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Rise of the Robots Audiobook by Martin Ford

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Martin Ford) — Tue, 05 May 2015 23:53:05 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Rise of the Robots Subtitle: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future Author: Martin Ford Narrator: Jeff Cummings Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 05-05-15 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1472 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: In a world of self-driving cars and big data, smart algorithms and Siri, we know that artificial intelligence is getting smarter every day. Though all these nifty devices and programs might make our lives easier, they're also well on their way to making "good" jobs obsolete. A computer winning Jeopardy might seem like a trivial, if impressive, feat, but the same technology is making paralegals redundant as it undertakes electronic discovery, and is soon to do the same for radiologists. And that, no doubt, will only be the beginning. In Silicon Valley the phrase "disruptive technology" is tossed around on a casual basis. No one doubts that technology has the power to devastate entire industries and upend various sectors of the job market. But Rise of the Robots asks a bigger question: can accelerating technology disrupt our entire economic system to the point where a fundamental restructuring is required? Companies like Facebook and YouTube may only need a handful of employees to achieve enormous valuations, but what will be the fate of those of us not lucky or smart enough to have gotten into the great shift from human labor to computation? The more Pollyannaish, or just simply uninformed, might imagine that this industrial revolution will unfold like the last: even as some jobs are eliminated, more will be created to deal with the new devices of a new era. In Rise of the Robots, Martin Ford argues that is absolutely not the case. Increasingly, machines will be able to take care of themselves, and fewer jobs will be necessary. The effects of this transition could be shattering. Unless we begin to radically reassess the fundamentals of how our economy works, we could have both an enormous population of the unemployed-the truck drivers, warehouse workers, cooks, lawyers, doctors, teachers, programmers, and many, many more, whose labors have been rendered superfluous by automated and intelligent machines. Members Reviews: Great content and this mechanization IS coming! If you could sum up Rise of the Robots in three words, what would they be? Focus on creating value What did you like best about this story? This really makes you sit back and think. If (when) we have all this technology come on board I will make sure I am at the top of the food chain and not a cog in the wheel. This isn't the buggy whips makers protesting when the car came around. The disruption will be like the buggy whip makers (most of the middle class) seeing Google's automated car constructed by 3D printers and Uber already being in place rather than the Model T beginning to roll of the assembly line. The masses will be running for cover. The authors pitch a national minimum income is really the only solution with no wages for the mass of unemployed folks. Not politically popular but not many options. Very eye opening content. Any additional comments? Nope. Batten down the hatches and start making moves now to profit from this rather than be a victim. Thought provoking Great thought provoking discussion of automation. However, it could have been shortened by a third. His ideas in the last chapter are really out there in terms of feasibility and logic. Well worth the listen though. Great analysis Hare the nasal sound of the narrator. First 75% is analysis, which is great. Did not like the conclusions that much.

Troublemakers Audiobook by Leslie Berlin

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Leslie Berlin) — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 13:30:15 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Troublemakers Subtitle: Silicon Valley's Coming of Age Author: Leslie Berlin Narrator: Amanda Carlin Format: Unabridged Length: 16 hrs and 40 mins Language: English Release date: 11-07-17 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 35 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: The richly told narrative of the Silicon Valley generation that launched five major high-tech industries in seven years, laying the foundation for today's technology-driven world. At a time when the five most valuable companies on the planet are high-tech firms and nearly half of Americans say they cannot live without their cell phones, Troublemakers reveals the untold story of how we got here. This is the gripping tale of seven exceptional men and women, pioneers of Silicon Valley in the 1970s and early 1980s. Together they worked across generations, industries, and companies to bring technology from Pentagon offices and university laboratories to the rest of us. In doing so they changed the world. In Troublemakers, historian Leslie Berlin introduces the people and stories behind the birth of the Internet and the microprocessor as well as Apple, Atari, Genentech, Xerox PARC, ROLM, ASK, and the iconic venture capital firms Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. In the space of only seven years and 35 miles, five major industries - personal computing, video games, biotechnology, modern venture capital, and advanced semiconductor logic - were born. During these same years, the first Arpanet transmission came into a Stanford lab, the university began licensing faculty innovations to businesses, and the Silicon Valley tech community began mobilizing to develop the lobbying clout and influence that have become critical components of modern American politics. In other words these were the years when one of the most powerful pillars of our modern innovation and political systems was first erected. Featured among well-known Silicon Valley innovators like Steve Jobs, Regis McKenna, Larry Ellison, and Don Valentine are Mike Markkula, the underappreciated chairman of Apple who owned one-third of the company; Bob Taylor, who kick-started the Arpanet and masterminded the personal computer; software entrepreneur Sandra Kurtzig, the first woman to take a technology company public; Bob Swanson, the cofounder of Genentech; Al Alcorn, the Atari engineer behind the first wildly successful video game; Fawn Alvarez, who rose from an assembler on a factory line to the executive suite; and Niels Reimers, the Stanford administrator who changed how university innovations reach the public. Together these troublemakers rewrote the rules and invented the future. Members Reviews: Do not allow text-to-speech on Audible It is very clear from the tonality, and many sound elements, that the book is being narrated by a text-to-speech engine, and not a very good one at that (I have validated my impressions with software developers involved in the field, in addition to my own experience). I can't listen to 16.5 hours of this. Audible: do not allow text-to-speech in your catalogue please. When we buy an Audible title it is to have the satisfaction of having it read by a human with the sensibilities of a human. If we want text-to-speech we can just buy the Kindle version and have it narrated using the operating system's text-to-speech narration service for the visually impaired.

