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Devices of the soul Devices of the soul Steve Talbott Mr. Darcy's Diary presents the story of the unlikely courtship of Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy from Darcy's point of view--sharing his innermost thoughts and feelings. This graceful imagini… OL12093899W
Rapture for the geeks Rapture for the geeks Richard Dooling Will the Geeks inherit the earth?If computers become twice as fast and twice as capable every two years, how long is it before they're as intelligent as humans? More intelligent? And then in two more… OL14924436W
Resisting the Virtual Life Resisting the Virtual Life James Brook This text aims to provide a platform for writers, scholars and activists to discuss the political, economic and cultural aspects of corporate and government visions of "the information superhighway".… OL15163740W
Program or be Programmed Program or be Programmed Douglas Rushkoff,Douglas Rushkoff "The debate over whether the Net is good or bad for us fills the airwaves and the blogosphere. But for all the heat of claim and counter-claim, the argument is essentially beside the point: it’s here… OL15400392W
Ethics for the information age Ethics for the information age Michael J. Quinn In an era where IT changes constantly, a thoughtful response to these rapid changes requires a basic understanding of IT history, an awareness of current issues, and a familiarity with ethics. This b… OL18785240W
What remains to be discovered What remains to be discovered John Royden Maddox [O]n the eve of the millennium the question about science's future reappears. In his widely discussed 1996 book, ''The End of Science,'' John Horgan argued that, indeed, the end is nigh: The big disc… OL1922522W
Against the Machine Against the Machine Lee Siegel From the author hailed by the New York Times Book Review for his "drive-by brilliance" and dubbed by the New York Times Magazine as "one of the country's most eloquent and acid-tongued critics" comes… OL1930888W
The 4th revolution The 4th revolution Luciano Floridi "Floridi argues that we must expand our ecological and ethical approach to cover both natural and man-made realities, putting the 'e' in an environmentalism that can deal successfully with the new ch… OL19664958W
Talking Back to the Machine Talking Back to the Machine Peter J. Denning From the editors of the wildly successful Beyond Calculation comes another exploration of the overwhelming impact of computers on our future. This time, the essays focus on the human impact of comput… OL19905614W
Overcomplicated Overcomplicated Samuel Arbesman "You don't understand the software running your car or your iPhone. But here's a secret: neither do the geniuses at Apple or the Ph.D.'s at Toyota--not perfectly, anyway. No one, not lawyers, doctors… OL20034663W
Islands in the cyberstream Islands in the cyberstream Joseph Weizenbaum "Extended interview with Joseph Weizenbaum about the role of computing in society"-- OL22320350W
Who invented the computer? Who invented the computer? Robert Snedden This title looks back at the long history of computers and whos how the digital world we enjoy today was created. OL24308179W
Social informatics evolving Social informatics evolving Pnina Fichman The study of people, information, and communication technologies and the contexts in which these technologies are designed, implemented, and used has long interested scholars in a wide range of disci… OL26199692W
Descartes' Dream Descartes' Dream Philip J. Davis,Reuben Hersh Discusses the impact that mathematics and computers have on our intellectual and emotional lives. OL2907622W
Surviving AI Surviving AI Calum Chace Artificial intelligence is our most powerful technology, and in the coming decades it will change everything in our lives. If we get it right it will make humans almost godlike. If we get it wrong...… OL29318072W
Más allá del texto Más allá del texto Luisa Fernanda Grijalva Maza,Alfonso Adolfo Rodolfo Gómez Rossi,Ileana Azor The aim of this book is to explore new forms and cultural practices in the digital age that challenge or undermine the hegemonic modes of knowledge production historically related to the written text… OL32686703W
From counterculture to cyberculture From counterculture to cyberculture Fred Turner In the early 1960s, computers haunted the American popular imagination. Bleak tools of the cold war, they embodied the rigid organization and mechanical conformity that made the military-industrial c… OL3272110W
The Road Ahead The Road Ahead Bill Gates Bill Gates' 1995 analysis of the impact of information and computer technology on society and predictions about the future. Includes a great overview of ancient counting machines to mainframe big-iro… OL53676W
Code Code Lawrence Lessig Although the book is named Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace, Lessig uses this theme sparingly. It is a fairly simple concept: since cyberspace is entirely human-made, there are no natural laws to de… OL6037025W
Virtual Organization Virtual Organization Abbe Mowshowitz "Computers mediate. They serve as brokers in matching buyers to sellers, employees to employers, resources to work processes, and on it goes. The social significance of computers as mediators and bro… OL7090197W
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