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TechGnosis

Myth, Magic, and Mysticism in the Age of Information

by Erik Davis ...

TechGnosis is a cult classic of media studies that straddles the line between academic discourse and popular culture; it appeals to both those secular and spiritual, to fans of cyberpunk and hacker literature and culture as much as new-thought adherents and spiritual seekersHow does our fascination with technology intersect with the religious imagination? In TechGnosis—a cult classic now updated ... Read more

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TechGnosis is a cult classic of media studies that straddles the line between academic discourse and popular culture; it appeals to both those secular and spiritual, to fans of cyberpunk and hacker literature and culture as much as new-thought adherents and spiritual seekersHow does our fascination with technology intersect with the religious imagination? In TechGnosis—a cult classic now updated
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The Computer and the Brain

by John von Neumann ...

Series series The Silliman Memorial Lectures Series
In this classic work, one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century explores the analogies between computing machines and the living human brain. John von Neumann, whose many contributions to science, mathematics, and engineering include the basic organizational framework at the heart of today's computers, concludes that the brain operates both digitally and analogically, but also ... Read more

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In this classic work, one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century explores the analogies between computing machines and the living human brain. John von Neumann, whose many contributions to science, mathematics, and engineering include the basic organizational framework at the heart of today's computers, concludes that the brain operates both digitally and analogically, but also
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The Human Use of Human Beings

Cybernetics and Society

by Norbert Wiener ...

For the 75th anniversary, a new edition of The Human Use of Human Beings—the landmark book that delves into the relationship between humans and computers, and presciently anticipates many contemporary dilemmas surrounding AI technology. With a new introduction by Brian Christian, author of the bestselling Algorithms to Live By and The Alignment Problem.In 1950, mathematician-philosopher Norbert ... Read more

$10.99 USD

For the 75th anniversary, a new edition of The Human Use of Human Beings—the landmark book that delves into the relationship between humans and computers, and presciently anticipates many contemporary dilemmas surrounding AI technology. With a new introduction by Brian Christian, author of the bestselling Algorithms to Live By and The Alignment Problem.In 1950, mathematician-philosopher Norbert
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The Philip K. Dick Collection

by Philip K. Dick ...

Philip K. Dick's work explored philosophical, social, and political themes, with stories dominated by monopolistic corporations, alternative universes, authoritarian governments, and altered states of consciousness. His writing also reflected his interest in metaphysics and theology, and often drew upon his life experiences in addressing the nature of reality, identity, drug abuse, schizophrenia, ... Read more

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Philip K. Dick's work explored philosophical, social, and political themes, with stories dominated by monopolistic corporations, alternative universes, authoritarian governments, and altered states of consciousness. His writing also reflected his interest in metaphysics and theology, and often drew upon his life experiences in addressing the nature of reality, identity, drug abuse, schizophrenia,
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Cracking Complexity

The Breakthrough Formula for Solving Just About Anything Fast

by David Komlos, David Benjamin ...

For the first time, David Benjamin and David Komlos of Syntegrity share their cutting-edge, highly engaging step-by-step formula for cracking incredibly knotty and important challenges in mere days, while mobilizing those who must execute.**Foreword by Marshall Goldsmith, #1 NY Times bestselling author, Thinkers50 - #1 Executive Coach and the only two-time #1 Leadership Thinker in the ... Read more

$15.99 USD

For the first time, David Benjamin and David Komlos of Syntegrity share their cutting-edge, highly engaging step-by-step formula for cracking incredibly knotty and important challenges in mere days, while mobilizing those who must execute.**Foreword by Marshall Goldsmith, #1 NY Times bestselling author, Thinkers50 - #1 Executive Coach and the only two-time #1 Leadership Thinker in the
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Dark Aeon

Transhumanism and the War Against Humanity

by Joe Allen ...

Humanity Is Consumed by Relentless TransformationLike a thief in the night, artificial intelligence has inserted itself into our lives. It makes important decisions for us every day. Often, we barely notice. As Joe Allen writes in this groundbreaking book, “Transhumanism is the great merger of humankind with the Machine. At this stage in history, it consists of billions using smartphones. Going ... Read more

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Humanity Is Consumed by Relentless TransformationLike a thief in the night, artificial intelligence has inserted itself into our lives. It makes important decisions for us every day. Often, we barely notice. As Joe Allen writes in this groundbreaking book, “Transhumanism is the great merger of humankind with the Machine. At this stage in history, it consists of billions using smartphones. Going
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Possible Minds

Twenty-Five Ways of Looking at AI

Edited by John Brockman ...