Dark Territory Audiobook by Fred Kaplan

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Fred Kaplan) — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 23:04:36 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Dark Territory Subtitle: The Secret History of Cyber War Author: Fred Kaplan Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins Language: English Release date: 03-01-16 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 884 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: As cyber attacks dominate front-page news, as hackers join the list of global threats, and as top generals warn of a coming cyber war, few books are more timely and enlightening than Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War by Slate columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Fred Kaplan. Kaplan probes the inner corridors of the National Security Agency, the beyond-top-secret cyber units in the Pentagon, the "information warfare" squads of the military services, and the national security debates in the White House to tell this never-before-told story of the officers, policymakers, scientists, and spies who devised this new form of warfare and who have been planning - and, more often than people know, fighting - these wars for decades. From the 1991 Gulf War to conflicts in Haiti, Serbia, Syria, the former Soviet republics, Iraq, and Iran, where cyber warfare played a significant role, Dark Territory chronicles, in fascinating detail, an unknown past that shines an unsettling light on our future. Members Reviews: We are all wandering in Dark Territory. Possibly more relevant now than ever before, Kaplan's book provides an in depth, and extremely readable, history of cyberwarfare. Beginning in the Reagan presidency and continuing through the Obama administration, you won't find a better researched source of information on digital war and security. Also, Malcom Hillaryner's performance is perfectly suited to this sort of material. Very highly recommended. Footnote: Watch the movie "Wargames" before starting this. The book makes several references to it, plus it's just a great movie on its own. Not required of course, but you'll get a better experience out of Dark Territory afterwards. Best narrator - Malcolm Hillgartner I believe that cyber warfare or terrorism Is the greatest threat of our age, a much more likely threat than conventional warfare, and way more likely than nuclear war. This book outlines many of the main characters who've shaped the landscape of that arena on the governmental side and is a worthy read (listen). The narrator, Malcolm Hillgartner, is one of the best in the business, not because he can do a variety of voices (not his strength), but because his voice has weight and authority - you just enjoy hearing him tell this kind of a story. I recommend this book and this narrator Less technical, more historical. Very topical. Most people with a fair amount of technical savvy, who are also tuned into the general flow of politics may find the story slow. But the topic is definitely worth a read. The story is mostly a high level historical account without much gripping technical detail or suggestions about potential risks for the future. decent, interesting but at to much of a high level wish it had more details of the significant events. kind of just a story made from pieced together time line of events. Not sure i would recommend Too short The book was really good, i ran through this one in two sittings. It runs a good length and is very dense, this subject needs an anthology

Who Owns the Future? Audiobook by Jaron Lanier

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Jaron Lanier) — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 10:56:43 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Who Owns the Future? Author: Jaron Lanier Narrator: Pete Simoneilli Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins Language: English Release date: 07-16-13 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 214 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: The dazzling new masterwork from the prophet of Silicon Valley Jaron Lanier is the best-selling author of You Are Not a Gadget, the father of virtual reality, and one of the most influential thinkers of our time. For decades, Lanier has drawn on his expertise and experience as a computer scientist, musician, and digital media pioneer to predict the revolutionary ways in which technology is transforming our culture. Who Owns the Future? is a visionary reckoning with the effects network technologies have had on our economy. Lanier asserts that the rise of digital networks led our economy into recession and decimated the middle class. Now, as technology flattens more and more industries - from media to medicine to manufacturing - we are facing even greater challenges to employment and personal wealth. But there is an alternative to allowing technology to own our future. In this ambitious and deeply humane book, Lanier charts the path toward a new information economy that will stabilize the middle class and allow it to grow. It is time for ordinary people to be rewarded for what they do and share on the web. Insightful, original, and provocative, Who Owns the Future? is necessary listening for all who live a part of their lives online. Critic Reviews: "Daringly original... Lanier's sharp, accessible style and opinions make Who Owns the Future? terrifically inviting." (Janet Maslin, The New York Times) "Lanier has a mind as boundless as the internet.... [He is] the David Foster Wallace of tech." (London Evening Standard) "One of the triumphs of Lanier's intelligent and subtle book is its inspiring portrait of the kind of people that a democratic information economy would produce. His vision implies that if we are allowed to lead absorbing, properly remunerated lives, we will likewise outgrow our addiction to consumerism and technology." (The Guardian) Members Reviews: THRESHOLD OF CHANGE Society is at the threshold of change. Jaron Lanier writes about the information age in Who Owns the Future. Just as the industrial revolution and two world wars mechanize human production, the computer and internet informationize mechanical production. Lanier bluntly explains human employment will decline in proportion to computerization of production. Lanier is neither posturing as a Luddite nor abandoning the principles of democratic capitalism. He suggests human beings need to understand their changing role in society. Lanier infers a failure to understand human role-change will compel disastrous reactions; i.e. reactions like the Luddites of the Industrial Revolution or socialist, fascist, and communist sympathizers of the post-industrial world. Lanier begins to explain the concept of information monetization. Information monetization is something that exists today but is mistakenly understood as something that is free. Examples are Facebook, Google Search, Amazon.com, Microsoft Windows 10, Apple ITunes, governments, and other organizations that Lanier calls Siren Servers. Nothing is free. The price humans pay is information about themselves, their needs, desires, habits, interests, etc.

Clean Meat Audiobook by Paul Shapiro, Yuval Noah Harari - foreword

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Paul Shapiro) — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 08:19:13 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Clean Meat Subtitle: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World Author: Paul Shapiro, Yuval Noah Harari - foreword Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins Language: English Release date: 01-02-18 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 12 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Paul Shapiro gives you a front-row seat for the wild story of the race to create and commercialize cleaner, safer, sustainable meat - real meat - without the animals. From the entrepreneurial visionaries to the scientists' workshops to the big business boardrooms - Shapiro details that quest for clean meat and other animal products and examines the debate raging around it. Since the dawn of Homo sapiens some quarter million years ago, animals have satiated our species' desire for meat. But with a growing global population and demand for meat, eggs, dairy, leather, and more, raising such massive numbers of farm animals is woefully inefficient and takes an enormous toll on the planet, public health and certainly the animals themselves. But what if we could have our meat and eat it, too? The next great scientific revolution is underway - discovering new ways to create enough food for the world's ever-growing, ever-hungry population. Members Reviews: A great overview of the topic The author describes the history of the idea (cultured meats) and different manifestations of the technology. The author did a good job describing various companies that are tackling the problems of industrial agriculture, their motivations, how they got their start, their idea and the obstacles they are trying to address (e.g. Clara Foods, Perfect Day, New Harvest, Memphis Meats). The author also mentioned some of the critics and they're hesitations. I was most surprised by how long some people have been working on this idea (10-15 years). It was also interesting to hear about plant based alternatives and how far that technology has already come, and I think that really grounded the book a little bit. The author honestly acknowledged that some people think this technology will never be economically feasible. If you're looking for an overview of the topic, I think this book does a great job. A must read and/or listen This book is a fascinating insider look in to possibly the most important technological discovery ever made. The style of writing translates very well to audiobook format and the narration is great. Highly recommended.

