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Bestsellers
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New Cold Wars
- China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West
- De: David E. Sanger, Mary K. Brooks
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean, David E. Sanger
- Duración: 18 h y 6 m
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Three decades after the end of the Cold War, the United States finds itself in a volatile rivalry with the other two great nuclear powers—Xi Jinping’s China and Vladimir Putin’s Russia—in a world far more complex and dangerous than that of half a century ago.
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Gives many insights into our new Cold Wars
- De Amazon Customer en 04-19-24
De: David E. Sanger, y otros
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How the World Really Works
- The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going
- De: Vaclav Smil
- Narrado por: Stephen Perring
- Duración: 10 h y 7 m
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An essential analysis of the modern science and technology that makes our twenty-first century lives possible—a scientist's investigation into what science really does, and does not, accomplish....
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Let me save you a credit: progress is hard
- De Dalton en 06-06-22
De: Vaclav Smil
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Turtles All the Way Down
- Vaccine Science and Myth
- De: Anonymous
- Narrado por: Tim Bodnar
- Duración: 18 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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If you are reading this, you are probably aware of the fierce debate surrounding vaccination and looking for information that will allow you to make the best decisions for yourself and your loved ones....
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MUST READ
- De Katikins en 05-26-24
De: Anonymous
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A City on Mars
- Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
- De: Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith
- Narrado por: Brittany Pressley, Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith
- Duración: 11 h y 19 m
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Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away—no climate change, no war, no Twitter—beckons, and settling the stars finally seems within our grasp....
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Excellent Book, As the Weinersmiths Are Known to Do!
- De R. Carr en 02-03-24
De: Kelly Weinersmith, y otros
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Sandworm
- A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers
- De: Andy Greenberg
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall
- Duración: 12 h y 2 m
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In 2014, the world witnessed the start of a mysterious series of cyberattacks. Targeting American utility companies, NATO, and electric grids in Eastern Europe, the strikes grew ever more brazen....
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Thru the eyes of the Sandworm's hunters and prey
- De ndru1 en 11-12-19
De: Andy Greenberg
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Fancy Bear Goes Phishing
- The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks
- De: Scott J. Shapiro
- Narrado por: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Duración: 15 h y 9 m
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An entertaining account of the philosophy and technology of hacking—and why we all need to understand it....
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I can't seem to like this book...
- De Ken Vanden branden en 07-23-23
De: Scott J. Shapiro
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New Cold Wars
- China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West
- De: David E. Sanger, Mary K. Brooks
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean, David E. Sanger
- Duración: 18 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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Historia
Three decades after the end of the Cold War, the United States finds itself in a volatile rivalry with the other two great nuclear powers—Xi Jinping’s China and Vladimir Putin’s Russia—in a world far more complex and dangerous than that of half a century ago.
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Gives many insights into our new Cold Wars
- De Amazon Customer en 04-19-24
De: David E. Sanger, y otros
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How the World Really Works
- The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going
- De: Vaclav Smil
- Narrado por: Stephen Perring
- Duración: 10 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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An essential analysis of the modern science and technology that makes our twenty-first century lives possible—a scientist's investigation into what science really does, and does not, accomplish....
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Let me save you a credit: progress is hard
- De Dalton en 06-06-22
De: Vaclav Smil
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Turtles All the Way Down
- Vaccine Science and Myth
- De: Anonymous
- Narrado por: Tim Bodnar
- Duración: 18 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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If you are reading this, you are probably aware of the fierce debate surrounding vaccination and looking for information that will allow you to make the best decisions for yourself and your loved ones....
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MUST READ
- De Katikins en 05-26-24
De: Anonymous
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A City on Mars
- Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
- De: Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith
- Narrado por: Brittany Pressley, Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith
- Duración: 11 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away—no climate change, no war, no Twitter—beckons, and settling the stars finally seems within our grasp....
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Excellent Book, As the Weinersmiths Are Known to Do!
- De R. Carr en 02-03-24
De: Kelly Weinersmith, y otros
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Sandworm
- A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers
- De: Andy Greenberg
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall
- Duración: 12 h y 2 m
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In 2014, the world witnessed the start of a mysterious series of cyberattacks. Targeting American utility companies, NATO, and electric grids in Eastern Europe, the strikes grew ever more brazen....
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Thru the eyes of the Sandworm's hunters and prey
- De ndru1 en 11-12-19
De: Andy Greenberg
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Fancy Bear Goes Phishing
- The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks
- De: Scott J. Shapiro
- Narrado por: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Duración: 15 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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An entertaining account of the philosophy and technology of hacking—and why we all need to understand it....
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I can't seem to like this book...
- De Ken Vanden branden en 07-23-23
De: Scott J. Shapiro
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Recoding America
- Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better
- De: Jennifer Pahlka
- Narrado por: Jennifer Pahlka
- Duración: 9 h y 37 m
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A bold call to reexamine how our government operates—and sometimes fails to—from President Obama’s former deputy chief technology officer and the founder of Code for America....
