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This collection of provocations from the think tank Cybersalon brings together a blend of near-future speculative fiction and non-fiction commentary …
The propulsive, shockingly plausible sequel to "New York Times" bestseller "Daemon, Freedom" features a world of rapidly diminishing human power, …
The propulsive, shockingly plausible sequel to "New York Times" bestseller "Daemon, Freedom" features a world …
Truly enjoyed this book, as I enjoyed reading "Daemon". This volume is the sequel to that other novel. I liked the portrayal of certain concepts that are quite central to our current social & cultural context: the power of oligarchies, disinformation, the use of fear to control people, an artificial intelligence of sorts, distributed networks, wiki-style online collaboration, renewable and sustainable alternatives, etc. I found both books to be very entertaining and thought provoking.
An introduction to computational thinking: explaining and interpreting the world as information processes, and designing computations to operate in that …