The Dark Net Audiobook by Jamie Bartlett

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Jamie Bartlett) — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 18:21:40 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Dark Net Subtitle: Inside the Digital Underworld Author: Jamie Bartlett Narrator: Matt Bates Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins Language: English Release date: 03-31-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 54 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: In this important and revealing book, Jamie Bartlett takes us deep into the digital underworld and presents an extraordinary look at the Internet we don't know. Beginning with the rise of the Internet and the conflicts and battles that defined its early years, Bartlett reports on trolls, pornographers, drug dealers, hackers, political extremists, Bitcoin programmers, and vigilantes - and puts a human face on those who have many reasons to stay anonymous. Rich with historical research and revelatory reporting, The Dark Net is an unprecedented, eye-opening look at a world that doesn't want to be known. Critic Reviews: "A provocative excursion to the darker side of human nature set free by the anonymous and unregulated boundaries of cyberspace." ( Kirkus) Members Reviews: Good, but incomplete this book is a solid read, and focused on the darker side of the internet. HOWEVER, it does not discuss P2P Darkweb technologies where all servers exist as distributed encrypted chunks. This is an evolution or alternative to Tor hidden services. Capitalizing on a 40 year phenomenon Would you try another book from Jamie Bartlett and/or Matt Bates? News media coins the dark web after the rise and take down of the silk road. The dark web is simply web sites that have an unlisted number. Too much devotion to the rise of porn on the internet making me wonder if the author spent most of his time researching. There is a lot more to the Dark Web than the author discussed, or knows about, leaving the book more aptly titled, Dark Web for Dummies. Would you listen to another book narrated by Matt Bates? Not Likely good story, irritating narration interesting book, irritating narration though. overall would still recommend, explored a lot of different topics. Explicit languish What disappointed you about The Dark Net? this book has so much Explicit languish in the first hour, that i had to stop listening, i believe this book should be rated "NC-17 Adults Only" (no i am not under 17) What was most disappointing about Jamie Bartletts story? No Worming about the explicit content. What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment? disgusting.

Twitter and Tear Gas Audiobook by Zeynep Tufekci

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Zeynep Tufekci) — Tue, 16 May 2017 07:48:55 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Twitter and Tear Gas Subtitle: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest Author: Zeynep Tufekci Narrator: Carly Robins Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins Language: English Release date: 05-16-17 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 39 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: A firsthand account and incisive analysis of modern protest, revealing Internet-fueled social movements' greatest strengths and frequent challenges. To understand a thwarted Turkish coup, an anti-Wall Street encampment, and a packed Tahrir Square, we must first comprehend the power and the weaknesses of using new technologies to mobilize large numbers of people. An incisive observer, writer, and participant in today's social movements, Zeynep Tufekci explains in this accessible and compelling book the nuanced trajectories of modern protests - how they form, how they operate differently from past protests, and why they have difficulty persisting in their long-term quests for change. Tufekci speaks from direct experience, combining on-the-ground interviews with insightful analysis. She describes how the Internet helped the Zapatista uprisings in Mexico, the necessity of remote Twitter users to organize medical supplies during Arab Spring, the refusal to use bullhorns in the Occupy Movement that started in New York, and the empowering effect of tear gas in Istanbul's Gezi Park. These details from life inside social movements complete a moving investigation of authority, technology, and culture - and offer essential insights into the future of governance. Members Reviews: Most relevant political book at present. This is the most relevant book for the current political climate. Amazing collection of insights into today's changing political environment. Incredible book! One of the most important books about democracy in an age with social media. Great reading. Very clear. Highly recommend. I recommend it for activists, people interested I recommend it for activists, people interested in protest movement Good and simple to listen by An in-depth look @ social media's role in protests What other book might you compare Twitter and Tear Gas to, and why? Sections of the book reminded me of Nothing Is True And Everything Is Possible in that it helps to explain the use of information glutting as a way of obscuring the truth and muddying the waters, leading to confusion and paralysis of would be dissenters. Any additional comments? A reasoned account of social media from a person with undoubted experience of protests. It was refreshing to listen to the views of someone who neither attacked social media as a complete write off, nor highlighted it as the best thing since sliced bread.

