a beginners guide to Cybernetics
see also computing lore
computing for the radical Public
Created and curated by dream
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Simulation and its discontents by Stefan Helmreich, Yanni Alexander Loukissas, Natasha Myers, and 3 others
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Alone Together by Sherry Turkle
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Technology has become the architect of our intimacies. Online, we fall prey to the illusion of companionship, gathering thousands of …
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Amusing ourselves to death by Neil Postman
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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (1985) is a book by educator Neil Postman. …
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With characteristic wit and candor, Neil Postman, our most astute and engaging cultural critic, launches a trenchant--and harrowing--warning against the …
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The Charisma Machine by Morgan G. Ames
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A fascinating examination of technological utopianism and its complicated consequences.
In The Charisma Machine, Morgan Ames chronicles the life and …
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The meme machine by Susan J. Blackmore
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The Meme Machine is a popular science book by Susan Blackmore on the subject of memes. Blackmore attempts to constitute …
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The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy by David Graeber
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The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy is a 2015 book by anthropologist David …
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Small is Beautiful by E. F. Schumacher
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"Small is Beautiful is a wonderful statement which will hopefully be followed by more from Schumacher, as well as from …
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Roberty M. Pirsig, Robert Pirsig, Robert M. Pirsig
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"The real cycle you're working on is a cycle called 'yourself.'"One of the most important and influential books of the …
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The ecology of freedom by Murray Bookchin
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The Ecology of Freedom: The Emergence and Dissolution of Hierarchy is a 1982 book by the American libertarian socialist and …
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Abolition. Feminism. Now by Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica Meiners, and 1 other
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As a politic and a practice, abolition increasingly shapes our political moment—halting the construction of new jails and propelling movements …
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The Telekommunist Manifesto by Dmytri Kleiner (Network Notebook -- 3)
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About the publication: In the age of international telecommunications, global migration and the emergence of the information economy, how can …
