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Paper
- Paging Through History
- Written by: Mark Kurlansky
- Narrated by: Andrew Garman
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
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Paper is one of the simplest and most essential pieces of human technology. For the past two millennia, the ability to produce it in ever more efficient ways has supported the proliferation of literacy, media, religion, education, commerce, and art; it has formed the foundation of civilizations, promoting revolutions and restoring stability.
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Paper
- Paging Through History
- Narrated by: Andrew Garman
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 2016-05-10
- Language: English
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The Metaverse
- And How It Will Revolutionize Everything
- Written by: Matthew Ball
- Narrated by: Luis Moreno
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
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The term metaverse is suddenly everywhere, from debates over Fortnite to the pages of the New York Times to the speeches of Mark Zuckerberg, who proclaimed in June 2021 that “the overarching goal” of Facebook is to “bring the metaverse to life”. But what, exactly, is the metaverse? As pioneering theorist and venture capitalist Matthew Ball explains, it is the successor to the mobile internet that has defined the last two decades.
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Too elementary
- By Amazon Customer on 2022-09-04
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The Metaverse
- And How It Will Revolutionize Everything
- Narrated by: Luis Moreno
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 2022-07-19
- Language: English
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The Idea Factory
- Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
- Written by: Jon Gertner
- Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
- Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
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In The Idea Factory, New York Times Magazine writer Jon Gertner reveals how Bell Labs served as an incubator for scientific innovation from the 1920s through the1980s. In its heyday, Bell Labs boasted nearly 15,000 employees, 1200 of whom held PhDs and 13 of whom won Nobel Prizes. Thriving in a work environment that embraced new ideas, Bell Labs scientists introduced concepts that still propel many of today’s most exciting technologies.
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Great Listen
- By Alex on 2021-11-09
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The Idea Factory
- Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
- Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
- Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 2012-04-13
- Language: English
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Invention and Innovation
- A Brief History of Hype and Failure
- Written by: Vaclav Smil
- Narrated by: Tim Fannon
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
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The world is never finished catching up with Vaclav Smil. In his latest and perhaps most digestible book, Invention and Innovation, the prolific author—a favorite of Bill Gates—pens an insightful and fact-filled jaunt through the history of human invention. Impatient with the hype that so often accompanies innovation, Smil offers in this book a clear-eyed corrective to the overpromises that accompany everything from new cures for diseases to AI.
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Invention and Innovation
- A Brief History of Hype and Failure
- Narrated by: Tim Fannon
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 2023-07-11
- Language: English
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LikeWar
- The Weaponization of Social Media
- Written by: P. W. Singer, Emerson T. Brooking
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
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Two defense experts explore the collision of war, politics, and social media, where the most important battles are now only a click away. Through the weaponization of social media, the Internet is changing war and politics, just as war and politics are changing the Internet. Terrorists livestream their attacks, “Twitter wars” produce real world casualties, and viral misinformation alters not just the result of battles, but the very fate of nations. The result is that war, tech, and politics have blurred into a new kind of battlespace that plays out on our smartphones.
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Great read
- By P. M. on 2019-12-13
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LikeWar
- The Weaponization of Social Media
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 2018-10-02
- Language: English
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A Hacker's Mind
- How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend Them Back
- Written by: Bruce Schneier
- Narrated by: Dan John Miller
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
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In A Hacker’s Mind, Bruce Schneier takes hacking out of the world of computing and uses it to analyze the systems that underpin our society: from tax laws to financial markets to politics. He reveals an array of powerful actors whose hacks bend our economic, political, and legal systems to their advantage, at the expense of everyone else.
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A Must Read
- By Candace Sundbo on 2023-10-11
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A Hacker's Mind
- How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend Them Back
- Narrated by: Dan John Miller
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 2023-02-07
- Language: English
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The Distracted Mind
- Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World
- Written by: Larry D. Rosen, Adam Gazzaley
- Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
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In The Distracted Mind, leading psychologist Larry Rosen and pioneering neuroscientist Adam Gazzaley explain why our minds have become addicted to email, text messages, virtual worlds, and social media such as Facebook and Twitter. Through compelling true stories and scientific research, they show how digital distractions affect every aspect of life, from work, safety, and communication to our relationships and health.
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The Distracted Mind
- Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World
- Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 2016-10-14
- Language: English
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The Heart and the Chip
- Our Bright Future with Robots
- Written by: Daniela Rus, Gregory Mone
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
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There is a robotics revolution underway. A record 3.1 million robots are working in factories right now, doing everything from assembling computers to packing goods and monitoring air quality and performance. A far greater number of smart machines impact our lives in countless other ways—improving the precision of surgeons, cleaning our homes, extending our reach to distant worlds—and we’re on the cusp of even more exciting opportunities.
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The Heart and the Chip
- Our Bright Future with Robots
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 2024-03-05
- Language: English
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The Secret Life of Data
- Navigating Hype and Uncertainty in the Age of Algorithmic Surveillance
- Written by: Aram Sinnreich, Jesse Gilbert
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
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How data surveillance, digital forensics, and generative AI pose new long-term threats and opportunities—and how we can use them to make better decisions in the face of technological uncertainty.
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The Secret Life of Data
- Navigating Hype and Uncertainty in the Age of Algorithmic Surveillance
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 2024-04-30
- 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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Best Book I’ve read in a long time
- By Jon Cleveland on 2023-09-28
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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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Faster
- How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Beat Hitler's Best
- Written by: Neal Bascomb
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
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As Nazi Germany launched its campaign of racial terror and pushed the world toward war, three misfits banded together to challenge Hitler’s dominance at the apex of motorsport: the Grand Prix. Their quest for redemption culminated in a remarkable race that is still talked about in racing circles to this day - but which, soon after it ended, Hitler attempted to completely erase from history.