The Economic Singularity Audiobook by Calum Chace

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Calum Chace) — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 09:24:31 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Economic Singularity Subtitle: Artificial Intelligence and the Death of Capitalism Author: Calum Chace Narrator: Joe Hempel Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins Language: English Release date: 07-27-16 Publisher: Three Cs Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 265 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Artificial intelligence (AI) is overtaking our human ability to absorb and process information. Robots are becoming increasingly dexterous, flexible, and safe to be around (except the military ones). AI is our most powerful technology, and you need to understand it. This new book from best-selling author Calum Chace argues that within a few decades, most humans will not be able to work for money. Self-driving cars will probably be the canary in the coal mine, providing a wake-up call for everyone who isn't yet paying attention. All jobs will be affected, from fast food McJobs to lawyers and journalists. This is the single most important development facing humanity in the first half of the 21st century. The fashionable belief that universal basic income is the solution is only partly correct. We are probably going to need an entirely new economic system, and we better start planning soon - for the economic singularity! The outcome can be very good; a world in which machines do all the boring jobs and humans do pretty much what they please. But there are major risks, which we can only avoid by being alert to the possible futures and planning how to avoid the negative ones. Critic Reviews: "Read The Economic Singularity if you want to think intelligently about the future." (Aubrey de Grey) Members Reviews: What will happen when humans become obsolete? Any additional comments? "The arrival of machine intelligence is also the arrival of a different kind of automation which spells the end of paid work for many or most people." ---Calum Chace A concise, mostly accessible introduction to this topic that occasionally veers into dry text, or jargon-laden vocabulary (I almost gave up while reading sections in Chapter 3, but I'm so glad I didn't!) A bleak, frightening look into a likely future that is on the horizon. What happens when automation becomes so sophisticated (and cheaper, faster, and better) that it eliminates or fundamentally changes most of the jobs normally reserved for humans? We're not talking about low-level, physically repetitive jobs (these have already become automated: manufacturing, agriculture, some banking transactions), but all jobs throughout our society: lawyers, accounting, architects, journalists, doctors and nurses, financial consultants, teachers, TV presenters, bankers, psychiatrists, political speechwriters, etc., etc. It is not a question of if, but when, this will happen, and how quickly. Can society adapt on this scale by inventing new jobs to replace all the ones that are lost to technology? (the author is somewhat pessimistic on this score) Will the 1% that owns the A.I. help in "sharing the wealth?" (have they ever?) Will our society become a small elite of of tech gods, with the rest of us labeled as useless dead weight, struggling to eke out an impoverished existence without jobs or salaries? To be fair, the author goes out of his way to present both sides of this issue, from "don't worry; be happy. Humans are adaptable during times of changing technologies" to "The Robots are coming! The Robots are coming!" He sites experts who claim we will live in a utopia (no work!) to ones who see a dystopian future (no money!).

Reality Is Broken Audiobook by Jane McGonigal

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Jane McGonigal) — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:20:00 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Reality Is Broken Subtitle: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World Author: Jane McGonigal Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins Language: English Release date: 01-20-11 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 675 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: In todays society, games are fulfilling real human needs in ways that reality is not. Hundreds of millions of people globally 174 million in the United States alone regularly inhabit game worlds because they provide the rewards, stimulating challenges, and epic victories that are so often lacking in the real world. Instead of futile handwringing about this exodus from reality, world-renowned game designer Jane McGonigal argues that we need to figure out how to make the real worldour homes, our businesses and our communitiesengage us in the way that games do. Drawing on positive psychology and cognitive science, McGonigal reveals how game designers have hit on core truths about what makes us happy, from social connection to having satisfying work to do. Game designers intuitively understand how to optimize human experience. Reality is Broken shows that games can teach us essential lessons about mass collaboration, creating emotional incentives, and increasing engagement that will be relevant to everyone. Members Reviews: Starry-eyed but inspiring Being a developer of games and simulation/training software, myself, I think that this book delves into an important question: why do we play games? After all, when one thinks about it, most games are simply work, a series of repetitive tasks. What makes them *fun*? And why doesnt work we do in real life engage us in the same way? Why do people enjoy doing chores in The Sims and Farmville, but hate doing their actual dishes and laundry? Why are X-Box first person shooter matches so popular with soldiers in Afghanistan, who presumably get enough of the real deal? If you can mentally compensate for the authors extremely starry-eyed view of gaming and gamers, she does raise some interesting points. Theres no question that games tap into our neurochemical wiring, stimulating our brains' reward systems with bite-sized challenges and constant feedback. We enjoy the competition and freedom of experimentation that games offer. Playing them also has more meaningful benefits, such as building self-confidence, providing healthy escape from stress, allowing us to explore and experiment, fostering community and connection, even creating a feeling of connection to something bigger. This leads to the book's central questions: how can we apply what works in games to make aspects of the real world more engaging? How can we use game-like systems to solve problems that really matter? Would we have more fun with reality if it was more benignly competitive, more open to experimentation, more full of positive feedback for doing the right thing? If you weren't familiar with buzzy terms like "augmented reality" or "massively single-player", you will be. While McGonigal probably wont sell you on the notion that games can solve humanitys problems, her anecdotes about successful projects make a convincing case for their future potential. Yes, many of the cutesy social apps she described, such as the one that rewards users with virtual prizes for jogging, seem a little inconsequential, but the point is the *possibility* they imply.

Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus Audiobook by Douglas Rushkoff

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Douglas Rushkoff) — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 09:19:48 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus Subtitle: How Growth Became the Enemy of Prosperity Author: Douglas Rushkoff Narrator: Douglas Rushkoff Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins Language: English Release date: 03-01-16 Publisher: Penguin Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 262 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Digital technology was supposed to usher in a new age of distributed prosperity, but so far it has been used to put industrial capitalism on steroids. It's not technology's fault but that of an extractive, growth-driven economic operating system that has reached the limits of its ability to serve anyone, rich or poor, human or corporate. Robots threaten our jobs while algorithms drain our portfolios. But there must be a better response to the lopsided returns of the digital economy than to throw rocks at the shuttle buses carrying Google employees to their jobs, as protesters did in December 2013. In this groundbreaking book, acclaimed media scholar and technology author Douglas Rushkoff calls on us to abandon the monopolist, winner-takes-all values we are unwittingly embedding into the digital economy and to embrace the more distributed possibilities of these platforms. He shows how we can optimize every aspect of the economy - from central currency and debt to corporations and labor - to create sustainable prosperity for business and people alike. Members Reviews: Heavy on Rhetoric, Light on Facts What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you? The author should have backed up his assertions about the roots of capitalism and wealth disparity with specific historic and economic data. Some of his claims about power law distributions not cropping up in more community-based systems are demonstrably false. Power laws are ubiquitous across nature and society, and arise due to naturally-occurring feedback loops in systems which grow via aggregation. What do you think your next listen will be? Haven't decided yet What three words best describe Douglas Rushkoffs performance? Clear, Passionate, Emotive You didnt love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities? It addresses important questions about the societal benefits of grow-or-die capitalism, but misattributes the causes and solutions. Interesting perspective on late-stage capitalism Rushkoff avoids the dread "S" and "C" words (for the most part), while giving an interesting take on the problems of a capitalist society in the digital age. Thought provoking... Excellent and thorough presentation on how wealth gets concentrated into the hands of the few, and some interesting ideas on how we can, in our current business and technical climate, begin to unravel this and create more widely held prosperity. Be prepared for a long listen, he covers a lot of ground. Could easily be two books! A new way to see economy to a new generation This book is a must read (listen) for anybody wanting to fix the present society or just willing to understand the roots of all inequality we witness now a days. I needed this optimism. What made the experience of listening to Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus the most enjoyable? After listening to Harari (Homo Deus) which partly fed the paranoid part of my personality, Rushkoff provided a plausible future for humanity that was refreshing and gave a little boost to my faith.

