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Tech Agnostic
- How Technology Became the World’s Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation
- Written by: Greg M. Epstein
- Narrated by: Alex Boyles
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
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Today’s technology has overtaken religion as the chief influence on twenty-first century life and community. In Tech Agnostic, Harvard and MIT’s influential humanist chaplain Greg Epstein explores what it means to be a critical thinker with respect to this new faith. Encouraging listeners to reassert their common humanity beyond the seductive sheen of “tech,” this book argues for tech agnosticism—not worship—as a way of life.
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Tech Agnostic
- How Technology Became the World’s Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation
- Narrated by: Alex Boyles
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 2024-10-29
- Language: English
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Digital Apollo
- Human and Machine in Spaceflight
- Written by: David A. Mindell
- Narrated by: Kyle Tait
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
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Digital Apollo examines the design and execution of each of the six Apollo moon landings, drawing on transcripts and data telemetry from the flights, astronaut interviews, and NASA's extensive archives. Mindell's exploration of how human pilots and automated systems worked together to achieve the ultimate in flight - a lunar landing - traces and reframes the debate over the future of humans and automation in space.
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Digital Apollo
- Human and Machine in Spaceflight
- Narrated by: Kyle Tait
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 2019-03-19
- Language: English
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Victorious Century
- The United Kingdom, 1800-1906
- Written by: David Cannadine
- Narrated by: Kris Dyer
- Length: 24 hrs and 57 mins
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To live in 19th-century Britain was to experience an astonishing series of changes, of a kind for which there was simply no precedent. There were revolutions in transport, communication and work; cities grew vast; and scientific ideas made the intellectual landscape unrecognisable. This was an exhilarating time but also a horrifying one. In his new book, David Cannadine has created a bold, fascinating new interpretation of the British 19th century in all its energy and dynamism, darkness and vice.
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Victorious Century
- The United Kingdom, 1800-1906
- Narrated by: Kris Dyer
- Length: 24 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 2017-09-28
- Language: English
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Survival of the Richest
- Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires
- Written by: Douglas Rushkoff
- Narrated by: Douglas Rushkoff
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
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In Survival of the Richest, Rushkoff traces the origins of The Mindset in science and technology through its current expression in missions to Mars, island bunkers, AI futurism, and the metaverse. In a dozen urgent, electrifying chapters, he confronts tech utopianism, the datafication of all human interaction, and the exploitation of that data by corporations. Through fascinating characters, Rushkoff explains why those with the most power to change our current trajectory have no interest in doing so.
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Misleading Title
- By DFrost on 2022-09-28
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Survival of the Richest
- Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires
- Narrated by: Douglas Rushkoff
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 2022-09-06
- Language: English
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What Can a Body Do?
- How We Meet the Built World
- Written by: Sara Hendren
- Narrated by: Sara Hendren
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
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Sara Hendren invites us to rethink the things and settings we live with. What might assistance based on the body’s stunning capacity for adaptation—rather than a rigid insistence on “normalcy”—look like? Can we foster interdependent, not just independent, living? How do we creatively engineer public spaces that allow us all to navigate our common terrain? By rendering familiar objects and environments newly strange and wondrous, What Can a Body Do? helps us imagine a future that will better meet the extraordinary range of our collective needs and desires.
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Amazing perspective
- By Julie Lane on 2023-05-10
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What Can a Body Do?
- How We Meet the Built World
- Narrated by: Sara Hendren
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 2020-08-18
- Language: English
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What Tech Calls Thinking
- An Inquiry into the Intellectual Bedrock of Silicon Valley
- Written by: Adrian Daub
- Narrated by: Andrew Eiden
- Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins
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What Tech Calls Thinking is a lively dismantling of the ideas that form the intellectual bedrock of Silicon Valley. Equally important to Silicon Valley’s world-altering innovation are the language and ideas it uses to explain and justify itself. And often, those fancy new ideas are simply old motifs playing dress-up in a hoodie. From the myth of dropping out to the war cry of “disruption”, Daub locates the Valley’s supposedly original, radical thinking in the ideas of Heidegger and Ayn Rand, the New Age Esalen Foundation in Big Sur, and more.
