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1	The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century more books like this by Thomas L Friedman add to wishlist In THE WORLD IS FLAT, the highly-regarded New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman advances the work on globalization that made his THE LEXUS AND THE OLIVE TREE a bestseller. Claiming that the world is now at an important historical point--as important as the changes brought by the discoveries by Columbus or by the Industrial Revolution- ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology more books like this by Ray Kurzweil, PhD add to wishlist Inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil, the author of THE AGE OF SPIRITUAL MACHINES, provocatively argues that we are rapidly approaching the Singularity, a point in history in which advances in artificial intelligence, brain scanning, and nanotechnology will blur the division between humans and machines. When we are no longer limited by our current ... see all copies from $5.87! new only from $10.83! \| signed copies \| SVS
3	The Design of Everyday Things more books like this by Donald A Norman add to wishlist How and why some products are satisfying to use while others are maddening. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.90! \| SVS
4	Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture more books like this by Wendell Berry add to wishlist Berry's assessment of modern agriculture and its relationship to American culture--our health, economy, personal relationships, morals, and spiritual values--is more timely than ever. This new edition of Berry's work presents a a classic testament to the value of the American family farm. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.15! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology more books like this by Eric Brende add to wishlist An MIT graduate working through an Institute program to study the effects of technology on society describes his year-long residence in a Mennonite-type community and recounts how his wife and he experienced reduced stress levels, weight loss, and overall life satisfaction throughout the course of their stay. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 25,0 see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Age of Spiritual Machines more books like this by Ray Kurzweil, PhD add to wishlist The "ultimate thinking machine" ("Forbes")--whose predictions for the future are startling, provocative, and closer to fruition than one might think--takes a serious and surprising look at the future that reads like great science fiction and offers a framework for envisioning the 21st century. Illustrations & diagrams. (Technology) see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.35! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Society, Ethics, and Technology more books like this by Morton Emanuel Winston, Ralph D Edelbach add to wishlist This anthology presents a variety of historical, social, and philosophical perspectives on technological change and its social consequences, stressing the manner in which technological innovation creates new ethical problems for human civilization. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.00! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Infrastructure: A Field Guide to the Industrial Landscape more books like this by Brian Hayes add to wishlist Replete with the author's striking photographs, Infrastructure is a unique and spectacular guide, exploring all the major "ecosystems" of our modern industrial world, revealing what the structures are and why they are there, and uncovering beauty in unexpected places. Covering agriculture, resources, energy, communication, transportation, ... see all copies from $13.00! new only from $14.95! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Operating manual for spaceship earth more books like this by R Buckminster Fuller add to wishlist Buckminster Fuller (1895a "1983) was an architect, engineer, geometrician, cartographer, philosopher, futurist, inventor of the famous geodesic dome, and one of the most brilliant thinkers of his time. For more than five decades, he set forth his comprehensive perspective on the worlda (TM)s problems in numerous essays, which offer an illuminating ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.91! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing more books like this by Henry Petroski add to wishlist In this book, Petroski delves deeper into the mystery of invention, to explore what everyday artifacts and sophisticated networks can reveal about the way engineers solve problems. Engineering entails more than knowing the way things work. What do economics and ecology, aesthetics and ethics, have to do with the shape of a paper clip, the tab of a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.41! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Faster: The Acceleration of Just about Everything more books like this by James Gleick add to wishlist Depicting a reactionary society struggling to keep up with the accelerating pace of technology and life, this cultural critique analyzes the tradeoffs that accompany this obsession with efficiency. A New York Times Notable Book for 1999. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies more books like this by Charles Perrow add to wishlist "Normal Accidents" analyzes the social side of technological risk. Charles Perrow argues that the conventional engineering approach to ensuring safety - building in more warnings and safeguards - fails because systems complexity makes failures inevitable. He asserts that typical precautions, by adding to complexity, may help create new categories ... see all copies from $13.48! new only from $32.97! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance more books like this by Henry Petroski add to wishlist Henry Petroski recounts the story of the common lead pencil as only Henry Petroski can do it: with immense erudition and sharp wit, and from an engineer's perspective that nonetheless is made perfectly clear for nonspecialists. Beginning with the surprisingly elusive history of the pencil's invention, he goes on to consider the way it is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.96! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Axemaker's Gift more books like this by James Lee Burke, Robert E Ornstein add to wishlist Historian James Burke and psychologist Robert Ornstein illustrate the spiraling impact from humankind's development of technology. Now, the authors argue, we need to learn how to shift human society back into harmony by understanding and respecting the basic wisdom of the nontechnical world. A major achievement that journeys through human culture ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.71! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The End of Work more books like this by Jeremy Rifkin, Robert L Heilbroner (Foreword by) add to wishlist Esteemed economist, philosopher, and activist Jeremy Rifkin addresses what could be the most important issue facing our global economy--the wholesale loss of jobs to new technologies. With a foreword by Robert L. Heilbroner, The End of Work provides a provocative analysis of the worldwide unemployment crisis, fresh alternatives to formal work, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.39! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Machine in America: A Social History of Technology more books like this by Professor Carroll Pursell add to wishlist From the medieval farm implements used by the first colonists to the invisible links of the Internet, the history of technology in America is a history of society as well. Arguing that the tools and processes we use are a part of our lives, not simply instruments of our purpose, historian Carroll Pursell analyzes technology's impact on the lives ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.92! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Golem at Large: What You Should Know about Technology more books like this by Harry Collins, Trevor Pinch add to wishlist In the very successful and widely discussed first volume in the Golem series, The Golem: What You Should Know About Science, Harry Collins and Trevor Pinch likened science to the Golem, a creature from Jewish mythology, a powerful creature which, while not evil, can be dangerous because it is clumsy. In this second volume, the authors now consider ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	As the Future Catches You: How Genomics & Other Forces Are Changing Your Life, Work, Health & Wealth more books like this by Juan Enriquez add to wishlist Juan Enriquez of the Harvard Business School spells out some eye-opening facts that come with unparalleled technological progress, specifically the mapping of the human genome. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Being Digital more books like this by Nicholas Negroponte add to wishlist In this title, the author examines the startling implications of the digital revolution and how it is transforming the way we live. His belief is that all forms of media--text, voice, and video--are changing the fundamental way in which we view information. In the future he predicts that the real gap in society will not be economic, but between ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Technology & the Future more books like this by Albert H Teich (Editor) add to wishlist Technology influences society, and society influences technology - but how? The newly updated 11th edition of "Technology and the Future" helps you answer that question and others with a diverse collection of articles and essays that examine the controversial technological issues affecting society. Written by technology critics and enthusiasts, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.97! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Love and Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships more books like this by David Levy add to wishlist From a leading expert in artificial intelligence, an eye-opening but superbly argued book about how increasing innovation in robotic technology is enabling legitimate romantic and sexual relationships between humans and robots. Synthesizing breaking news in the field of robotics with the cultural history, technological development, art, literature ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution more books like this by Howard Rheingold add to wishlist Rheingold, author of VIRTUAL COMMUNITY, continues his examination of life in the Cyber Age, focusing his attention in SMART MOBS on mobile technology: cell phones, two-way pagers, and personal data assistants. Rheingold looks at the ways in which these tools have altered the way people interact and augmented their ability to act as a group. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Why Things Bite Back: Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences more books like this by Edward Tenner add to wishlist Edward Tenner describes the manifestations and dangers of what he calls the "revenge effect"--an ironic or unintended consequence of our technological attempts to improve our lives and our environment. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.74! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Natural-Born Cyborgs: Minds, Technologies, and the Future of Human Intelligence more books like this by Andy Clark add to wishlist A revolutionary approach to the human mind imagines a future when humans have fully incorporated their tools and technologies into the biological reality of being human. see all copies from $3.20! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Virtuous War: Mapping the Military-Industrial-Media-Entertainment Network more books like this by James Der Derian add to wishlist Virtuous War is a road trip into the cyborg heart of the military-industrial-media-entertainment network, taking the reader at warp speed from the Armys Advanced Warfighting Experiment in the Mojave Desert, to the Marines Urban Warrior occupation of the San Francisco Bay area, to the new alliance between Hollywood, Silicon Valley, and the armed ... see all copies from $4.89! new only from $9.94! \| first editions \| SVS

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