Alone Together Audiobook by Sherry Turkle

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Sherry Turkle) — Tue, 10 May 2011 23:09:25 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Alone Together Subtitle: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other Author: Sherry Turkle Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 48 mins Language: English Release date: 05-10-11 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 175 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Consider Facebook - it's human contact, only easier to engage with and easier to avoid. Developing technology promises closeness. Sometimes it delivers, but much of our modern life leaves us less connected with people and more connected to simulations of them. In Alone Together, MIT technology and society professor Sherry Turkle explores the power of our new tools and toys to dramatically alter our social lives. It's a nuanced exploration of what we are looking for - and sacrificing - in a world of electronic companions and social-networking tools, and an argument that, despite the hand-waving of today's self-described prophets of the future, it will be the next generation who will chart the path between isolation and connectivity. Critic Reviews: "Turkle's prescient book makes a strong case that what was meant to be a way to facilitate communications has pushed people closer to their machines and further away from each other." (Publishers Weekly) Members Reviews: EXCELLENT! I would recommend this book to anyone who plans on living with computers and their progeny. (That's just about anyone breathing) ESPECIALLY parents of young children and those planning new families. One of the most interesting parts of the book is the effects of technology and high tech toys on children. Another fascinating subject is the effects of Facebook, other social networking sites, and mobile computing devises on teens. This was one of the most informative and interesting books I've read so far this year, (I read 3 or 4 books a week) A very good narrator who kept the story going. Crisp and insightful! Well done, 5 stars! Depressing narrator What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you? The narrator not sounding like Siri or any other virtual assistant. I want to listen to a book that doesn't sound depressing after all, this one isn't SUPPOSED to be. What didnt you like about Laural Merlingtons performance? She sounds like a machine reading a script she's tired of. I cannot stress this enough: do not buy the audiobook. If you have a soul, it will take the meaning of the book and turn it into something completely disheartening. The book is meant to tell us about something we need to fix, not make us feel terrible about the problem. Merlington's voice does not embody the former, but instead incorporates the latter in a most annoying manner. I couldn't listen to more than half an hour without going crazy and deleting it. You didnt love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities? The book is fine; the audiobook is rubbish. I would like to hear someone else read it, but there are no other choices at the moment. Any additional comments? Don't buy it unless you want to listen to a robot read you something. It's neither pleasant nor fulfilling. Important work, but far too long Sherry Turkle cites in great detail several case studies she's done with people interacting with robots, toys, and social media and then gives her own commentary.

You Are Not a Gadget Audiobook by Jaron Lanier

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Jaron Lanier) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:05:08 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: You Are Not a Gadget Subtitle: Being Human in an Age of Technology Author: Jaron Lanier Narrator: Rob Shapiro Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins Language: English Release date: 12-17-09 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 229 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Jaron Lanier, a Silicon Valley visionary since the 1980s, was among the first to predict the revolutionary changes the World Wide Web would bring to commerce and culture. Now, in his first book, written more than two decades after the Web was created, Lanier offers this provocative and cautionary look at the way it is transforming our lives for better and for worse. The current design and function of the Web have become so familiar that it is easy to forget that they grew out of programming decisions made decades ago. The Web's first designers made crucial choices (such as making one's presence anonymous) that have had enormous and often unintended consequences. Whats more, these designs quickly became locked in, a permanent part of the Web's very structure. Lanier discusses the technical and cultural problems that can grow out of poorly considered digital design and warns that our financial markets, and sites like Wikipedia, Facebook, and Twitter, are elevating the wisdom of mobs and computer algorithms over the intelligence and judgment of individuals. Lanier also shows: Controversial and fascinating, You Are Not a Gadget is a deeply felt defense of the individual from an author uniquely qualified to comment on the way technology interacts with our culture. Critic Reviews: "Computer scientist and Internet guru Lanier's fascinating and provocative full-length exploration of the Internet's problems and potential is destined to become a must-read for both critics and advocates of online-based technology and culture." ( Publishers Weekly) Members Reviews: Thought Provoking This is a thought provoking book that presents interesting questions about how we're influenced by technology for better or for worse. While I don't agree with some of its assertions the author makes it clear that it is not agreement he seeks but merely to provoke thinking. The book is a very enjoyable listen and the narrator is excellent. A very good counterpoint piece The book is a manifesto and it not only makes that clear in the title, but the author cops to it and while taking a strong position, LEAVES ROOM and GIVES PERMISSION for the reader to think differently or disagree. So, while a manifesto, it didn't feel myopic and it wasn't merely a "preaching to the choir" confirmation piece -- it is a thoughtful take on some modern issues that doesn't require one "join this side" nor throw the baby out with the bathwater. Agree or disagree or something else (I found myself doing all 3, sometimes on a single issue) -- I think it's worth a listen Interesting content, amazingly well read I really enjoyed the pace of the reading of this book. The reader seemed interested in the content he was reading and had just the right pace for the absorption of the content. The content of the book itself is also very good. You may not agree with everything Jaron says but there are definitely some insights that are worth thinking about and investigating for yourself. He finishes off with a personal account of his research interests which I found both enlightening and heart-warming. Mind blowing! I will never look at web 2.0 sites, human learning, midi or the open source movements the same way again. Jaron handles each complex topic in extremely precise and well-considered language.