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What Tech Calls Thinking
- An Inquiry into the Intellectual Bedrock of Silicon Valley
- Narrated by: Andrew Eiden
- Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 2021-03-16
- Language: English
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The Ethics of Invention
- Technology and the Human Future
- Written by: Sheila Jasanoff
- Narrated by: Jo Anna Perrin
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
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Technology rules us as much as laws do. It shapes the legal, social, and ethical environments in which we act. Every time we cross a street, drive a car, or go to the doctor, we submit to the silent power of technology. Yet, much of the time, the influence of technology on our lives goes unchallenged by citizens and our elected representatives. Our embrace of novel technological pathways, Sheila Jasanoff shows, leads to a complex interplay among technology, ethics, and human rights.
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The Ethics of Invention
- Technology and the Human Future
- Narrated by: Jo Anna Perrin
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 2016-10-25
- Language: English
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Generative AI for Beginners: Understanding Artificial Intelligence
- Unlocking the Matrix with GPT-4, LLMs, Deep Neural Networks, and Practical Machine Learning
- Written by: Alex Quant
- Narrated by: Melissa LaFore
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
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Artificial intelligence is transforming lives and revolutionizing industries. This accessible guide to generative AI and machine learning is for tech enthusiasts and forward-thinkers alike—whether you're in IT or a professional from another field looking to stay ahead and curious about AI’s impact on the future, this book provides the essential insights you need to stay competitive and informed in the Age of AI.
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Generative AI for Beginners: Understanding Artificial Intelligence
- Unlocking the Matrix with GPT-4, LLMs, Deep Neural Networks, and Practical Machine Learning
- Narrated by: Melissa LaFore
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 2024-12-05
- Language: English
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Blockchain Chicken Farm
- And Other Stories of Tech in China's Countryside
- Written by: Xiaowei Wang
- Narrated by: Greta Jung
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
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In Blockchain Chicken Farm, the technologist and writer Xiaowei Wang explores the political and social entanglements of technology in rural China. Their discoveries force them to challenge the standard idea that rural culture and people are backward, conservative, and intolerant. Instead, they find that rural China has not only adapted to rapid globalization but has actually innovated the technology we all use today. Wang unravels the ties between globalization, technology, agriculture, and commerce in unprecedented fashion.
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Amazing book highly recommend
- By Nacim on 2024-04-30
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Blockchain Chicken Farm
- And Other Stories of Tech in China's Countryside
- Narrated by: Greta Jung
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 2021-03-16
- Language: English
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AI for Beginners 2024
- How to Survive AI Algorithms
- Written by: Elon Zakari
- Narrated by: Tavish Grade
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
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There's no denying the scrutiny of AI algorithms are making life tougher, whether you're applying for jobs, passing exams or securing loans. These digital gatekeepers are raising the stakes and it's natural to feel anxious about their growing influence. This book exists because AI algorithms are changing every aspect of our lives at lightening speed and many of us feel overwhelmed or unprepared for this change.
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AI for Beginners 2024
- How to Survive AI Algorithms
- Narrated by: Tavish Grade
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 2024-09-06
- Language: English
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How to Work a Room
- The Ultimate Guide to Savvy Socializing in Person and Online
- Written by: Susan RoAne
- Narrated by: Susan RoAne
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
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You enter a crowded room. For a moment every eye is on you. And a little voice inside you cries, "Help!" If this has ever happened to you, you're not alone! Walking into a room full of people you don't know can be very uncomfortable. It can also be one of your very best opportunities to meet and make new business contacts and friends. The Mingling Maven™ will show step by step, how to allay your fears and make the most of every moment.
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How to Work a Room
- The Ultimate Guide to Savvy Socializing in Person and Online
- Narrated by: Susan RoAne
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 2013-12-31
- Language: English
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ColdFusion Presents
- New Thinking: From Einstein to Artificial Intelligence, the Science and Technology That Transformed Our World
- Written by: Dagogo Altraide
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
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The world has never been so unstable. Now, more than ever, we need to understand our history, learn from our mistakes, and embrace science and technology as we push into the future. In his debut book, New Thinking: The Technology and Science That Transformed Our World, Dagogo Altraide of YouTube's ColdFusion breaks down the history of gamechanger breakthroughs in the world of science and technology that have shaped our modern world and will impact the future.
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A good overview of technology in the past century.
- By Darrell F on 2021-07-14
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ColdFusion Presents
- New Thinking: From Einstein to Artificial Intelligence, the Science and Technology That Transformed Our World
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 2019-02-26
- Language: English
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Robot-Proof
- Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
- Written by: Joseph E. Aoun
- Narrated by: John Glouchevitch
- Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
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In Robot-Proof, Northeastern University president Joseph Aoun proposes a way to educate the next generation of college students to invent, to create, and to discover - to fill needs in society that even the most sophisticated artificial intelligence agent cannot. A "robot-proof" education, Aoun argues, is not concerned solely with topping up students' minds with high-octane facts. Rather, it calibrates them with a creative mindset and the mental elasticity to invent, discover, or create something valuable to society.
