18 books like The assumption of agency theory

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Artificial intelligence Stephanie Sammartino McPherson · 2017 · ★ 5.0 · 104p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Read about the history of artificial intelligencefrom smart cars to dronesand learn how the fields of AI and neurology work together to create "thinking machines." You'll also consider the pros and cons of AI and discover what lies ahead. Shares: Technological innovations, Artificial Intelligence, History

The driver in the driverless car Vivek Wadhwa · 2017 · ★ 2.5 · 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: Technological innovations, Artificial Intelligence

Cooking and Eating Rebecca Rissman · 2014 · 24p · ≈ 48m · Moderate Photographs and simple, levelled text compare and contrast modern and historical activities in a child-friendly format, making this a great took for discussing how life has changed over the years. Shares: Social change, History

The Age of A.I. Henry Kissinger · 2021 · ★ 3.4 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Three of the world’s most accomplished and deep thinkers come together to explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the way it is transforming human society—and what this technology means for us all. Generative AI is filling the internet with false information. Artists, writers, and many other professionals are in fear of their jobs. AI is discovering new medicines, running military drones, and… Shares: Social change, Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy

What is history? Edward Hallet Carr · 1961 · ★ 3.9 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Moderate A philosophical interpretation of history, examining the significance of historical study as a science and a reflection of social values. Shares: Historiography, Philosophy, History

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: Technological innovations, Artificial Intelligence

Ἱστορίαι Ἡρόδοτος · 1494 · ★ 3.9 · 880p · ≈ 29h · Demanding One of the earliest histories of the western world still extant, this gives a contemporary account of the Greco-Persian wars of the fifth century BCE with the rise of the Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great. Shares: Historiography, History

Novacene James Lovelock · 2019 · ★ 3.8 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate A fascinating new study from the originator of the Gaia Theory, “who conceived the first wholly new way of looking at life on earth since Charles Darwin” (Independent)One of the world’s leading scientific thinkers offers a vision of a future epoch in which humans and artificial intelligence unite to save the Earth. James Lovelock, creator of the Gaia hypothesis and the greatest environmental… Shares: Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy

Narrative Identity and Moral Identity Kim Atkins · 2008 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate This book is part of the growing field of practical approaches to philosophical questions relating to identity, agency and ethics--approaches which work across continental and analytical traditions and which Atkins justifies through an explication of how the structures of human embodiment necessitate a narrative model of selfhood, understanding, and ethics. Shares: Agent, Philosophy

Waverley; or, 'Tis sixty years since ... Sir Walter Scott · 1800 · ★ 3.4 · 669p · ≈ 22h · Demanding "Edward Waverley is a young, cultured man whose sensibilities lead to his involvement in the Jacobite Rising of 1745. In his journey into Scotland, down to Derby, and back up again he explores the cultural and political geography of Great Britain." "Waverley; or, 'tis Sixty Years Since was Scott's first novel, but like its final chapter, 'A Postscript, which should have been a Preface', it… Shares: Historiography, History

Sozialgeschichte der Kunst und Literatur Arnold Hauser · 1951 · ★ 3.8 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate First published in 1951 as Socialgeschichte der Kunst und Literatur, Arnold Hauser's comprehensive work explores the interaction between art and society. Through the detailing of social and historical movements Hauser provides insight into the origins of visual art. Shares: Historiography, Philosophy, History

Philosophy and living Olaf Stapledon · 1935 · ★ 3.4 This Excellent Collection brings together Stapledon's longer, major books and a fine selection of shorter pieces and Science-Fiction Books. This Books created and collected in Olaf Stapledon's Most important Works illuminate the life and work of one of the most individual writers of the XX century - a man who elevated political writing to an art. William Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950) is one of the… Shares: Philosophy

The Muqaddimah, an introduction to history Ibn Khaldūn · 1858 · ★ 4.3 · 465p · ≈ 15h · Challenging This prolegomenon was written in the 14th century by the Arab scholar Ibn Khaldūn, & laid the intellectual foundations for philosophy of history, sociology, ethnography & economics. This translation was first published in 1958 in three volumes. Shares: Historiography, Philosophy, History

A Study of History Arnold J. Toynbee · 1900 · ★ 4.2 · 12p · ≈ 24m · Challenging A masterful attempt to describe a universal history. Staggering depth of scholarship and breath of thought. Shares: Historiography, Philosophy, History

Apologie pour l'histoire ou Métier d'historien Marc Bloch · 1949 · ★ 4.1 · 179p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Apologie pour l'histoire ou Métier d'historien est un essai de Marc Bloch rédigé entre la fin de 1940 et les premiers mois de 1943. Inachevé, il est publié de manière posthume en 1949, à l’initiative de Lucien Febvre. Marc Bloch s'interroge sur ce qu'est l’histoire, et plus particulièrement sur le rôle et les méthodes de l’historien dans la construction de cette science. Shares: Historiography, Philosophy, History

The common sense of science Jacob Bronowski · 1951 · 154p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Discusses science as a characteristic part of human activity and as an effort to render the world predictable. Shares: Philosophy, History

Ambient Assisted Living Reiner Wichert · 2011 · 183p · ≈ 6h · Moderate In this book, 22 authors discuss development of Ambient Assisted Living. It presents new technological developments which support the autonomy and independence of individuals with special needs. As the technological innovation raises also social issues, the book addresses micro and macro economical aspects of assistive systems and puts an additional emphasis on the ethical and legal discussion.… Shares: Technological innovations, Artificial Intelligence

Discourses on Livy Niccolò Machiavelli · 1531 A very different work from his well-known The Prince, and posthumously published a year prior to it, Machiavelli’s Discourses on Livy is one of his most debated works. Some critics see it as presenting a counterpoint or refutation of The Prince, calling it a key founding document of modern liberal republicanism. Others maintain that it is complementary, arguing that leaders of republics must act… Shares: Historiography, Philosophy, History

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