Technopoly Audiobook by Neil Postman

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Neil Postman) — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:50:10 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Technopoly Subtitle: The Surrender of Culture to Technology Author: Neil Postman Narrator: Jeff Riggenbach Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins Language: English Release date: 09-11-12 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 71 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: In this witty, often terrifying work of cultural criticism, Postman chronicles our transformation into a Technopoly: a society that no longer merely uses technology as a support system but instead is shaped by it. According to Postman, technology is rapidly gaining sovereignty over social institutions and national life to become self-justifying, self-perpetuating, and omnipresent. He warns that this will have radical consequences for the meanings of politics, art, religion, family, education, privacy, intelligence, and truth, as they are redefined to fit the requirements of the technological thought-world. Members Reviews: Indispensable This is indispensable to philosophy of science and/or technology. Postman is more relevant now than ever. Error in recording With 10:48 left in chapter 4, there is a jump that is clearly an error. Two unrelated thoughts get connected across the break. This needs a fix. Great read (listen) Reading this book was insightful... Considering the book was published in 1992 the contents are relevant in 2015. A manual for American culture I know it's not easy to look our own cultural assumptions in the face, but this book should be essential reading for every literate American. A Mandatory Read for All Educators! This should be a required Text in EVERY Classroom! Furthermore, all educators should be taught this text in an extensive Training!!

Fire on the Horizon Audiobook by Tom Shroder, John Konrad

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Tom Shroder) — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 07:51:12 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Fire on the Horizon Subtitle: The Untold Story of the Explosion Aboard the Deepwater Horizon Author: Tom Shroder, John Konrad Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins Language: English Release date: 03-01-11 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 96 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: A real-life thriller in the tradition of The Perfect Storm. In the spring of 2010 the world watched for weeks as more than 200 million gallons of crude oil billowed from a hole three miles deep in the Gulf of Mexico. Warnings of various and imminent environmental consequences dominated the news. Deepwater drilling - largely ignored or misunderstood to that point - exploded in the American consciousness in the worst way possible. Fire on the Horizon, written by veteran oil rig captain John Konrad and longtime Washington Post journalist Tom Shroder, recounts in vivid detail the life of the rig itself, from its construction in South Korea in the year 2000 to its improbable journey around the world to its disastrous end, and reveals the day-to-day lives, struggles, and ambitions of those who called it home. From the little-known maritime colleges to Transocean's training schools and Houston headquarters to the small towns all over the country where the wives and children of the Horizon's crew lived in the ever-present shadow of risk hundreds of miles away, Fire on the Horizon offers full-scale portraits of the Horizon's captain, its chief mate, its chief mechanic, and others. What emerges is a white-knuckled chronicle of engineering hubris at odds with the earth itself, an unusual manifestation of corporate greed and the unforgettable heroism of the men and women on board the Deepwater Horizon. Here is the harrowing minute-by-minute account of the fateful day, April 20, 2010, when the half-billion-dollar rig blew up, taking with it the lives of eleven people and leaving behind a swath of unprecedented natural destruction. Members Reviews: An incredibly well-told story I found this book to be compelling and full of the very real drama on the Deepwater Horizon. The author is knowledgeable and knew many of the people on the Horizon personally. The story is rich with first-person accounts of the history of the rig from its construction right through the disaster What I appreciate most about the book is that the authors kept emotion, conjecture, and conclusions out of it, and simply told the story of what happened. There is plenty of drama, however, and the book is anything but dry. In fact, it is so compelling I can hardly put it up. I appreciate hearing the human story and the technology of the deep water drilling rigs with the dramatic story of the blowout and the abandonment of the rig. Well Done! And also well read by Sean Pratt! An excellent book. Seems like a solid accounting of the events I read this because I was curious about the physical causes and human factors which led to the tragedy. I was skeptical that I could find a book that was not trying to beat a political drum, either to condemn fossil fuel consumption or to glorify it. This book delivered. It seems to be a balanced, objective account of what happened. The similarities between operations on a rig and the building of spacecraft (my profession) were striking. The utter complexities involved in engineering achievements on a large scale and the seemingly unwinnable battle over human complacency mark both industries.

The Glass Cage Audiobook by Nicholas Carr

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Nicholas Carr) — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 09:51:01 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Glass Cage Subtitle: Automation and Us Author: Nicholas Carr Narrator: Jeff Cummings Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins Language: English Release date: 09-29-14 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 316 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: At once a celebration of technology and a warning about its misuse, The Glass Cage will change the way you think about the tools you use every day. In The Glass Cage, bestselling author Nicholas Carr digs behind the headlines about factory robots and self-driving cars, wearable computers and digitized medicine, as he explores the hidden costs of granting software dominion over our work and our leisure. Even as they bring ease to our lives, these programs are stealing something essential from us. Drawing on psychological and neurological studies that underscore how tightly peoples happiness and satisfaction are tied to performing hard work in the real world, Carr reveals something we already suspect: shifting our attention to computer screens can leave us disengaged and discontented. From nineteenth-century textile mills to the cockpits of modern jets, from the frozen hunting grounds of Inuit tribes to the sterile landscapes of GPS maps, The Glass Cage explores the impact of automation from a deeply human perspective, examining the personal as well as the economic consequences of our growing dependence on computers. With a characteristic blend of history and philosophy, poetry and science, Carr takes us on a journey from the work and early theory of Adam Smith and Alfred North Whitehead to the latest research into human attention, memory, and happiness, culminating in a moving meditation on how we can use technology to expand the human experience. Members Reviews: A MODERN LUDDITE "The Glass Cage", written by Harvard alumnus Nicholas Carr, ironically places him in the shoes of an uneducated English textile artisan of the 19th century, known as a Luddite. Luddites protested against the industrial revolution because machines were replacing jobs formerly done by laborers. Just as the Luddites fomented arguments against mechanization, Carr argues automation creates unemployment, diminishes craftsmanship, and reduces human volition. Unquestionably, the advent of automation is traumatic but elimination of repetitive industrial labor by automation is as much a benefit to civilization as the industrial revolution was to low wage workers spinning textile frames. There is no question that employment was lost in the industrial revolution; just as it is in the automation age, but jobs have been and will continue to be created as the world adjusts to this new stage of productivity. Carr carries the Luddite argument a step further by inferring a minds full potential may only be achieved through a conjunction of mental and physical labor. Carr posits the loss of physical ability to make and do things diminishes civilization by making humans too dependent on automation. This period of the worlds adjustment is horrendously disruptive. It is personal to every parent or person that cannot feed, clothe, and house their family or them self because they have no job. Decrying the advance of automation is not the answer. Making the right political decisions about how to help people make the transition is what will advance civilization. Bereft of Comparisons to Non-Automated Systems Any additional comments? I work for a home automation company (Control4), so I eagerly wanted a well-grounded view of the problems of automation. Instead, Carr's book wound up being pretty thin stew. Carr's major flaw is a lack of critical thinking.

