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Too many CEOs tell a simple story about the future of work: If a machine can do what you do, your job will be automated. They envision everyone from doctors to soldiers rendered superfluous by ever-more-powerful AI. They offer stark alternatives: Make robots, or be replaced by them. Another story is possible. In virtually every walk of life, robotic systems can make labor more valuable, not less. Frank Pasquale tells the story of nurses, teachers, designers, and others who partner with technologists, rather than meekly serving as data sources for their computerized replacements. 

★ 2025 Best Indie Book Award winner IAN Book of the Year finalist CBCA finalist ★ You know the feeling. You put your phone down after who-knows-how-long and you feel worse than when you picked it up. You need boundaries, but that doesn't mean you should feel guilty every time you...

The most chilling dystopia is the one we build ourselves. What if George Orwell's 1984 wasn't a warning about the future—but a blueprint that Silicon Valley has been following for decades? In Room 101 Has Wi-Fi, David G. Stone exposes the terrifying reality that we're living in Orwell's dystopia right now. The difference? We're not prisoners—we're willing participants.

Democratic Delusions explores the potential of our media and tech systems to be democratic and contribute to a just and transformative democracy. This is only possible, Natalie Fenton argues, by first situating our political systems and mediated worlds within global capitalism. By interrogating different media and their relationship to seven key elements of democracy—power, participation, freedom, equality, public good, trust, and hope—the book asks: What is the response of society when the ability of news media to speak truth to power has been restricted by corporate logic?

It's no secret that addictive digital technologies like smartphones and social media apps are harming a generation of kids socially, mentally, and even physically. But a workable solution seems elusive. After all, don't kids need phones, and won't they be vulnerable or socially isolated without tech? Clare Morell, fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and director of its Technology and Human Flourishing Project, argues that the answer is 'no'. She exposes the lies parents have been sold about managing the dangers of tech through parental controls and screen-time limits.

Nominiert für den Deutschen Sachbuchpreis 2026 Für die Philosophie gehört die Sprache zu den wichtigsten Eigenschaften des Menschen: Sie ermöglicht es, eine ganze Welt zu erschließen, Gedanken zu artikulieren, sich über Wertvorstellungen zu verständigen – und ist entscheidend für die Freiheit und Souveränität, mit denen Menschen ihr Leben führen. Was aber geschieht, wenn wir uns von einer Sprachmaschine die Welt erklären, Werte vermitteln und das Denken abnehmen lassen? Gewöhnen uns ChatGPT und Co. das Lesen, Schreiben und Denken ab? Überreden sie uns zu Ansichten, die wir gar nicht haben?

In this critical time between worlds, technology is shaping the future of our lives, both as individual human beings and collectively as a species. Technology has brought great blessings in multiple vectors, and those benefits are regularly sung in the public sphere. However, the notion that technology is value-neutral is simply not true. All technology is encoded with value, pseudo-value—or tragically, with anti-value. So technology also threatens us with risks to our very existence on this planet.

Our increasing reliance on technology and the Internet has opened a window for mathematicians and data researchers to gaze through into our lives. Using the data they are constantly collecting about where we travel, where we shop, what we buy, what interests us, they can begin to predict our daily habits, and increasingly we are relinquishing our decision making to algorithms - are we giving up this up too easily?

Restoring Our Sanity Online is the entertaining, informative, and frequently jaw-dropping social reset by Mark Weinstein, contemporary tech leader, privacy expert, and one of the visionary inventors of social networking. This book is for all of us. Casual and heavy users of social media, parents, teachers, students, techies, entrepreneurs, investors, and elected officials. Restoring Our Sanity Online is the catapult to an exciting, enriching, and authentic future. Listeners will embark on a captivating journey leading to an inspiring and actionable reinvention.

Children of the Screen is your urgent call to action, offering a profound look into the "attention recession" reshaping childhood in the digital age. Catherine J. Westbrook, drawing on both academic knowledge and lived experience, reveals how omnipresent screens are impacting developing brains, hijacking dopamine pathways, and eroding crucial skills like patience, creativity, and deep thought. This isn't just about screen time; it's about understanding how technology, intentionally designed to capture and hold attention, is rewiring our children's minds.