Science world luminary John Brockman assembles twenty-five of the most important scientific minds, people who have been thinking about the field artificial intelligence for most of their careers, for an unparalleled round-table examination about mind, thinking, intelligence and what it means to be human."Artificial intelligence is today's story--the story behind all other stories. It is the Second ... Read more

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Science world luminary John Brockman assembles twenty-five of the most important scientific minds, people who have been thinking about the field artificial intelligence for most of their careers, for an unparalleled round-table examination about mind, thinking, intelligence and what it means to be human."Artificial intelligence is today's story--the story behind all other stories. It is the Second
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Cybernetic Revolutionaries

Technology and Politics in Allende's Chile

by Eden Medina ...

A historical study of Chile's twin experiments with cybernetics and socialism, and what they tell us about the relationship of technology and politics.In Cybernetic Revolutionaries, Eden Medina tells the history of two intersecting utopian visions, one political and one technological. The first was Chile's experiment with peaceful socialist change under Salvador Allende; the second was the ... Read more

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A historical study of Chile's twin experiments with cybernetics and socialism, and what they tell us about the relationship of technology and politics.In Cybernetic Revolutionaries, Eden Medina tells the history of two intersecting utopian visions, one political and one technological. The first was Chile's experiment with peaceful socialist change under Salvador Allende; the second was the
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Rise of the Machines

A Cybernetic History

by Thomas Rid ...

"Dazzling.” —Financial TimesAs lives offline and online merge even more, it is easy to forget how we got here. Rise of the Machines reclaims the spectacular story of cybernetics, one of the twentieth century’s pivotal ideas.Springing from the mind of mathematician Norbert Wiener amid the devastation of World War II, the cybernetic vision underpinned a host of seductive myths about the future of ... Read more

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"Dazzling.” —Financial TimesAs lives offline and online merge even more, it is easy to forget how we got here. Rise of the Machines reclaims the spectacular story of cybernetics, one of the twentieth century’s pivotal ideas.Springing from the mind of mathematician Norbert Wiener amid the devastation of World War II, the cybernetic vision underpinned a host of seductive myths about the future of
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Cybernetics or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine, Reissue of the 1961 second edition

by Norbert Wiener ...

A classic and influential work that laid the theoretical foundations for information theory and a timely text for contemporary informations theorists and practitioners.With the influential book Cybernetics, first published in 1948, Norbert Wiener laid the theoretical foundations for the multidisciplinary field of cybernetics, the study of controlling the flow of information in systems with ... Read more

$31.99 USD

A classic and influential work that laid the theoretical foundations for information theory and a timely text for contemporary informations theorists and practitioners.With the influential book Cybernetics, first published in 1948, Norbert Wiener laid the theoretical foundations for the multidisciplinary field of cybernetics, the study of controlling the flow of information in systems with
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A City Is Not a Computer

Other Urban Intelligences

by Shannon Mattern ...

Series series Places Books
A bold reassessment of "smart cities" that reveals what is lost when we conceive of our urban spaces as computersComputational models of urbanism—smart cities that use data-driven planning and algorithmic administration—promise to deliver new urban efficiencies and conveniences. Yet these models limit our understanding of what we can know about a city. A City Is Not a Computer reveals how cities ... Read more

$14.99 USD

A bold reassessment of "smart cities" that reveals what is lost when we conceive of our urban spaces as computersComputational models of urbanism—smart cities that use data-driven planning and algorithmic administration—promise to deliver new urban efficiencies and conveniences. Yet these models limit our understanding of what we can know about a city. A City Is Not a Computer reveals how cities
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Introduction to Cyber Security

Guide to the World of Cyber Security

by Anand Shinde ...

Introduction to Cyber Security is a handy guide to the world of Cyber Security. It can serve as a reference manual for those working in the Cyber Security domain. The book takes a dip in history to talk about the very first computer virus, and at the same time, discusses in detail about the latest cyber threats. There are around four chapters covering all the Cyber Security technologies used ... Read more

$3.99 USD

Introduction to Cyber Security is a handy guide to the world of Cyber Security. It can serve as a reference manual for those working in the Cyber Security domain. The book takes a dip in history to talk about the very first computer virus, and at the same time, discusses in detail about the latest cyber threats. There are around four chapters covering all the Cyber Security technologies used
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The Simulated Multiverse: An MIT Computer Scientist Explores Parallel Universes, The Simulation Hypothesis, Quantum Computing and the Mandela Effect

Simulation Hypothesis

by Rizwan Virk ...

