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Rewire: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection
by Ethan Zuckerman
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We live in an age of connection, one that is accelerated by the Internet. This increasingly ubiquitous, immensely powerful technology often leads us to assume that as the number of people online grows, it inevitably leads to a smaller, more cosmopolitan... (read more)

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The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It
by Jonathan Zittrain
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This extraordinary book explains the engine that has catapulted the Internet from backwater to ubiquity—and reveals that it is sputtering precisely because of its runaway success. With the unwitting help of its users, the generative Internet is on a... (read more)

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by John Brockman
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Too Much Magic: Wishful Thinking, Technology, and the Fate of the Nation
by James Howard Kunstler
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Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better
by Clive Thompson
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It's undeniable — technology is changing the way we think. But is it for the better? Amid a chorus of doomsayers, Clive Thompson delivers a resounding "yes." The Internet age has produced a radical new style of human intelligence, worthy of both... (read more)

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Always on: How the iPhone Unlocked the Anything-Anytime-Anywhere Future--And Locked Us in
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Geektionary: From Anime to Zettabyte, an A to Z Guide to All Things Geek: More Than 1,000 Words to Understand Goobs, Gamers, Orkdor
by Gregory Bergman
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Love and Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships
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This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All (P.S.)
by Marilyn Johnson
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Buried in info? Cross-eyed over technology? From the bottom of a pile of paper, disks, books, e-books, and scattered thumb drives comes a cry of hope: Make way for the librarians—they can help! Those who predicted the death of libraries forgot... (read more)

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Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing
by Adam Greenfield
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The Tao of Computing
by Henry M Walker
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The Mobile Wave: How Mobile Intelligence Will Change Everything
by Michael Saylor
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Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age
by V Mayer Schonberger
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Delete looks at the surprising phenomenon of perfect remembering in the digital age, and reveals why we must reintroduce our capacity to forget. Digital technology empowers us as never before, yet it has unforeseen consequences as well. Potentially... (read more)

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