Super Crunchers Audiobook by Ian Ayres

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Ian Ayres) — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:05:45 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Super Crunchers Author: Ian Ayres Narrator: Michael Kramer Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins Language: English Release date: 08-20-07 Publisher: Books on Tape Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 771 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Today, number crunching affects your life in ways you might never imagine. In this lively and groundbreaking new audiobook, economist Ian Ayres shows how today's best and brightest organizations are analyzing massive databases at lightening speed to provide greater insights into human behavior. They are the Super Crunchers. From Internet sites like Google and Amazon that know your tastes better than you do, to a physician's diagnosis and your child's education, to boardrooms and government agencies, this new breed of decision-maker is calling the shots. And they are delivering staggeringly accurate results. How can a football coach evaluate a player without ever seeing him play? Want to know whether the price of an airline ticket will go up or down before you buy? How can a formula out-predict wine experts in determining the best vintages? Super crunchers have the answers. In this brave new world of equation versus expertise, Ayres shows us the benefits and risks, who loses and who wins, and how super crunching can be used to help, not manipulate, us. Gone are the days of solely relying on intuition to make decisions. No businessperson, consumer, or student who wants to stay ahead of the curve should make another keystroke without listening to Super Crunchers. Critic Reviews: "Lively and enjoyable....Ayres skillfully demonstrates the importance that statistical literacy can play in our lives." (Publishers Weekly) Members Reviews: Great book on There is an old expression, "the man who knows 'how' will always have a job... reporting to the man that knows 'why'". This is a fantastic book on the 'what' and 'why' of statistical analysis but if you are looking for a book on 'how' to do a regression analysis, you would want to find a different book. I teach Six Sigma Black Belt classes and after listening to this book I ordered 25 copies to give to everyone in a class I am teaching. What I really liked about this book is that the author uses a wide variety of examples, from medicine to casinos to car dealers to credit cards to hiring practices, etc. etc. In each example, the author explains how data mining and number crunching has been used to make amazingly accurate predictions that most experts in that particular field did not think possible. The book is fascinating from beginning to end. It is also a little Orwellian in places as you begin to realize that the surveillance technology show cased in books such as "1984" and movies such as "Minority Report" are much closer to reality than most people realize. Between audible.com and traditional books, I read/listen to about 30 books a year and I would place this book in my top 5 favorite list over the past couple of years. Very Interesting but drawn out This was an extremely intersting book on how the analysis of information is used to improve decision making, sales campaigns, medical decisions etc. It demonstrates the power of collecting objective information in virtually all endeavors to assess the success of your decisions and how to make the next decision. There is virtually no actual math or technical descriptions about how information is collected or how it is analyzed - most just making the case that you should collect the data and that you should analyze it. In this sense, it is not a 'how to' book but rather 'why you should' book.

The Darkening Web Audiobook by Alexander Klimburg

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Alexander Klimburg) — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 07:47:10 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Darkening Web Subtitle: The War for Cyberspace Author: Alexander Klimburg Narrator: Kaleo Griffith Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins Language: English Release date: 07-11-17 Publisher: Penguin Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 40 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: No single invention of the last half century has changed the way we live now as much as the Internet. Alexander Klimburg was a member of the generation for whom it was a utopian ideal turned reality: a place where ideas, information, and knowledge could be shared and new freedoms found and enjoyed. Two decades later, the future isn't so bright anymore: increasingly, the Internet is used as a weapon and a means of domination by states eager to exploit or curtail global connectivity in order to further their national interests. Klimburg is a leading voice in the conversation on the implications of this dangerous shift, and in The Darkening Web he explains why we underestimate the consequences of states' ambitions to project power in cyberspace at our peril. Not only have hacking and cyber operations fundamentally changed the nature of political conflict - ensnaring states in a struggle to maintain a precarious peace that could rapidly collapse into all-out war - but the rise of covert influencing and information warfare has enabled these same global powers to create and disseminate their own distorted versions of reality in which anything is possible. At stake are not only our personal data or the electrical grid but the Internet as we know it today - and with it the very existence of open and democratic societies. Blending anecdote with argument, Klimburg brings us face-to-face with the range of threats the struggle for cyberspace presents, from an apocalyptic scenario of debilitated civilian infrastructure to a 1984-like erosion of privacy and freedom of expression. Focusing on different approaches to cyberconflict in the United States, Russia, and China, he reveals the extent to which the battle for control of the Internet is as complex and perilous as the one surrounding nuclear weapons during the Cold War - and quite possibly as dangerous for humanity as a whole. Authoritative, thought-provoking, and compellingly argued, The Darkening Web makes clear that the debate about the different aspirations for cyberspace is nothing short of a war over our global values. Members Reviews: Great read on the realities of cyber at state, political and civil levels Author does a great job explaining how the internet was built and how it works. He also dives into cyber security and encryption. Sharing insight from his time at a NATO contractor, Klimburg also covers how governments and civilians alike use cyber to influence culture and politics. You will get your fair share of 'fake news' and info leak coverage. Trends to future internet threats An eye opening book about our dependency on the internet and possible hyperbolic threats darkened by the fact this is new territory for all involved. This book focuses more on the civilian and government side of malicious use of information, hacking, surveillance large scale disruptions made possible by the evolved internet and its use in warfare, spying, and the appetite for control. It is without a doubt that the internet is no longer only an information conduit, but utility to all that use it.

