14 books like Turned On

What to read after Turned On — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Designing Robots, Designing Humans Cathrine Hasse · 2019 · 148p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Whilst most research concentrates on the imagined future of robotics, this book brings together a group of international researchers to explore the different ways that robots and humans engage with one another at this point in history. Robotic design is advancing at an incredible pace, and consequently the role of robots has expanded beyond mechanical work in the industrial sector to the social… Shares: Human-robot interaction, Social aspects, Robots

Humans, Bow Down James Patterson · 2016 · ★ 3.7 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate The Great War is over. The Robots have won. The humans who survived have two choices--they can submit and serve the vicious rulers they created or be banished to the Reserve, a desolate, unforgiving landscape where it's a crime to be human. And the robots aren't content--following the orders of their soulless leader, they're planning to conquer humanity's last refuge. With nothing left to lose,… Shares: Human-robot interaction, Robots

What Is Essential to Being Human? Margaret Scotford Archer · 2021 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares: Social Science, Robots

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-robot interaction, Social aspects, Robots

Disaster Robotics Robin R. Murphy · 2014 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Moderate A comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible reference for disaster robotics that covers theory, specific deployments, and ground, air, and marine modalities. This book offers the definitive guide to the theory and practice of disaster robotics. It can serve as an introduction for researchers and technologists, a reference for emergency managers, and a textbook in field robotics. Written by a… Shares: Social Science, Robots

Nunquam Lawrence Durrell · 1970 · ★ 4.0 · 318p · ≈ 10h · Moderate A desperate scientist's mastery of technology may save him—or be his undoing—in this follow-up to Tunc by the New York Times–bestselling literary master.   The ominous and compelling sequel to Durrell's Tunc finds gifted inventor Felix Charlock called upon by the sinister international firm, Merlin, to apply his scientific prowess to a seemingly impossible project. He must literally… Shares: Social aspects, Robots

Cooked Michael Pollan · 2013 · ★ 4.1 · 475p · ≈ 15h · Moderate "Fire, water, air, earth--our most trusted food expert recounts the story of his culinary education In Cooked, Michael Pollan explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen. Here, he discovers the enduring power of the four classical elements--fire, water, air, and earth--to transform the stuff of nature into delicious things to eat and drink. Apprenticing himself to a succession… Shares: Social Science, 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: Social aspects, Robots

Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · 2017 · ★ 4.5 · 73p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Receiving a letter from a friend asking her how to raise her baby girl to be a feminist, Adichie responded with fifteen suggestions for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman. Her suggestions ranged from options for non-stereotyped toy options, to debunking myths that women are somehow biologically programmed to be in the kitchen instead of having a career. Adichie's… Shares: Social Science, Social aspects

Robot ethics Patrick Lin · 2011 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Robots today serve in many roles, from entertainer to educator to executioner. As robotics technology advances, ethical concerns become more pressing: Should robots be programmed to follow a code of ethics, if this is even possible? Are there risks in forming emotional bonds with robots? How might society--and ethics--change with robotics? This volume is the first book to bring together prominent… Shares: Social aspects, Robots

Fast Food Nation Eric Schlosser · 2001 · ★ 3.8 · 383p · ≈ 12h · Moderate To a degree both engrossing and alarming, the story of fast food is the story of postwar Amerca. Though created by a handful of mavericks, the fast food industry has triggered the homogenization of our society. Fast food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled the juggernaut of American cultural imperialism… Shares: Social Science, Social aspects

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism Shoshana Zuboff · 2018 · ★ 4.1 · 704p · ≈ 23h · Moderate "Shoshana Zuboff, named "the true prophet of the information age" by the Financial Times, has always been ahead of her time. Her seminal book In the Age of the Smart Machine foresaw the consequences of a then-unfolding era of computer technology. Now, three decades later she asks why the once-celebrated miracle of digital is turning into a nightmare. Zuboff tackles the social, political,… Shares: Social Science, 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: Social aspects, Robots

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: Social aspects, Robots

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