Series series Simulation Hypothesis
Do multiple versions of ourselves exist in parallel universes living out their lives in different timelines? In this follow up to his bestseller, The Simulation Hypothesis, MIT Computer Scientist and Silicon Valley Game Pioneer Rizwan Virk explores these topics from a new lens: that of simulation theory.If we are living in a simulated universe, composed of information that is rendered around us, ... Read more

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Do multiple versions of ourselves exist in parallel universes living out their lives in different timelines? In this follow up to his bestseller, The Simulation Hypothesis, MIT Computer Scientist and Silicon Valley Game Pioneer Rizwan Virk explores these topics from a new lens: that of simulation theory.If we are living in a simulated universe, composed of information that is rendered around us,
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Don't Let The Robots Ruin Your Career Plans!

by Michael Pilinski ...

Are you ready for the coming mass job extinction?Stunningly swift advances in 21st century computer technology are now on the verge of creating an entirely new — an entirely alien — form of intelligent life right here on planet Earth. This intelligence stands to be utterly rational, and utterly emotionless. A cold, calculating entity with the potential to make itself profoundly more powerful and ... Read more

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Are you ready for the coming mass job extinction?Stunningly swift advances in 21st century computer technology are now on the verge of creating an entirely new — an entirely alien — form of intelligent life right here on planet Earth. This intelligence stands to be utterly rational, and utterly emotionless. A cold, calculating entity with the potential to make itself profoundly more powerful and
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Artificial Bodies

How Machines Replace People

by Remmelt Ellen ...

Tech bosses are invading institutions, replacing workers with "artificial intelligence".Musk plugs in propaganda bots; Schmidt plugs in killer robots. But aging bosses are replaceable too. Once worn out, they are swapped out for a new boss, or for the machines they directed geeks to build.Tech is ruining our humanity. We are treated as expendable, as parts to be replaced by more efficient parts. ... Read more

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Tech bosses are invading institutions, replacing workers with "artificial intelligence".Musk plugs in propaganda bots; Schmidt plugs in killer robots. But aging bosses are replaceable too. Once worn out, they are swapped out for a new boss, or for the machines they directed geeks to build.Tech is ruining our humanity. We are treated as expendable, as parts to be replaced by more efficient parts.
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A Cursed Place

A page-turning thriller of the dark world of cyber surveillance

by Peter Hanington ...

Series series William Carver Novels
*ONE OF 40 BOOKS FOR SUMMER* 'gripping'- iNews**'A panoramic thriller ...chockful of vivid characters' THE SUNDAY TIMES'An intriguing, timely and unsettling new thriller' SAM BOURNE'Catapults you from first word to last... pacy, sinister and timely read' ALAN JUDD'Another page-turner from a writer who can take you into gripping worlds, real and virtual.' MISHAL HUSAIN<... ... Read more

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*ONE OF 40 BOOKS FOR SUMMER* 'gripping'- iNews**'A panoramic thriller ...chockful of vivid characters' THE SUNDAY TIMES'An intriguing, timely and unsettling new thriller' SAM BOURNE'Catapults you from first word to last... pacy, sinister and timely read' ALAN JUDD'Another page-turner from a writer who can take you into gripping worlds, real and virtual.' MISHAL HUSAIN<...
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Natural-Born Cyborgs

Minds, Technologies, and the Future of Human Intelligence

by Andy Clark ...

From Robocop to the Terminator to Eve 8, no image better captures our deepest fears about technology than the cyborg, the person who is both flesh and metal, brain and electronics. But philosopher and cognitive scientist Andy Clark sees it differently. Cyborgs, he writes, are not something to be feared--we already are cyborgs. In Natural-Born Cyborgs, Clark argues that what makes humans so ... Read more

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From Robocop to the Terminator to Eve 8, no image better captures our deepest fears about technology than the cyborg, the person who is both flesh and metal, brain and electronics. But philosopher and cognitive scientist Andy Clark sees it differently. Cyborgs, he writes, are not something to be feared--we already are cyborgs. In Natural-Born Cyborgs, Clark argues that what makes humans so
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Designing Agentive Technology

AI That Works for People

by Christopher Noessel ...

Advances in narrow artificial intelligence make possible agentive systems that do things directly for their users (like, say, an automatic pet feeder). They deliver on the promise of user-centered design, but present fresh challenges in understanding their unique promises and pitfalls. Designing Agentive Technology provides both a conceptual grounding and practical advice to unlock agentive ... Read more

$30.99 USD

Advances in narrow artificial intelligence make possible agentive systems that do things directly for their users (like, say, an automatic pet feeder). They deliver on the promise of user-centered design, but present fresh challenges in understanding their unique promises and pitfalls. Designing Agentive Technology provides both a conceptual grounding and practical advice to unlock agentive
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Digital Transformation in Semiconductor Manufacturing

Proceedings of the 1st and 2nd European Advances in Digital Transformation Conference, EADTC 2018, Zittau, Germany and EADTC 2019, Milan, Italy