Digital Darwinism takes a closer look at disruptive thinking to inspire those who want to be the best at digital transformation. Change across business is accelerating, but the lifespan of companies is decreasing as leaders face a growing abundance of decisions to make, data to process and technology that threatens even the most established business models. These forces could destroy your company or, with the right strategy in place, help you transform it into a market leader.

In Protecting Digital Assets, cybersecurity expert David Goodin delivers an essential guide to navigating the dynamic world of cryptocurrency and digital assets. With years of experience as a Principal Cybersecurity Analyst, Goodin equips listeners with the tools to protect their digital lives and avoid scams. From earning crypto without spending cash to understanding NFTs and virtual real estate, this audiobook offers practical insights for beginners and seasoned enthusiasts.

In an age where connectivity has reached unprecedented heights, humanity paradoxically experiences intensified solitude. The Internet, social media, and digital communication tools promise constant interaction, yet beneath the veneer of perpetual engagement lies a profound sense of detachment. We have woven an expansive digital web, intricately threading through every dimension of our lives. Yet, far from binding us together in deeper and more meaningful ways, this net has fragmented our relationships, distorted our sense of self, and left us lonelier than ever.

Internationally renowned privacy expert Daniel J. Solove draws from a range of fields, from law to philosophy to the humanities, to illustrate the profound changes technology is wreaking upon our privacy, why they matter, and what can be done about them. Solove provides incisive examinations of key concepts in the digital sphere, including control, manipulation, harm, automation, reputation, consent, prediction, inference, and many others.

Ich dachte, Palantir sei nur ein Name – ein weiteres Tech-Unternehmen im endlosen Strom digitaler Innovation. Ich lag falsch! Was ich entdeckt habe, ist kein harmloses Start-up, sondern das Herzstück einer neuen globalen Kontrollarchitektur. Eine Software, geboren im Krieg, perfektioniert zur Überwachung und Manipulation ganzer Gesellschaften – und nun auf dem Weg in dein Leben. Ich erzähle nicht nur, was Palantir tut – ich zeige, was es mit uns macht. Mit unserem Denken, unserem Handeln, unserem Vertrauen in Demokratie, Recht und Menschlichkeit.

"Obéissance et irresponsabilité, voilà les deux Mots Magiques qui ouvriront demain le Paradis de la Civilisation des Machines. La civilisation française, héritière de la civilisation hellénique, a travaillé pendant des siècles pour former des hommes libres, c'est-à-dire pleinement responsables de leurs actes : la France refuse d'entrer dans le Paradis des Robots."

A veteran Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist shadows the top thinkers in the field of Artificial Intelligence, introducing the breakthroughs and developments that will change the way we live and work. Artificial Intelligence has been “just around the corner” for decades, continually...

If Artificial Intelligence can cure diseases, restructure economies, and even revolutionize warfare—what does that mean for humanity’s future? In The AI Paradox: Threats, Risks, and Our Future Survival, neuroscientist and Applied AI student Dr. Tursun Alkam unravels the competing forces shaping our world. Dr. Alkam navigates the rapid rise of AI, exposing both its game-changing promise and its most harrowing dangers. From autonomous weapons and disinformation campaigns to existential concerns about superintelligence, this book delivers a comprehensive exploration of AI’s double-edged sword.

Let Them & Our Selves Unite is your essential guide. This book offers a visionary yet practical roadmap to transform your families, organizations, and communities into vibrant, resilient social ecosystems. Grounded in emotional intelligence, cultural fluency, and ethical innovation, it provides actionable strategies for today's complex dynamics.

Brought to you by Penguin. We are entering an empathy crisis. Most of our communication is conveyed through non-verbal cues - facial expressions, tone of voice, body language - nuances that are completely lost when we interact through our smartphones and other technology. The result is a digital...