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had higher expectations
- By Yona Baskharoun on 2019-08-13
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Robot-Proof
- Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
- Narrated by: John Glouchevitch
- Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 2018-04-10
- Language: English
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Growing Up Social
- Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World
- Written by: Gary Chapman, Arlene Pellicane
- Narrated by: Chris Fabry
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
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In Growing Up Social, Gary Chapman and Arlene Pellicane will empower you with the necessary tools to make positive changes starting today. Through stories, wit, and wisdom, you’ll discover how to take back your home from an overdependence on screens. Plus, you'll learn to teach the five A+ skills that every healthy child needs to master: affection, appreciation, anger management, apology, and attention.
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Growing Up Social
- Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World
- Narrated by: Chris Fabry
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 2014-09-01
- Language: English
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The Battle for Your Brain
- Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology
- Written by: Nita A. Farahany
- Narrated by: Rachel Perry
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
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Imagine a world where your brain can be interrogated to learn your political beliefs, your thoughts can be used as evidence of a crime, and your own feelings can be held against you. A world where people who suffer from epilepsy receive alerts moments before a seizure, and the average person can peer into their own mind to eliminate painful memories or cure addictions.
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The Battle for Your Brain
- Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology
- Narrated by: Rachel Perry
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 2023-03-14
- Language: English
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Rise of the Machines
- A Cybernetic History
- Written by: Thomas Rid
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
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As lives offline and online merge, it's easy to forget how we got here. Rise of the Machines reclaims the story of cybernetics, a control theory of man and machine. Thomas Rid delivers a portrait of our technology-enraptured era. Springing from mathematician Norbert Wiener amid the devastation of World War II, the cybernetic vision underpinned a host of myths about the future of machines. This vision radically transformed the postwar world, ushering in sweeping cultural change.
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Rise of the Machines
- A Cybernetic History
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 2016-06-28
- Language: English
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To Engineer Is Human
- The Role of Failure in Successful Design
- Written by: Henry Petroski
- Narrated by: Matthew Boston
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
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How did a simple design error cause one of the great disasters of the 1980s - the collapse of the walkways at the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel? What made the graceful and innovative Tacoma Narrows Bridge twist apart in a mild wind in 1940? How did an oversized waterlily inspire the magnificent Crystal Palace, the crowning achievement of Victorian architecture and engineering? These are some of the failures and successes that Henry Petroski, author of the acclaimed The Pencil, examines in this engaging, wonderfully literate book.
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Suited for those who don’t have a clue how a sliderule works
- By Roberta W on 2025-03-10
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To Engineer Is Human
- The Role of Failure in Successful Design
- Narrated by: Matthew Boston
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 2018-03-27
- Language: English
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Turing's Cathedral
- The Origins of the Digital Universe
- Written by: George Dyson
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
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In the 1940s and '50s, a group of eccentric geniuses - led by John von Neumann - gathered at the newly created Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Their joint project was the realization of the theoretical universal machine, an idea that had been put forth by mathematician Alan Turing. This group of brilliant engineers worked in isolation, almost entirely independent from industry and the traditional academic community. But because they relied exclusively on government funding, the government wanted its share of the results....
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Turing's Cathedral
- The Origins of the Digital Universe
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 2012-03-06
- Language: English
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Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
- Written by: Jaron Lanier
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
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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 his important new audiobook, Lanier, who participates in no social media, offers powerful and personal reasons for all of us to leave these dangerous online platforms behind before it’s too late. Lanier remains a tech optimist, so while demonstrating the evil that rules social media business models today, he also envisions a humanistic setting for social networking that can direct us towards richer and fuller way of living and connecting.
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Concise and thoughtful
- By Patrick Daoust on 2019-01-07
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Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 2018-05-29
- Language: English
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Computing: A Concise History
- The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series
- Written by: Paul E. Ceruzzi
- Narrated by: Tim Andres Pabon
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
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The history of computing could be told as the story of hardware and software or the story of the Internet or the story of "smart" handheld devices, with subplots involving IBM, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, and Twitter. In this concise and accessible account of the invention and development of digital technology, computer historian Paul Ceruzzi offers a broader and more useful perspective. He identifies four major threads that run throughout all of computing's technological development.
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Computing: A Concise History
- The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series
- Narrated by: Tim Andres Pabon
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 2015-10-30
- Language: English
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