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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 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 $2.25! new only from $3.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology more books like this by Ray Kurzweil, PhD 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 $11.89! new only from $11.89! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Connections more books like this by James Burke How did the popularity of underwear in the twelfth century lead to the invention of the printing press? How did the waterwheel evolve into the computer? How did the arrival of the cannon lead eventually to the development of movies? In this highly acclaimed and bestselling book, James Burke brilliantly examines the ideas, inventions, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Age of Spiritual Machines more books like this by Ray Kurzweil, PhD 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 $4.81! new only from $7.21! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Social Life of Information more books like this by John Seely Brown, Paul Duguid This scholarly work surveys the social impact of the recent shift to an information-based economy. The authors encourage readers to holistically evaluate this seemingly endless stream of information by recognizing and appreciating the value and cultural significance of the communication itself. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution more books like this by Professor Francis Fukuyama Francis Fukuyama revisits his thesis about the end of history by theorizing about the role genetic technologies will play in our future. Seeing designer babies, agism, cloning, and genetic therapies all around him, Fukuyama argues that the integrity of scientific--and by consequence political--human rights depends on the maintenance of human ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.28! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Being Digital more books like this by Nicholas Negroponte 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
8	Technological Society more books like this by Jacques Ellul ."..He goes through one human activity after another and shows how it has been technicized, rendered efficient, and diminished in the process."- Harper's Magazine see all copies from $6.00! new only from $7.16! \| SVS
9	Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution more books like this by Howard Rheingold 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 $2.95! new only from $9.36! \| first editions \| SVS
10	No Place to Hide more books like this by Robert O'Harrow An award-winning "Washington Post" journalist takes readers on an unsettling ride behind the scenes of the emerging surveillance society where private companies and the government watch every move. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The End of Work more books like this by Jeremy Rifkin, Robert L Heilbroner (Foreword by) 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 $3.10! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Faster: The Acceleration of Just about Everything more books like this by James Gleick 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 $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Pentagon of Power more books like this by Lewis Mumford In this concluding volume of The Myth of the Machine, Mumford brings to a head his radical revisions of the stale popular conceptions of human and technological progress. Far from being an attack on science and technics, The Pentagon of Power seeks to establish a more organic social order based on technological resources. Index; photographs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.67! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Power of Identity more books like this by Manuel Castells Manuel Castells describes the origins, purpose and effect of proactive movements, such as feminism and environmentalism, which aim to transform human relationships at their most fundamental level; and of reactive movements that build trenches of resistance on behalf of God, nation, ethnicity, family, or locality. The fundamental categories of ... see all copies from $3.92! new only from $19.65! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Operating manual for spaceship earth more books like this by R Buckminster Fuller 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 $2.97! new only from $18.00! \| first editions
16 view cover	Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- And What It Means to Be Human more books like this by Joel Garreau Bestselling author Garreau argues that an acceleration of technology is rapidly setting the course of the next stage of human evolution, raising serious questions about the future of culture, society, and humanity itself. see all copies from $4.88! new only from $8.81! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Normal Accidents: Living with High Risk Technologies more books like this by Charles Perrow 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 $9.50! new only from $25.99! \| SVS
18 view cover	The Perfect Thing: How the Ipod Shuffles Commerce, Culture, and Coolness more books like this by Steven Levy A technology columnist for "Newsweek" goes inside Apple Computer and into the heads of millions of music lovers to show how CEO Steve Jobs and his team of engineers, programmers, and designers created a product that has become a business and cultural blockbuster. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
19 view cover	In the Absence of the Sacred more books like this by Jerry Mander Mander goes beyond television (which he proclaimed as being dangerous to personal health and sanity in Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television) to critique our technological society as a whole, challenge its utopian promises, and track its devastating impact on native cultures worldwide. "Will interest all readers concerned about our ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.89! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance more books like this by Henry Petroski 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 $13.17! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age more books like this by Bill McKibben In his scathing critique of the unbridled bull rush toward a technocracy, noted author McKibben paints a bleak picture of a future in which gene splicing and subatomic robots help us "design" future generations. ENOUGH is at heart a cautionary tale that dispels the notion that newer is better, urging developers and engineers to consider the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 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 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! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Technology & the Future more books like this by Albert H Teich 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, the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
24 view cover	Growing Up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation more books like this by Don Tapscott Now in paperback, this groundbreaking book not only introduces the phrase "the Net Generation" to the language but brilliantly defines why the future will be ruled by Net Culture. 15 illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.39! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Natural-Born Cyborgs: Minds, Technologies, and the Future of Human Intelligence more books like this by Andy Clark Clark argues that what makes humans so different from other species is the capacity to fully incorporate tools and supporting cultural practices into existence. That includes technology as simple as writing on a sketchpad, as familiar as Google or a cellular phone, and as revolutionary as mind-extending neural implants. see all copies from $2.58! new only from $5.50! \| first editions \| SVS

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