[PDF] You Are Not A Gadget eBook

Author : Jaron Lanier
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 22,76 MB
Release : 2010-01-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0307593142

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A NATIONAL BESTSELLER A programmer, musician, and father of virtual reality technology, Jaron Lanier was a pioneer in digital media, and among the first to predict the revolutionary changes it would bring to our commerce and culture. Now, with the Web influencing virtually every aspect of our lives, he offers this provocative critique of how digital design is shaping society, for better and for worse. Informed by Lanier’s experience and expertise as a computer scientist, You Are Not a Gadget discusses the technical and cultural problems that have unwittingly risen from programming choices—such as the nature of user identity—that were “locked-in” at the birth of digital media and considers what a future based on current design philosophies will bring. With the proliferation of social networks, cloud-based data storage systems, and Web 2.0 designs that elevate the “wisdom” of mobs and computer algorithms over the intelligence and wisdom of individuals, his message has never been more urgent.

Author : Jaron Lanier
Publisher : Henry Holt
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 34,30 MB
Release : 2017-11-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1627794093

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The Microsoft interdisciplinary scientist largely credited with popularizing virtual reality reflects on his lifelong relationship with technology, showing VR's ability to illuminate and amplify our understanding of our species and how the brain and body connect to the world. By the author of You Are Not a Gadget. --Publisher.

Author : Jaron Lanier
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 44,94 MB
Release : 2014-03-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1451654979

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Evaluates the negative impact of digital network technologies on the economy and particularly the middle class, citing challenges to employment and personal wealth while exploring the potential of a new information economy.

Author : Kevin Kelly
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 29,51 MB
Release : 2011-09-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0143120174

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From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Inevitable— a sweeping vision of technology as a living force that can expand our individual potential In this provocative book, one of today's most respected thinkers turns the conversation about technology on its head by viewing technology as a natural system, an extension of biological evolution. By mapping the behavior of life, we paradoxically get a glimpse at where technology is headed-or "what it wants." Kevin Kelly offers a dozen trajectories in the coming decades for this near-living system. And as we align ourselves with technology's agenda, we can capture its colossal potential. This visionary and optimistic book explores how technology gives our lives greater meaning and is a must-read for anyone curious about the future.

Author : Jaron Lanier
Publisher : Henry Holt
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 33,91 MB
Release : 2018-05-29
Category : Computers
ISBN : 125019668X

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"You might have trouble imagining life without your social media accounts, but virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier insists that we're better off without them. In Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now, Lanier, who participates in no social media, offers powerful and personal reasons for all of us to leave these dangerous online platforms"--

Author : Nicolas Freeling
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 11,98 MB
Release : 2023-12-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1504090241

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From an Edgar award winner, this thriller about a physicist forced to make an A-bomb is “a splendid account of the excesses of science and bureaucracy” (The New York Times). An American physicist working in Hamburg, Jim Hawkins is on his way home from his job at a German nuclear institute when he is rammed off the road and abducted by terrorists. Drugged and taken to a secret location, he wakes to find himself being held hostage alongside his terrified wife and daughters. With nothing else to do but comply with the terrorists’ demands, Jim begins to build a weapon powerful enough to destroy the world. The target: a conference in Lake Geneva, where heads of state are meeting, even as news of his abduction has reached the ears of the American president, only to be dismissed as rumor. Will anyone be able to convince the world leaders of the threat in time? “Freeling moves from straight suspense to a science thriller and keeps his kinkiness intact. . . . Brilliant.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Author : Bob Pflugfelder
Publisher : Quirk Books
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 50,49 MB
Release : 2014-05-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1594746818

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After foiling a gang of kidnappers and fending off an army of robots, 11-year-old siblings Nick and Tesla Holt could use a little rest! But as their third mystery opens, they discover there’s a spy in their midst, searching for secrets in the home of their beloved (and slightly crazy) Uncle Newt. Is it the new laboratory assistant? The exterminator? The housekeepers? Or someone completely unexpected? To expose the mystery agent, Nick and Tesla must engineer all kinds of outrageous contraptions, from code wheels and fingerprint powder to spy cameras and burglar detectors. Best of all, instructions are included throughout the story, so you can build the projects, too!

Author : Evgeny Morozov
Publisher :
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 41,19 MB
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1610391381

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The award-winning author of The Net Delusion shows how the radical transparency we've become accustomed to online may threaten the spirit of real-life democracy

Author : Laura Vanderkam
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 39,39 MB
Release : 2011-05-31
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 159184410X

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It's an unquestioned truth of modern life: we are starved for time. We tell ourselves we'd like to read more, get to the gym regularly, try new hobbies, and accomplish all kinds of goals. But then we give up because there just aren't enough hours to do it all. Or if we don't make excuses, we make sacrifices- taking time out from other things in order to fit it all in. There has to be a better way...and Laura Vanderkam has found one. After interviewing dozens of successful, happy people, she realized that they allocate their time differently than most of us. Instead of letting the daily grind crowd out the important stuff, they start by making sure there's time for the important stuff. When plans go wrong and they run out of time, only their lesser priorities suffer. Vanderkam shows that with a little examination and prioritizing, you'll find it is possible to sleep eight hours a night, exercise five days a week, take piano lessons, and write a novel without giving up quality time for work, family, and other things that really matter.

Author : Chris Woodford
Publisher : Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 26,92 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1405341610

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Bluetooth, HDTV, SEMs, PSP and Wii, your child's world is full of cool gadgets and clever technology- want them to know how it all works? Watch them open up the cool lenticular cover of this paperback edition to reveal what's inside their games console, how spies use GSM for covert operations and look at the world's fastest robot, virtual online worlds and more. It's a microscopic, x-rayed, cross-sectioned and close-up look at loads of amazing gadgets and technology!