented access—with one of the world’s most brilliant and driven tech visionaries, and his game-changing company**Even by the standard of a ... En savoir plus

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**An Instant New York Times Bestseller • One of NPR's Best Books of the Year • Nominated for the Financial Times Business Book of the YearFrom one of our leading chroniclers of the intersection of innovation and capitalism, a landmark reckoning—based on unprecedented access—with one of the world’s most brilliant and driven tech visionaries, and his game-changing company**Even by the standard of a
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Console Wars

Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation

par Blake J. Harris ...

Now a documentary on CBS All Access.Following the success of The Accidental Billionaires and Moneyball comes Console Wars—a mesmerizing, behind-the-scenes business thriller that chronicles the history of video games and how Sega, a small, scrappy gaming company led by an unlikely visionary and a team of rebels, took on the juggernaut Nintendo and revolutionized the video game industry.In 1990, ... En savoir plus

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Now a documentary on CBS All Access.Following the success of The Accidental Billionaires and Moneyball comes Console Wars—a mesmerizing, behind-the-scenes business thriller that chronicles the history of video games and how Sega, a small, scrappy gaming company led by an unlikely visionary and a team of rebels, took on the juggernaut Nintendo and revolutionized the video game industry.In 1990,
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Humans of AI

Understanding the People Behind the Machines

par Joseph Wilson ...

Unmasking the rituals and cultural norms that define communities of artificial intelligence (AI) workers, Humans of AI demonstrates that there would be no AI without human intervention.Not a day goes by without breathless commentary on the increasing power of this innovative technology. Hype flows from the sages of Silicon Valley. But who is behind the evolution of this technology, and how does it ... En savoir plus

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Unmasking the rituals and cultural norms that define communities of artificial intelligence (AI) workers, Humans of AI demonstrates that there would be no AI without human intervention.Not a day goes by without breathless commentary on the increasing power of this innovative technology. Hype flows from the sages of Silicon Valley. But who is behind the evolution of this technology, and how does it
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How to Do Nothing

Resisting the Attention Economy

par Jenny Odell ...

** A New York Times Bestseller **NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY: Time • The New Yorker • NPR • GQ • Elle • Vulture • Fortune • Boing Boing • The Irish Times • The New York Public Library • The Brooklyn Public Library**"A complex, smart and ambitious book that at first reads like a self-help manual, then blossoms into a wide-ranging politica... ... En savoir plus

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** A New York Times Bestseller **NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY: Time • The New Yorker • NPR • GQ • Elle • Vulture • Fortune • Boing Boing • The Irish Times • The New York Public Library • The Brooklyn Public Library**"A complex, smart and ambitious book that at first reads like a self-help manual, then blossoms into a wide-ranging politica...
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The New Age of Sexism

How AI and Emerging Technologies Are Reinventing Misogyny

par Laura Bates ...

"[An] eye-popping exposé." —Publishers Weekly, starred reviewMisogyny is being hardwired into our future. Can we stop it?We like to believe we're moving closer to equality, riding the wave of technological progress into a brighter, fairer future. But beneath the glossy surface of innovation lies a chilling truth: new technologies are not just failing to solve age-old inequalities—they're deepening ... En savoir plus

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"[An] eye-popping exposé." —Publishers Weekly, starred reviewMisogyny is being hardwired into our future. Can we stop it?We like to believe we're moving closer to equality, riding the wave of technological progress into a brighter, fairer future. But beneath the glossy surface of innovation lies a chilling truth: new technologies are not just failing to solve age-old inequalities—they're deepening
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Insolvent

How to Reorient Computing for Just Sustainability

par Christoph Becker ...

