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The Internet Con

How to Seize the Means of Computation

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When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their "walled gardens" would keep us safe, but those were prison walls.The platforms locked us into their systems and made us easy pickings, ripe for extaction. Twitter, Facebook and other Big Tech platforms hard to leave by design. They hold hostage the people we love, the communities that matter to us, the ... Read more

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**Brought to you by Penguin.What if everything you’ve been told about money is wrong?**Have you ever been told that cutting your spending is the key to financial freedom?Or that only a fool would try to make money by picking stocks?Or that buying your house is always a smart investment?Most of us have heard these truisms from friends, from family, even from financial experts. They are held up as ... Read more

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Series series The Design Better Library
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The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy

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Hello World

How to be Human in the Age of the Machine

by Hannah Fry ...

Narrated by Hannah Fry ...

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6 hours 51 min

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The Singularity is Nearer

When We Merge with AI

by Ray Kurzweil ...

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Unabridged

10 hours 25 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER.**The legendary oracle of technological change explains how AI will transform our species beyond recognition within two decades.What will it mean to live free from the limits of our bodies? Who will we become if our minds can be stored and duplicated? What new realms of beauty, connection and wonder might we inhabit? How will we navigate the ... Read more

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Series series The Design Better Library
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Combined with the power of design thinking, these extensively researched best practices from some of the world’s best design teams will help you nail the fundamentals of product design and do great work.This audiobook includes:Learn what the best teams know—that customer research is the base of successful products and companiesHow product stories, journey maps, storyboards, and personas can build ... Read more

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Mastering The Market Cycle

Getting the odds on your side

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Narrated by Howard Marks, LJ Ganser ...

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The Charisma Myth

How to Engage, Influence and Motivate People

by Olivia Fox Cabane ...

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Brought to you by Penguin.What if charisma could be taught?What you'll find here is practical magic: unique knowledge, drawn from a variety of sciences, revealing what charisma really is and how it works. You'll get both the insights and the techniques you need to apply this knowledge. The world will become your lab, and every person you meet, a chance to experiment.The Charisma Myth is a mix of ... Read more

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The Fourth Industrial Revolution

by Klaus Schwab ...

Narrated by Mr Nicholas Guy Smith ...

Unabridged

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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Fourth Industrial Revolution by Klaus Schwab, read by Nicholas Guy Smith.The founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum on how the impending technological revolution will change our livesWe are on the brink of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. And this one will be unlike any other in human history.Characterized ... Read more

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Confessions of a Media Manipulator

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You've seen it all before. A malicious online rumor costs a company millions. A political sideshow derails the national news cycle and destroys a candidate. Some product or celebrity zooms from total obscurity to viral sensation. What you don't know is that someone is responsible for all this. Usually, someone like me.I'm a media manipulator. In a world where blogs control and distort the news, my ... Read more

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AI, Quantum Computing and Web3

What you need to know about three technologies changing our world

by Guy Harrison ...

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Unabridged

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How are we going to live meaningful and prosperous lives in a future radically transformed by Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computers, and other Information Technologies? Understanding technologies like AI, Blockchain, and quantum computing is not just beneficial—it's essential for those wishing to survive and thrive in our shared future.In this concise book aimed at technical and non-technical ... Read more

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The Falls

The number one bestselling series that inspired BBC One’s REBUS

by Ian Rankin ...

Narrated by James Macpherson ...

Series Audiobook 1 - A Rebus Novel
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16 hours 11 min

A student has gone missing in Edinburgh. She's not just any student, though, but the daughter of well-to-do and influential bankers. There's almost nothing to go on until DI John Rebus gets an unmistakable gut feeling that there's more to this than just another runaway spaced out on unaccustomed freedom.Two leads emerge: a carved wooden doll in a toy coffin, found in the student's home village, ... Read more

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A student has gone missing in Edinburgh. She's not just any student, though, but the daughter of well-to-do and influential bankers. There's almost nothing to go on until DI John Rebus gets an unmistakable gut feeling that there's more to this than just another runaway spaced out on unaccustomed freedom.Two leads emerge: a carved wooden doll in a toy coffin, found in the student's home village,
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