The Discrete Charm of the Machine
This book explains the genesis and development of the transformation from analogue to digital representing a shift from continuous to discrete in terms of 0…… Read More »
Category: Technology & Society
Digital Dominance
This related multi-author volume reflects on the economic, social and political power of Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple as we as a society try to…… Read More »
Anti-Social Media
Subtitled 'how Facebook disconnects us and undermines democracy', this is a timely and hugely informative contribution to recent debates on data and privacy. After the…… Read More »
Self-Tracking
It has recently become quite fashionable to use apps to self-track, for instance steps taken in a day, hours billed or people friended. In this…… Read More »
The Sceptical Optimist
Subtitled 'why technology isn't the answer to everything', this eloquent and well-informed book enables readers to get to grips with the relationship between technological progress…… Read More »
Digital Inferno
How can we survive and thrive in a digital world without succumbing to what the author calls digital drift, when you suddenly find you have…… Read More »
The 4th Revolution
Subtitled 'how the infosphere is reshaping reality', this hugely well-informed and well-written book postulates that we are living through a fourth revolution after those of…… Read More »
Confronting Technology
Albert Schweitzer wrote that there were three important forms of progress: technological, social and spiritual; he regarded the last as the most important, since it…… Read More »