How we can enact meaningful change in computing to meet the urgent need for sustainability and justice.The deep entanglement of information technology with our societies has raised hope for a transition to more sustainable and just communities—those that phase out fossil fuels, distribute public goods fairly, allow free access to information, and waste less. In principle, computing should be able ... En savoir plus

$58.99 CAD

How we can enact meaningful change in computing to meet the urgent need for sustainability and justice.The deep entanglement of information technology with our societies has raised hope for a transition to more sustainable and just communities—those that phase out fossil fuels, distribute public goods fairly, allow free access to information, and waste less. In principle, computing should be able
... En savoir plus
Digital Minimalism

Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

par Cal Newport ...

**A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today bestseller"Newport is making a bid to be the Marie Kondo of technology: someone with an actual plan for helping you realize the digital pursuits that do, and don't, bring value to your life."--Ezra Klein, VoxMinimalism is the art of knowing how much is just enough. Digital minimalism applies this idea to our personal ... En savoir plus

$12.99 CAD

**A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today bestseller"Newport is making a bid to be the Marie Kondo of technology: someone with an actual plan for helping you realize the digital pursuits that do, and don't, bring value to your life."--Ezra Klein, VoxMinimalism is the art of knowing how much is just enough. Digital minimalism applies this idea to our personal
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The Story of Your Life

How Social Media Shapes the Way We Experience Everything

par Kathryn Jezer-Morton ...

An eye-opening and intimate look at how social media shapes our entire lives, from the writer Jia Tolentino calls “one of our greatest chroniclers of the norms of American domestic life”Over the past two decades, platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok have revolutionized how we document and share information about our lives. Social media is where our history lives now.In The Story of Your ... En savoir plus

$16.99 CAD

An eye-opening and intimate look at how social media shapes our entire lives, from the writer Jia Tolentino calls “one of our greatest chroniclers of the norms of American domestic life”Over the past two decades, platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok have revolutionized how we document and share information about our lives. Social media is where our history lives now.In The Story of Your
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The Power of One

How I Found the Strength to Tell the Truth and Why I Blew the Whistle on Facebook

par Frances Haugen ...

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MOVIE THE SOCIAL RECKONING, STARRING MIKEY MADISON, JEREMY STRONG, AND JEREMY ALLEN WHITE.The inside story of one woman’s quest to bring transparency and accountability to Big Tech, by the Facebook whistleblower who is determined to help us all retake control of our lives.In 2021, when news outlets feasted on “the Facebook Files,” Frances Haugen went public as the former ... En savoir plus

$19.99 CAD

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MOVIE THE SOCIAL RECKONING, STARRING MIKEY MADISON, JEREMY STRONG, AND JEREMY ALLEN WHITE.The inside story of one woman’s quest to bring transparency and accountability to Big Tech, by the Facebook whistleblower who is determined to help us all retake control of our lives.In 2021, when news outlets feasted on “the Facebook Files,” Frances Haugen went public as the former
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Virtual Ascendance

Video Games and the Remaking of Reality

par Devin C. Griffiths ...

From school lunchrooms to the White House press room, video games are an integral part of our popular culture, and the industry behind them touches all aspects of our lives, gamer and non-gamer alike. Business and entertainment, health and medicine, politics and war, social interaction and education, all fall under its influence.Virtual Ascendance tells the story of a formerly fringe enterprise ... En savoir plus

$37.99 CAD

From school lunchrooms to the White House press room, video games are an integral part of our popular culture, and the industry behind them touches all aspects of our lives, gamer and non-gamer alike. Business and entertainment, health and medicine, politics and war, social interaction and education, all fall under its influence.Virtual Ascendance tells the story of a formerly fringe enterprise
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Mindless

Why Smarter Machines are Making Dumber Humans

par Simon Head ...