Edited by Sophia Keil, Rainer Lasch, Fabian Lindner, Jacob Lohmer ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This open access book reports on cutting-edge electrical engineering and microelectronics solutions to foster and support digitalization in the semiconductor industry. Based on the outcomes of the European project iDev40, which were presented at the two first conference editions of the European Advances in Digital Transformation**Conference (EADCT 2018 and EADTC 2019), the book covers different, ... Read more

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This open access book reports on cutting-edge electrical engineering and microelectronics solutions to foster and support digitalization in the semiconductor industry. Based on the outcomes of the European project iDev40, which were presented at the two first conference editions of the European Advances in Digital Transformation**Conference (EADCT 2018 and EADTC 2019), the book covers different,
... Read more
Identity and Data Security for Web Development

Best Practices

by Jonathan LeBlanc, Tim Messerschmidt ...

Developers, designers, engineers, and creators can no longer afford to pass responsibility for identity and data security onto others. Web developers who don’t understand how to obscure data in transmission, for instance, can open security flaws on a site without realizing it. With this practical guide, you’ll learn how and why everyone working on a system needs to ensure that users and data are ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Developers, designers, engineers, and creators can no longer afford to pass responsibility for identity and data security onto others. Web developers who don’t understand how to obscure data in transmission, for instance, can open security flaws on a site without realizing it. With this practical guide, you’ll learn how and why everyone working on a system needs to ensure that users and data are
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Practical Cyber Intelligence

How action-based intelligence can be an effective response to incidents

by Wilson Bautista ...

Your one stop solution to implement a Cyber Defense Intelligence program in to your organisation.Key FeaturesIntelligence processes and procedures for response mechanismsMaster F3EAD to drive processes based on intelligenceThreat modeling and intelligent frameworksCase studies and how to go about building intelligent teamsBook DescriptionCyber intelligence is the missing link between your cyber .. ... Read more

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Your one stop solution to implement a Cyber Defense Intelligence program in to your organisation.Key FeaturesIntelligence processes and procedures for response mechanismsMaster F3EAD to drive processes based on intelligenceThreat modeling and intelligent frameworksCase studies and how to go about building intelligent teamsBook DescriptionCyber intelligence is the missing link between your cyber ..
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Dependable Embedded Systems

Edited by Jörg Henkel, Nikil Dutt ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This Open Access book introduces readers to many new techniques for enhancing and optimizing reliability in embedded systems, which have emerged particularly within the last five years. This book introduces the most prominent reliability concerns from today’s points of view and roughly recapitulates the progress in the community so far. Unlike other books that focus on a single abstraction level ... Read more

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This Open Access book introduces readers to many new techniques for enhancing and optimizing reliability in embedded systems, which have emerged particularly within the last five years. This book introduces the most prominent reliability concerns from today’s points of view and roughly recapitulates the progress in the community so far. Unlike other books that focus on a single abstraction level
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Security of Ubiquitous Computing Systems

Selected Topics

Edited by Gildas Avoine, Julio Hernandez-Castro ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
The chapters in this open access book arise out of the EU Cost Action project Cryptacus, the objective of which was to improve and adapt existent cryptanalysis methodologies and tools to the ubiquitous computing framework. The cryptanalysis implemented lies along four axes: cryptographic models, cryptanalysis of building blocks, hardware and software security engineering, and security assessment ... Read more

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The chapters in this open access book arise out of the EU Cost Action project Cryptacus, the objective of which was to improve and adapt existent cryptanalysis methodologies and tools to the ubiquitous computing framework. The cryptanalysis implemented lies along four axes: cryptographic models, cryptanalysis of building blocks, hardware and software security engineering, and security assessment
... Read more
The Hunt for Lord Cyric

An eShort Follow-Up to DarkMarket

by Misha Glenny ...

In DarkMarket: Cyberthieves, Cybercops and You, Misha Glenny plunged into the murky depths of the world’s most notorious carder fraud site, DarkMarket. In this exclusive short eBook, he takes you even deeper into that world.In the realm of the cyberthief, your best friend can be your worst enemy, or worse still, undercover law enforcement. The Hunt for Lord Cyric: An eShort Follow-Up to DarkMarket ... Read more

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In DarkMarket: Cyberthieves, Cybercops and You, Misha Glenny plunged into the murky depths of the world’s most notorious carder fraud site, DarkMarket. In this exclusive short eBook, he takes you even deeper into that world.In the realm of the cyberthief, your best friend can be your worst enemy, or worse still, undercover law enforcement. The Hunt for Lord Cyric: An eShort Follow-Up to DarkMarket
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