18 books like Chair et métal

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Car crime Claire Corbett · 2003 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Aspect social, Social aspects with this book.

The Machine Stops E. M. Forster · 1909 · ★ 4.1 · 36p · ≈ 1h · Moderate The Machine Stops is a short science fiction story. It describes a world in which almost all humans have lost the ability to live on the surface of the Earth. Each individual lives in isolation in a 'cell', with all bodily and spiritual needs met by the omnipotent, global Machine. Most humans welcome this development, as they are skeptical and fearful of first-hand experience. People forget that… Shares Aspect social, Technology, Social aspects

Mediating the human body Leopoldina Fortunati · 2003 · 241p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "In Mediating the Human Body, Technology, Communication, and Fashion, editors Leopoldina Fortunati, James E. Katz, and Raimonda Riccini bring together a thoughtful group of international scholars and analysts to explore the effects of new technologies on human beings. They focus selectively on the intersection of new communication technologies and the body and offer novel insights based on recent… Shares Human body, Technology and civilization, Social aspects

Tim Cook

Tim Cook Leander Kahney · 2019 · ★ 4.0 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Journalist Leander Kahney reveals how CEO Tim Cook has led Apple to astronomical success after the death of Steve Jobs in 2011. The death of Steve Jobs left a gaping void at one of the most innovative companies of all time. Jobs wasn't merely Apple's iconic founder and CEO; he was the living embodiment of a global megabrand. It was hard to imagine that anyone could fill his shoes--especially not… Shares Technology

Artificial culture

Artificial culture Tama Leaver · 2011 · 218p · ≈ 7h · Moderate "Artificial Culture is an examination of the articulation, construction, and representation of "the artificial" in contemporary popular cultural texts, especially science fiction films and novels. The book argues that today we live in an artificial culture due to the deep and inextricable relationship between people, our bodies, and technology at large. While the artificial is often imagined as… Shares Aspect social, Technology, Social aspects

The Age of A.I. Henry Kissinger · 2021 · ★ 3.4 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares Aspect social, Technology, Social aspects with this book.

The driver in the driverless car Vivek Wadhwa · 2017 · ★ 3.0 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Technology is advancing faster than ever--but for better or for worse? On the one hand, astonishing technology developments such as personalized genomics, self-driving cars, drones, and artificial intelligence could make our lives healthier, safer, and easier. On the other hand, these very same technologies could raise the specter of a frightening and alienating future--eugenics, a jobless… Shares Technology, Social aspects

The Black Swan Nassim Nicholas Taleb · 2005 · ★ 4.0 · 462p · ≈ 15h · Moderate From the critically acclaimed author of Fooled by Randomness, a book about the impact of improbable events on every aspect of life. Shares Aspect social, Social aspects

Cyborg citizen Chris Hables Gray · 2000 · 241p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "The growing synergy of humans and technology - from dialysis to genetically altered foods to PET scans - is transforming how we view our minds and our bodies. But how has it changed the body politic? How can we forge a society that protects the rights of human and cyborg alike?". "Chris Hables Gray now offers the first guide to "posthuman" politics, framing the key issues that could threaten or… Shares Cybernetics, Aspect social, Social aspects

Nunquam Lawrence Durrell · 1970 · ★ 4.0 · 318p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Technology, Social aspects with this book.

Low-Code/No-Code

Low-Code/No-Code Phil Simon · 2022 Shares Technology with this book.

Zhongguo zao qi ke ji qi kan hui bian

Zhongguo zao qi ke ji qi kan hui bian Yasha Jiang · 2008 · 739p · ≈ 24h · Moderate Shares Technology with this book.

Love Junkie

Love Junkie Robert Plunket · 1992 · ★ 4.0 · 263p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Social aspects with this book.

L’homme le plus doué du monde Edward Page Mitchell · 2013 · 96p · ≈ 3h · Light Shares Cybernetics with this book.

The Art of Stillness

The Art of Stillness Pico Iyer · 2014 · ★ 4.4 · 74p · ≈ 2h · Light Shares Technology, Social aspects with this book.

Power Trip

Power Trip Michael E. Webber · 2019 · ★ 4.0 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "Energy is humanity's single most important resource. In fact, as energy expert Michael E. Webber argues in Power Trip, the story of how societies rise can be told largely as the story of how they manage energy sources through time. In 2019, as we face down growing demand for and accumulating environmental impacts from energy, we are at a crossroads and the stakes are high. But history shows us… Shares Technology and civilization

The Alphabet Versus the Goddess Leonard Shlain · 1998 · ★ 4.2 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Making remarkable connections across a wide range of subjects including brain anatomy and function, anthropology, history, and religion, Shlain argues that, with the advent of literacy, the very act of reading an alphabet reinforced the brain's left hemisphere - linear, abstract, predominantly masculine at the expense of the right holistic, concrete, visual, feminine. This shift upset the… Shares Aspect social, Social aspects

Generation robot Terri Favro · 2018 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "Generation Robot covers a century of science fiction, fact and, speculation--from the 1950 publication of Isaac Asimov's seminal robot masterpiece, I, Robot, to the 2050 Singularity when artificial and human intelligence are predicted to merge. Beginning with a childhood informed by pop-culture robots in movies, in comic books, and on TV in the 1960s to adulthood where the possibilities of… Shares Technology, Social aspects

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