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  • 100% Utilization

    Computation and Labor After Moore's Law

    af Andrew Lison ...
    Serier serie Software Studies
    A wide-ranging analysis of how the material limits to discrete, silicon-based computing power impact employment and automation.Since the end of the Second World War, we have come to expect continual growth in computing power and the rapid development of digital technology. This dynamic has enabled informational procedures to supplant an ever-increasing range of human and mechanical activity. ... Læs mere

    360,86 kr.

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  • Overcomplicated

    Technology at the Limits of Comprehension

    Why did the New York Stock Exchange suspend trading without warning on July 8, 2015? Why did certain Toyota vehicles accelerate uncontrollably against the will of their drivers? Why does the programming inside our airplanes occasionally surprise its creators?After a thorough analysis by the top experts, the answers still elude us.You don’t understand the software running your car or your iPhone. ... Læs mere

    41,74 kr.

  • Your Computer Is on Fire

    Techno-utopianism is dead: Now is the time to pay attention to the inequality, marginalization, and biases woven into our technological systems.This book sounds an alarm: after decades of being lulled into complacency by narratives of technological utopianism and neutrality, people are waking up to the large-scale consequences of Silicon Valley-led technophilia. This book trains a spotlight on the ... Læs mere

    207,11 kr.

  • The Stack, 10th anniversary edition with new preface by the author

    On Software and Sovereignty

    Serier serie Software Studies
    **Why The Stack—an accidental megastructure—is both a technological apparatus and the geopolitical model of our times.A tenth anniversary edition of the comprehensive political philosophy of planetary-scale computation, with a new preface from the author.**What has planetary-scale computation done to our geopolitical realities? It takes different forms at different scales—from energy and mineral ... Læs mere

    207,11 kr.

  • Building SimCity

    How to Put the World in a Machine

    af Chaim Gingold ...
    Serier serie Game Histories
    A deep dive into the trailblazing simulation game SimCity, situating it in the history of games, simulation, and computing.Building SimCity explores the history of computer simulation by chronicling one of the most influential simulation games ever made: SimCity. As author Chaim Gingold explains, Will Wright, the visionary designer behind the urban planning game, created SimCity in part to learn ... Læs mere

    300,74 kr.

  • The Ordinal Society

    A sweeping critique of how digital capitalism is reformatting our world.We now live in an “ordinal society.” Nearly every aspect of our lives is measured, ranked, and processed into discrete, standardized units of digital information. Marion Fourcade and Kieran Healy argue that technologies of information management, fueled by the abundance of personal data and the infrastructure of the internet, ... Læs mere

    290,11 kr.

  • New Media

    A Critical Introduction

    New Media: A Critical Introduction is a comprehensive introduction to the culture, history, technologies and theories of new media. Written especially for students, the book considers the ways in which 'new media' really are new, assesses the claims that a media and technological revolution has taken place and formulates new ways for media studies to respond to new technologies.The authors ... Læs mere

    482,70 kr.

  • Protocol

    How Control Exists after Decentralization

    Serier serie Leonardo
    How Control Exists after DecentralizationIs the Internet a vast arena of unrestricted communication and freely exchanged information or a regulated, highly structured virtual bureaucracy? In Protocol, Alexander Galloway argues that the founding principle of the Net is control, not freedom, and that the controlling power lies in the technical protocols that make network connections (and ... Læs mere

    180,49 kr.

  • Adversarial Design

    af Carl Disalvo ...
    Serier serie Design Thinking, Design Theory
    An exploration of the political qualities of technology design, as seen in projects that span art, computer science, and consumer products.In Adversarial Design, Carl DiSalvo examines the ways that technology design can provoke and engage the political. He describes a practice, which he terms “adversarial design,” that uses the means and forms of design to challenge beliefs, values, and what is ... Læs mere

    180,49 kr.

  • Playing Software

    Homo Ludens in Computational Culture

    af Miguel Sicart ...
    The play element at the heart of our interactions with computers—and how it drives the best and the worst manifestations of the information age.Whether we interact with video games or spreadsheets or social media, playing with software shapes every facet of our lives. In Playing Software, Miguel Sicart delves into why we play with computers, how that play shapes culture and society, and the threat ... Læs mere

    146,99 kr.

  • The Game Theory Handbook - Everything You Need To Know About Game Theory

    af Harper Cantu ...
    This book is your ultimate Game Theory resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Game Theory's whole picture right away. Get countless Game Theory facts right at your fingertips with this essential resource.The Game Theory Handbook is the ... Læs mere

    113,11 kr.

  • The Stuff of Bits

    An Essay on the Materialities of Information

    af Paul Dourish ...
    An argument that the material arrangements of information—how it is represented and interpreted—matter significantly for our experience of information and information systems.Virtual entities that populate our digital experience, like e-books, virtual worlds, and online stores, are backed by the large-scale physical infrastructures of server farms, fiber optic cables, power plants, and microwave ... Læs mere

    240,61 kr.