18 books like Cyborg citizen

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Cyberselfish Paulina Borsook · 2000 · ★ 4.0 · 276p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "In Cyberselfish Borsook journeys through and rants about high tech culture, profiling the worlds of ravers, gilders, cypherpunks, anarcho-capitalists, and other Silicon Valley life forms, and exploring the theory and practice of technolibertarianism in all its manifestations."--Jacket. Shares: Cyberspace, Internet, Aspect social

Chair et métal Ollivier Dyens · 2000 · 172p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares: Cybernetics, Aspect social, Social aspects

Car crime Claire Corbett · 2003 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Crime involving cars – whether involving offences by drivers or theft of and from cars – represents a substantial proportion of offences committed, and occupies an enormous amount of police time. But it is not always perceived as the serious crime that it is: many traffic offences cause enormous harm in terms of death and injury, but are often not regarded seriously by drivers, the criminal… Shares: Aspect social, Social aspects

Robot Rodney Allen Brooks · 2002 · ★ 3.0 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "Flesh and machines explores the startlingly reciprocal connection between humans and their technological brethren, and explains how this relationship is being redefined as humans develop increasingly complex machines. The impetus to build machines that exhibit lifelike behaviors stretches back centuries, but for the last fifteen years much of this work has been done in Rodney Brooks's laboratory… Shares: Human-machine systems, Robotics

Human-Robot Interaction in Social Robotics Takayuki Kanda · 2012 · 372p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Human–Robot Interaction in Social Robotics explores important issues in designing a robot system that works with people in everyday environments. Edited by leading figures in the field of social robotics, it draws on contributions by researchers working on the Robovie project at the ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories, a world leader in humanoid interactive robotics. The book… Shares: Human-machine systems, Aspect social, Robotics, Social aspects

A networked self Zizi Papacharissi · 2010 · 8p · ≈ 16m · Moderate "A Networked Self examines self presentation and social connection in the digital age. This collection brings together new work on online social networks by leading scholars from a variety of disciplines. The focus of the volume rests on the construction of the self, and what happens to self-identity when it is presented through networks of social connections in new media environments. The volume… Shares: Human-machine systems, Internet, 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

Tom Clancy's Net Force Tom Clancy · 1998 · ★ 3.7 · 378p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Here comes a Clancy first: a new series of novels for young adults starring a team of troubleshooting teens--the Net Force Explorers--who know more about cutting edge technology than their teachers! Shares: Cyberspace, Internet

Treatise on Good Robots Krzysztof Tchon · 2013 · 216p · ≈ 7h · Moderate This volume investigates the ways emerging technologies in the fields of robotics and bio-robotics are influencing society. It necessarily considers both philosophical and technological study of robots, including what it means for robots to exist as good and moral entities, and how they benefit humans and enhance their quality of life. Contributors address artificial intelligence and social… Shares: Aspect social, Robotics, Social aspects

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: Robotics, Social aspects

Chaos James Gleick · 1987 · ★ 4.0 · 364p · ≈ 12h · Moderate The author describes how scientists studying the growth of complexity in nature are discovering order and pattern in chaos. He explains concepts such as nonlinearity, the Butterfly Effect, universal constants, fractals, and strange attractors, and examines the work of scientists such as Mitchell J. Feigenbaum, Edward Lorenz, and Benoit Mandelbrot. Shares: Aspect social, Social aspects

Hamlet's Blackberry William Powers · 2010 · 282p · ≈ 9h · Moderate A crisp, passionately argued answer to the question that everyone who's grown dependent on digital devices is asking: "Where's the rest of my life?"At a time when we're all trying to make sense of our relentlessly connected lives, this revelatory book presents a bold new approach to the digital age. Part intellectual journey, part memoir, Hamlet's BlackBerry sets out to solve what William Powers… Shares: Internet, Social aspects

The Windup Girl Paolo Bacigalupi · 2009 · ★ 3.8 · 365p · ≈ 12h · Moderate What Happens when bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits? And what happens when said bio-terrorism forces humanity to the cusp of post-human evolution? In The Windup Girl, award-winning author Paolo Bacigalupi returns to the world of "The Calorie Man"( Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award-winner, Hugo Award nominee, 2006) and "Yellow Card Man" (Hugo Award nominee, 2007) in order to… Shares: Aspect social, Social aspects

Positive Youth Development Through Sport Nicholas L. Holt · 2007 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate "Cutting through the political rhetoric about the power of sport as a tool for social change and personal improvement, this book offers insight into how and why participating in sport can be good for children and young people. As the first text to focus on the role of sport in positive youth development (PYD), it brings together high-profile contributors from diverse disciplines to examine… Shares: Aspect social, Social aspects

The Human Use of Human Beings Norbert Wiener · 1950 · 199p · ≈ 6h · Moderate "Only a few books stand as landmarks in social and scientific upheaval. Norbert Wiener's classic is one in that small company. Founder of the science of cybernetics--the study of the relationship between computers and the human nervous system--Wiener was widely misunderstood as one who advocated the automation of human life. As this book reveals, his vision was much more complex and interesting.… Shares: Aspect social, Social aspects

And the Band Played on Randy Shilts · 1987 · ★ 4.5 · 640p · ≈ 21h · Moderate The blueprint of 20th century investigative journalism. Tracing the course of HIV/AIDS through society; from its earliest as then unknown incarnation, to the height of this 1980s hysteria – the death of Rock Hudson: Shilts's book should be in every High School's final academic examinations coursework reading list, as a compulsory item. An unregrettable read. Shares: Aspect social, Social aspects

The Hidden Persuaders Vance Packard · 1957 · ★ 3.8 · 258p · ≈ 8h · Moderate An account of the motivation research people, the advertising agency psychologists who analyze consumer desires and find out how to make people buy the things the agencies are paid to promote. Personalities, techniques, symbols, and approaches are discussed and some of the leading ad psychologists are interviewed. Shares: Aspect social, Social aspects

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