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    What remains when everything is lost — Volume I

    Series Book 1 - Point Zero
    There is a moment in a life when everything that seemed solid disappears. Not slowly. Not gradually. But entirely.That moment is called Point Zero.This book does not tell the story of a fall. It tells what happens when there is nothing left to lose — and something continues anyway.A true story. A crossing. A transformation.346 fragments, in three parts: The Descent · Point Zero · The Dissolution. ... Read more

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  • You Are Not A Gadget

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    Something went wrong around the start of the 21st century. Individual creativity began to go out of fashion. Music became an endless rehashing of the past. Scientists were in danger of no longer understanding their own research. Indeed, not only was individual creativity old-fashioned but individuals themselves. The crowd was wise. Machines, specifically computers, were no longer tools to be used ... Read more

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    Recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most popular MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) in videogame history, World of Warcraft is everywhere - from episodes of South Park and The Simpsons, to online series like Watch the Guild, accolades and awards from game critics, and prime-time commercials with Mr. T. Inevitably, such a cultural phenomenon triggers deeper ... Read more

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    Today's computer scientists play the same role as the oracles of the ancient world and the astrologers of the Middle Ages. Modern predictions not only advise on war, crop output, and marriages, but algorithms and statisticians also now determine whether we can get a loan, a job, an apartment, or an organ transplant. And when we cede ground to these predictions, we lose control of our own lives.In ... Read more

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  • Medium Hot

    Images in the Age of Heat

    by Hito Steyerl ...
    Hito Steyerl is one of the most celebrated artists of our time. Her work, both as an artist and a writer, has consistently challenged the political boundaries between art and technol�ogy. In this new collection of groundbreaking essays, she explores how AI, the use of large language models and the algorithmic creation of imagery transform our understanding of the world. She argues that such ... Read more

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  • Thumbelina

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  • The Ascent Begins

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    When money loses meaning, when supply chains shatter, when institutions hollow out-most people wait for rescue. A few start building.The Ascent Begins is a field manual for what comes after empire. Weaving history, psychology, and myth, Shanaka Anslem Perera reveals how civilizations collapse and how individuals rebuild coherence from the ruins.Across four parts and sixty Keys, the book distills ... Read more

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  • Infinite Distraction

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    The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet investigates how intelligence–human and artificial–manifests under conditions of secrecy, hostility, and concealment.Departing from Chinese science fiction writer Liu Cixin’s dark forest theory, which frames the universe as a hostile terrain filled with predators where transparent communication is foolish and dangerous, the book portrays the internet as a ... Read more

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  • GOD HUMAN ANIMAL MACHINE

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