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Tag Archives: Man vs Machine
Doctorow duo on digital rights activism
I recently read two short titles by Cory Doctorow, a SF author and internet freedom activist. For at least the last twenty years, Cory Doctorow has been thinking about the future of intellectual property, copyright, and the open internet. He … Continue reading
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Tagged Corey Doctorow, digital world, law, Man vs Machine, Technology and Society, tyranny inc
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The Warehouse
Paxton used to be a man with a promising idea, one that was flourishing in the market — but then The Cloud said “Lower your prices”. The Cloud wasn’t the voice of God, floating in the heavens — but it … Continue reading
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Tagged dystopia, Man vs Machine, science fiction, tyranny inc
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Broadcast
Broadcast© 2017 Liam Brown288 pages Most people, if approached by a corporation and asked for permission to plant a microchip in their brainstem, would say “Nope” and back away from the crazy man. But David Callow isn’t most people: he’s … Continue reading
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Tagged digital world, Man vs Machine, science fiction, thriller
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The Circle
The Circle 2013 Dave Eggers 507 pages Sharing is Caring. Privacy is Theft. Secrets are Lies. Imagine an internet transformed by a company so innovative and ambitious that it had swallowed Facebook, Google, etc. whole. It began with TruYou, a … Continue reading
Future Crimes
Future Crimes; Everything is Connected, Everyone is Vulnerable, and What We Can Do About ItPaperback subtitle: Inside the Digital Underground and the Battle for Our Connected World © 2015 Marc Goodman608 pages “It’s not safe out here. It’s wondrous, with treasures to … Continue reading
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Tagged crime, Cybersecurity, digital world, futurism, Man vs Machine, military, surveillance, technology, Technology and Society
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The Internet Police
The Internet Police: How Crime Went Online (and the Cops Followed)© 2014 Nate Anderson 310 pages Not since the steam engine has the world been so utterly transformed than by the Internet. Originally a military network, it is now infrastructure, undergirding modern life … Continue reading
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Tagged crime, Cybersecurity, digital world, law, Man vs Machine, surveillance, technology, Technology and Society
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Player Piano
Player Piano© 1952 Kurt Vonnegut352 pages “I’d be in exile now, but everywhere’s the same…” Not since the roaring twenties was American society so giddily obsessed with newfangled stuff than in the 1950s. Americans were awash in material prosperity, … Continue reading
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Tagged futurism, Kurt Vonnegut, Man vs Machine, science fiction, technology, Technology and Society
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Divergent
Divergent © 2011 Veronica Roth 487 pages Every major city has problems with organized gangs, but the Chicago of Divergent’s future has nothing else. The entire society is organized in five factions devoted to an ideal; Dauntless, Abnegation, Erudition, Amity, … Continue reading
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Tagged children's literature, Children-YA, dystopia, Man vs Machine, science fiction, thriller
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The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games © 2008 Suzanne Collins 378 pages Once every year, two teenagers are chosen at random to represent their region in a nation-wide game….the Hunger Games. But they’re not competing in track and field … Continue reading
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Tagged adolescence, dystopia, Man vs Machine, Man vs State, science fiction, Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games
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Brave New World
Brave New World © 1932 Aldous Huxley 270 pages In Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman introduced the book with his suspicion that Brave New World’s predictions were coming to fruition — namely, that human happiness will be pursued by … Continue reading
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Tagged "classic", banned book, Classics and Literary, dystopia, futurism, Man vs Machine, Man vs State, social criticism, Society and Culture
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