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Adriana’s Family
The Woman Who Fell Backwards and Other Stories
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The Senescent Nomad Hits the Road
Invasive Procedures: Stories
Heroes and Other Illusions: Stories
Bedlam Battle: An Omnibus of the One Thousand Series
After the Fireflood
Caliban’s Children
The Fantasy Book Murders
Opting Out and Other Departures
Sunflower: A Novel
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The One Thousand: A Novella
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After the Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Memoir of Greece
The Misadventures of Mama Kitchen: A Novel
Dark Mirrors: Dystopian Tales
Love Children: A Novel
Painsharing and Other Stories
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Tag Archives: technology
Book Review: The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation by Cory Doctorow
Recently I took a bus to a bookstore in North Seattle to attend a reading of a new book by Cory Doctorow. It turned out to be not so much a reading as a discussion between Doctorow and Neal Stephenson, … Continue reading
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Tagged Internet, technology, computers, Cory Doctorow, Neal Stephenson, interoperability
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Book Review: Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle over Technology and Prosperity by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson
This brilliant book is not an easy read, but it is definitely a rewarding one. The authors (both professors at MIT) delve deep into history and economics to explain why in our present era the very few elite prosper while … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, artificial intelligence, economics, poverty, social media, technology
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Book Review: The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution by Walter Isaacson
This is one of those rarities among books: fascinating, well-written, and just the right length for what it sets out to do. It tells the story of the creation of computers, programming, the transistor, the microchip, video games, the Internet, … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, Internet, technology, Walter Isaacson, worldwide web
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Book Review: Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Lives for the Better by Clive Thompson
I got hold of this book fairly quickly from my trusty public library soon after reading Nicholas Carr’s book “The Shallows”. I didn’t like the Carr book. It was negative and reactionary about ubiquitous technology that is here to stay. … Continue reading
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Tagged Clive Thompson, Internet, Nicholas Carr, technology, The Shallows
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Book Review: The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr
I didn’t like this book. There was too much in it I didn’t agree with. I thought I would like it, and I wanted to like it. It’s on a subject I am very interested in, the use of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Internet, Nicholas Carr, Plato, Socrates, technology, The Shallows
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