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Very good, minimally partisan.
- De Samuel Mebane en 11-25-23
De: Jennifer Pahlka
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Unsettled
- What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters
- De: Steven E. Koonin
- Narrado por: Jay Aaseng
- Duración: 7 h y 14 m
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When it comes to climate change, the media, politicians, and other prominent voices have declared that "the science is settled." In reality, the long game of telephone from research to reports to the popular media is corrupted by misunderstanding and misinformation....
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Excellent science based
- De Russ en 05-08-21
De: Steven E. Koonin
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Accessory to War
- The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military
- De: Avis Lang, Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Narrado por: Courtney B. Vance, Neil deGrasse Tyson - introduction
- Duración: 18 h y 38 m
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In this fascinating foray into the centuries-old relationship between science and military power, acclaimed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and writer-researcher Avis Lang examine how the methods and tools of astrophysics have been enlisted in the service of war....
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Inspiring, educational, patriotic.
- De Kevin en 09-17-18
De: Avis Lang, y otros
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Climate Uncertainty and Risk
- Rethinking Our Response
- De: Judith Curry
- Narrado por: Wendy Tremont King
- Duración: 14 h y 23 m
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World leaders have made a forceful statement that climate change is the greatest challenge facing humanity in the twenty-first century. However, little progress has been made in implementing policies to address climate change.
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Fantastically balanced and optimistic.
- De aaron en 04-02-24
De: Judith Curry
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AI Needs You
- How We Can Change AI's Future and Save Our Own
- De: Verity Harding
- Narrado por: Daisy Donovan
- Duración: 8 h y 30 m
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This audiobook narrated by Daisy Donovan shares an electrifying vision of how we can safeguard AI’s future for the public good.
De: Verity Harding
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Scramble for the Skies
- The Great Power Competition to Control the Resources of Outer Space
- De: Namrata Goswami, Peter A. Garretson
- Narrado por: Daniel Winski
- Duración: 10 h y 9 m
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With a focus on China, the United States, and India, this book examines the economic ambitions of the second space race. The authors argue that space ambitions are informed by a combination of factors, including available resources, capability, elite preferences, and talent pool....
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Detailed insights into the inevitable space race
- De Roll en 03-13-24
De: Namrata Goswami, y otros
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The Conservative Futurist
- How to Create the Sci-Fi World We Were Promised
- De: James Pethokoukis
- Narrado por: Séan Marrinan
- Duración: 11 h y 46 m
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America was once the world’s dream factory. We turned imagination into reality, from curing polio to landing on the Moon to creating the internet. And we were confident that more wonders lay just over the horizon: clean and infinite energy, a cure for cancer....
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well-researched and interesting point of view
- De Jonah en 01-21-24
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Pandora's Gamble
- Lab Leaks, Pandemics, and a World at Risk
- De: Alison Young
- Narrado por: Pamela Almand
- Duración: 10 h y 46 m
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Investigative journalist Alison Young goes deep into the troubling history—and enormous risks—of leaks and accidents at scientific labs....
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This book again shows the critical role of investigative journalists
- De Anonymous User en 05-24-23
De: Alison Young
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A Civic Technologist's Practice Guide
- De: Cyd Harrell
- Narrado por: Taylor Campbell
- Duración: 5 h y 5 m
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This friendly guide is for technology people who work, or want to work, in the public sector. Cyd Harrell outlines the types of projects, partnerships, and people that civic technologists encounter, and the methods they can use to make lasting change....
De: Cyd Harrell
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Tyranny, Inc.
- How Private Power Crushed American Liberty—and What to Do About It
- De: Sohrab Ahmari
- Narrado por: Sohrab Ahmari
- Duración: 7 h y 30 m
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Provocative, original, and cutting across partisan lines, Tyranny, Inc. tells the inside story of how our political class enabled an era of unaccountable corporate might that left ordinary Americans isolated and powerless—and how we can fight back....
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Doesn't address the whole picture
- De Penelope M en 09-18-23
De: Sohrab Ahmari
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Covid Lockdown Insanity
- The Covid Deaths It Prevented, the Depression and Suicides It Caused, What We Should Have Done, and What It Shows We Could Do Now to Address Real Crises
- De: Hugh McTavish PhD
- Narrado por: Hugh McTavish PhD
- Duración: 10 h y 44 m
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A Ph.D. biochemist and immunologist goes through the data on one of the greatest public policy disasters in human history—the lockdown response to COVID....
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming (and Environmentalism)
- De: Christopher C. Horner
- Narrado por: Jeff Riggenbach
- Duración: 11 h y 31 m
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The big media have spoken on the question of global warming, and the debate is officially over. But have Al Gore and his environmentalist allies really proven their case? Not even close....