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brilliant story
- By Amazon Customer on 2020-09-22
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Faster
- How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Beat Hitler's Best
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 2020-03-17
- Language: English
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Team Human
- Written by: Douglas Rushkoff
- Narrated by: Douglas Rushkoff
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
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Though created by humans, our technologies, markets, and institutions often contain an antihuman agenda. Douglas Rushkoff, digital theorist and host of the NPR-One podcast Team Human, reveals the dynamics of this antihuman machinery and invites us to remake these aspects of society in ways that foster our humanity. In 100 aphoristic statements, his manifesto exposes how forces for human connection have turned into ones of isolation and repression.
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Very Relevant
- By Marco on 2021-02-23
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Team Human
- Narrated by: Douglas Rushkoff
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 2019-01-22
- Language: English
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Analogia
- The Emergence of Technology Beyond Programmable Control
- Written by: George Dyson
- Narrated by: Donald Corren
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
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In Analogia, technology historian George Dyson presents a startling look back at the analog age and life before the digital revolution - and an unsettling vision of what comes next.
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Analogia
- The Emergence of Technology Beyond Programmable Control
- Narrated by: Donald Corren
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 2020-08-24
- Language: English
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Get Big Things Done
- The Power of Connectional Intelligence
- Written by: Erica Dhawan, Saj-nicole Joni
- Narrated by: Christina Moore
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
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Connectional intelligence unlocks the 21st-century secret to getting "big things done" regardless of who you are, where you live, or what you do. We typically associate success and leadership with smarts, passion, and luck. But in today's hypercompetitive world, even those gifts aren't enough. Get Big Things Done argues that the game changer is a thoroughly modern skill called connectional intelligence.
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Get Big Things Done
- The Power of Connectional Intelligence
- Narrated by: Christina Moore
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 2015-02-24
- Language: English
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Head in the Cloud
- Why Knowing Things Still Matters When Facts Are So Easy to Look Up
- Written by: William Poundstone
- Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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More people know who Khloe Kardashian is than who Rene Descartes was. Most can't find Delaware on a map, correctly spell the word occurrence, or name the largest ocean on the planet. But how important is it to fill our heads with facts? A few keystrokes can summon almost any information in seconds. Why should we bother learning facts at all? Best-selling author William Poundstone confronts that timely question in Head in the Cloud.
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Head in the Cloud
- Why Knowing Things Still Matters When Facts Are So Easy to Look Up
- Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 2016-07-19
- Language: English
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Out of Touch
- How to Survive an Intimacy Famine
- Written by: Michelle Drouin
- Narrated by: Mia Barron
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
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In Out of Touch, Professor of Psychology Michelle Drouin investigates what she calls our intimacy famine, exploring love, belongingness, and fulfillment and considering why relationships carried out on technological platforms may leave us starving for physical connection. Drouin puts it this way: when most of our interactions are through social media, we are taking tiny hits of dopamine rather than the huge shots of oxytocin that an intimate in-person relationship would provide.
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Out of Touch
- How to Survive an Intimacy Famine
- Narrated by: Mia Barron
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 2022-04-12
- Language: English
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Average is Over
- Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation
- Written by: Tyler Cowen
- Narrated by: Andrew Garman
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
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The widening gap between rich and poor means dealing with one big, uncomfortable truth: If you're not at the top, you're at the bottom. The global labor market is changing radically thanks to growth at the high end and the low. About three quarters of the jobs created in the United States since the great recession pay only a bit more than minimum wage. Still, the United States has more millionaires and billionaires than any country ever, and we continue to mint them.
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Average is Over
- Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation
- Narrated by: Andrew Garman
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 2013-10-02
- Language: English
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The Fourth Part of the World
- The Race to the Ends of the Earth
- Written by: Toby Lester
- Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
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Brimming with enthralling details and personalities, Toby Lester's The Fourth Part of the World spotlights Martin Waldseemüller's 1507 world map and recounts the epic tale of the mariners and scholars who facilitated this watershed of Western history.
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The Fourth Part of the World
- The Race to the Ends of the Earth
- Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 2009-11-03
- Language: English
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Antisocial Media
- How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy
- Written by: Siva Vaidhyanathan
- Narrated by: Jack Garrett
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
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In Antisocial Media, Siva Vaidhyanathan explains how Facebook devolved from an innocent social site hacked together by Harvard students into a force that, while it may make personal life just a little more pleasurable, makes democracy a lot more challenging.
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Closing my FB account!
- By Hermes on 2020-07-31
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Antisocial Media
- How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy
- Narrated by: Jack Garrett
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 2018-07-16
- Language: English
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The Age of Living Machines
- How the Convergence of Biology and Engineering Will Build the Next Technology Revolution
- Written by: Susan Hockfield
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
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The Age of Living Machines describes some of the most exciting new developments and the scientists and engineers who helped create them. Virus-built batteries. Protein-based water filters. Cancer-detecting nanoparticles. Mind-reading bionic limbs. Computer-engineered crops. Together they highlight the promise of the technology revolution of the 21st century to overcome some of the greatest humanitarian, medical, and environmental challenges of our time.
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The Age of Living Machines
- How the Convergence of Biology and Engineering Will Build the Next Technology Revolution
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 2019-05-07
- Language: English
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