We live in the age of Computer Business Systems (CBSs) -- the highly complex, computer-intensive management programs on which large organizations increasingly rely. In Mindless, Simon Head argues that these systems have come to trump human expertise, dictating the goals and strategies of a wide array of businesses, and de-skilling the jobs of middle class workers in the process. CBSs are ... En savoir plus

$21.99 CAD

We live in the age of Computer Business Systems (CBSs) -- the highly complex, computer-intensive management programs on which large organizations increasingly rely. In Mindless, Simon Head argues that these systems have come to trump human expertise, dictating the goals and strategies of a wide array of businesses, and de-skilling the jobs of middle class workers in the process. CBSs are
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The Trust Code

How to Unlock AI's Promise Without Losing Humanity

par Tiffany Xingyu Wang ...

**National BestsellerTrust is the missing skill of the AI era. This book shows you how to build it.**AI systems already advise our doctors, tutor our children, and drive our cars. They sound confident while being wrong, intimate without being responsible, and authoritative without being accountable. Our instincts for deciding whom to trust are no match for machines that fake understanding at scale ... En savoir plus

$27.99 CAD

**National BestsellerTrust is the missing skill of the AI era. This book shows you how to build it.**AI systems already advise our doctors, tutor our children, and drive our cars. They sound confident while being wrong, intimate without being responsible, and authoritative without being accountable. Our instincts for deciding whom to trust are no match for machines that fake understanding at scale
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The Double Bind of Disability

How Medical Technology Shapes Bodily Authority

par Rebecca Monteleone ...

Exposing the ableism underlying medical innovationAs medical advancements continue to shape the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of disability and illness, technology is often presented as a pathway to autonomy. Challenging this assumption, Rebecca Monteleone shows how medical technologies contribute to a cruel double bind, forcing disabled people to be accountable for adapting to a world built ... En savoir plus

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Exposing the ableism underlying medical innovationAs medical advancements continue to shape the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of disability and illness, technology is often presented as a pathway to autonomy. Challenging this assumption, Rebecca Monteleone shows how medical technologies contribute to a cruel double bind, forcing disabled people to be accountable for adapting to a world built
... En savoir plus
The Quiet Zone

Unraveling the Mystery of a Town Suspended in Silence

par Stephen Kurczy ...

In this riveting account of an area of Appalachia known as the Quiet Zone where cell phones and WiFi are banned, journalist Stephen Kurczy explores the pervasive role of technology in our lives and the innate human need for quiet."Captures the complex beauty of a disconnected way of life." — The NationWith a new afterword to the paperback editionDeep in the Appalachian Mountains lies the last ... En savoir plus

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In this riveting account of an area of Appalachia known as the Quiet Zone where cell phones and WiFi are banned, journalist Stephen Kurczy explores the pervasive role of technology in our lives and the innate human need for quiet."Captures the complex beauty of a disconnected way of life." — The NationWith a new afterword to the paperback editionDeep in the Appalachian Mountains lies the last
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The Coming Wave

AI, Power, and Our Future

par Mustafa Suleyman ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An urgent warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global order, and how we might contain them while we have the chance—from a co-founder of the pioneering artificial intelligence company DeepMind and current CEO of Microsoft AI, with a new afterword“A fascinating, well-written, and important book.”—Yuval Noah Harari** ... En savoir plus

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An urgent warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global order, and how we might contain them while we have the chance—from a co-founder of the pioneering artificial intelligence company DeepMind and current CEO of Microsoft AI, with a new afterword“A fascinating, well-written, and important book.”—Yuval Noah Harari**
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Gilded Rage

Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley

par Jacob Silverman ...

A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2025A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2025'Makes a convincing case for how tech became radicalized' BLOOMBERGWhat happens if the world's richest and most powerful men decide to dismantle democracy?In Gilded Rage, New York Times bestselling author Jacob Silverman takes us inside the surreal, high-stakes world of Silicon Valley. ... ... En savoir plus

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A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2025A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2025'Makes a convincing case for how tech became radicalized' BLOOMBERGWhat happens if the world's richest and most powerful men decide to dismantle democracy?In Gilded Rage, New York Times bestselling author Jacob Silverman takes us inside the surreal, high-stakes world of Silicon Valley. ...
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