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Must Read
- De Michael en 03-01-07
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Physics for Future Presidents
- The Science Behind the Headlines
- De: Richard A. Muller
- Narrado por: Pete Larkin
- Duración: 10 h y 26 m
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We live in complicated, dangerous times. They are also hyper-technical times....
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must read for all open minded people
- De John Burrus en 06-23-11
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The Fifth Domain
- Defending Our Country, Our Companies, and Ourselves in the Age of Cyber Threats
- De: Richard A. Clarke, Robert K. Knake
- Narrado por: Marc Cashman
- Duración: 12 h y 8 m
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An urgent new warning from two best-selling security experts - and a gripping inside look at how governments, firms, and ordinary citizens can confront and contain the tyrants, hackers, and criminals bent on turning the digital realm into a war zone....
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The Author Lacks Critical Thinking
- De Thomas Rose en 08-08-20
De: Richard A. Clarke, y otros
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Beyond the Valley
- How Innovators Around the World Are Overcoming Inequality and Creating the Technologies of Tomorrow
- De: Ramesh Srinivasan
- Narrado por: Ramesh Srinivasan
- Duración: 12 h y 33 m
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How to repair the disconnect between designers and users, producers and consumers, and tech elites and the rest of us for a more democratic internet....
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Space Chronicles
- Facing the Ultimate Frontier
- De: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Narrado por: Mirron Willis
- Duración: 10 h y 46 m
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With his signature wit and thought-provoking insights, Neil deGrasse Tyson - one of our foremost thinkers on all things space - illuminates the past, present, and future of space exploration....
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The least helpful review of Space Chronicles.
- De Joshua Kring en 06-17-15
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System Error
- Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot
- De: Rob Reich, Mehran Sahami, Jeremy M. Weinstein
- Narrado por: Kaleo Griffith
- Duración: 11 h y 28 m
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A forward-thinking manifesto from three Stanford professors reveals how big tech’s obsession with optimization and efficiency has sacrificed fundamental human values and outlines steps we can take to change course, renew our democracy, and save ourselves....
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Excellent on tech. Weak on political speech.
- De Kindle Customer en 11-05-21
De: Rob Reich, y otros
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The Technology Trap
- Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation
- De: Carl Benedikt Frey
- Narrado por: Richard Lyddon
- Duración: 15 h y 31 m
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The Technology Trap reveals how the history of technological revolutions can help us better understand economic and political polarization in the age of automation....
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Very good
- De Brad en 07-04-19
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Code Dependent
- Living in the Shadow of AI
- De: Madhumita Murgia
- Narrado por: Madhumita Murgia
- Duración: 9 h y 25 m
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A riveting story of what it means to be human in a world changed by artificial intelligence, revealing the perils and inequities of our growing reliance on automated decision-making.
De: Madhumita Murgia
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design
- De: Jonathan Wells Ph.D
- Narrado por: Tom Weiner
- Duración: 6 h y 12 m
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The latest and most bitterly contested battle in the culture war is the controversy over Darwin and intelligent design....
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Poor content
- De Luigi en 02-27-08
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Innovative State
- How New Technologies Can Transform Government
- De: Aneesh Chopra
- Narrado por: David Marantz
- Duración: 9 h y 27 m
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Over the last 20 years, our economy and our society, from how we shop and pay our bills to how we communicate, have been completely revolutionized by technology....
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Great book! Would love to see an update.
- De snick en 06-25-23
De: Aneesh Chopra
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Tyranny of the Gene
- Personalized Medicine and Its Threat to Public Health
- De: James Tabery
- Narrado por: George Newbern
- Duración: 9 h y 4 m
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The United States is embarking on a medical revolution. Supporters of personalized, or precision, medicine—the tailoring of health care to our genomes—have promised to usher in a new era of miracle cures....
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Everyone in biotech should read this
- De Abel Licon en 01-22-24
De: James Tabery
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The Car
- The Rise and Fall of the Machine That Made the Modern World
- De: Bryan Appleyard
- Narrado por: Jim Seybert
- Duración: 12 h y 49 m
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This book celebrates the immense drama and beauty of the car. As the age of the car as we know it comes to an end, Bryan Appleyard's brilliantly insightful book tells the story of the rise and fall of the incredible machine that made the modern world what it is today....
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Wide-ranging look at cars
- De LD en 03-06-24
De: Bryan Appleyard
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The Handover
- How We Gave Control of Our Lives to Corporations, States and AIs
- De: David Runciman
- Narrado por: David Runciman
- Duración: 10 h y 25 m
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An eminent political thinker uses our history with states and corporations—"artificial agents" to which we have granted immense power—to predict how AI will remake society....
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States and corporations as AIs, before AI
- De W. P. Gardner en 11-21-23
De: David Runciman