The Vertical Farm Audiobook by Dickson Despommier

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Dickson Despommier) — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 06:44:04 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Vertical Farm Subtitle: Feeding the World in the 21st Century Author: Dickson Despommier Narrator: Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins Language: English Release date: 10-12-10 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 74 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: When Columbia professor Dickson Despommier set out to solve America's food, water, and energy crises, he didn't just think big - he thought up. Despommier's stroke of genius, the vertical farm, has excited scientists, architects, and politicians around the globe. These farms, grown inside skyscrapers, would provide solutions to many of the serious problems we currently face, including: Vertical farms can be located on abandoned city properties, creating new urban revenue streams. They will employ lots of skilled and unskilled labor. They can be run on wind, solar, tidal, and geothermal energy. They can be used to grow plants for pharmaceutical purposes or for converting gray water back into drinking water. In the tradition of the bestselling The World Without Us, this is a totally original landmark work destined to become a classic. Members Reviews: Excellent Brainstorming - Not reality I absolutely love the dream of this book. My excitement while listening was at 5 stars, but... Unfortunately after study, the book is based on wishes as well as present technology. It is a mix with enough functional technology blended with wishful thinking, to have confused me, initially. I started to 'buy the whole package'..... Fortunately, my Ag background raised resistance to things like, where all the light 'power' might come from, it is a major problem for indoor growers. Then, I looked into his proposition of plasma gasification. That seems to be a dead end for the moment. Plasma gasification plants have been tried in the US, and should be again, but none are working, and the plants have closed. Most plants in other countries (one reported in Germany took US$500 million down with it) have also given up.... For now, I feel like I have listened to a techno version of a Dan Brown novel - believable, but functionally fiction. I wish it were true, maybe this is an image of things to come.... A much needed concept A lot of background and history, but I like that kind of stuff. The author finally gets to the main subject and treats it well. The four stars are mainly for the great concept. Eye opening... The Vertical Farm does a great job explaining the science and economy of an alternative method of farming. The description of hydroponics and aeroponics were very informative. The author makes a great case for the feasibility of this method of food production. Wanted more on how a vertical farm work less histo Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not? The topic of this book is very important to me for I do believe that the author is correct that vertical farming is workable, and we as a nation are doing little to prove or disprove its practicality. In the reading of this manuscript I was most disappointed that the author did not write more about the actual workings of vertical farming. The authors seem to move more in the direction of historical and philosophical facts. What did you like best about this story? That a book was written in the first place about such an important subject.

To Save Everything, Click Here Audiobook by Evgeny Morozov

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Evgeny Morozov) — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 17:48:58 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: To Save Everything, Click Here Subtitle: The Folly of Technological Solutionism Author: Evgeny Morozov Narrator: Stephen Hoye Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 59 mins Language: English Release date: 12-17-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 63 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: In the very near future, smart technologies and big data will allow us to make large-scale and sophisticated interventions in politics, culture, and everyday life. Technology will allow us to solve problems in highly original ways and create new incentives to get more people to do the right thing. But how will such solutionism affect our society, once deeply political, moral, and irresolvable dilemmas are recast as uncontroversial and easily manageable matters of technological efficiency? What if some such problems are simply vices in disguise? What if some friction in communication is productive and some hypocrisy in politics necessary? The temptation of the digital age is to fix everything from crime to corruption to pollution to obesity by digitally quantifying, tracking, or gamifying behavior. But when we change the motivations for our moral, ethical, and civic behavior we may also change the very nature of that behavior. Technology, Evgeny Morozov proposes, can be a force for improvement but only if we keep solutionism in check and learn to appreciate the imperfections of liberal democracy. Some of those imperfections are not accidental but by design. Arguing that we badly need a new, post-Internet way to debate the moral consequences of digital technologies, To Save Everything, Click Here warns against a world of seamless efficiency, where everyone is forced to wear Silicon Valleys digital straitjacket. Members Reviews: The about face shift in view I've been looking for Morosov packs a paradigm shifting punch in this very strong piece of literature. As a student of sociology, philosophy, and computer science, this is exactly the analysis of today's engineering mindset that I needed to find. At times his critiques turn into rants, but the rants are largely well founded. It is hard, however, to keep pressing on when everything you've come to know is being torn down and nothing is being built up--it is only in the final chapter that alternatives to current practices are presented. Regardless, this book is undoubtedly a must read for anyone involved in technology.

The Filter Bubble Audiobook by Eli Pariser

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Eli Pariser) — Thu, 12 May 2011 23:16:28 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Filter Bubble Subtitle: What the Internet Is Hiding from You Author: Eli Pariser Narrator: Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins Language: English Release date: 05-12-11 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 241 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: In December 2009, Google began customizing its search results for each user. Instead of giving you the most broadly popular result, Google now tries to predict what you are most likely to click on. According to MoveOn.org board president Eli Pariser, Google's change in policy is symptomatic of the most significant shift to take place on the Web in recent years: the rise of personalization. In this groundbreaking investigation of the new hidden Web, Pariser uncovers how this growing trend threatens to control how we consume and share information as a society - and reveals what we can do about it. Though the phenomenon has gone largely undetected until now, personalized filters are sweeping the Web, creating individual universes of information for each of us. Facebook - the primary news source for an increasing number of Americans - prioritizes the links it believes will appeal to you so that if you are a liberal, you can expect to see only progressive links. Even an old-media bastion like The Washington Post devotes the top of its home page to a news feed with the links your Facebook friends are sharing. Behind the scenes, a burgeoning industry of data companies is tracking your personal information to sell to advertisers, from your political leanings to the color you painted your living room to the hiking boots you just browsed on Zappos. In a personalized world, we will increasingly be typed and fed only news that is pleasant, familiar, and confirms our beliefs - and because these filters are invisible, we won't know what is being hidden from us. Our past interests will determine what we are exposed to in the future, leaving less room for the unexpected encounters that spark creativity, innovation, and the democratic exchange of ideas. While we all worry that the Internet is eroding privacy or shrinking our attention spans, Pariser uncovers a more pernicious and far-reaching trend and shows how we can - and must - change course. Members Reviews: Now in the top 3 best books I've ever read I rarely write reviews for anything so please know that when reading this. *I give this book my highest recommendation* I discovered this book when I opened one of those viral emails that got distributed to me by a friend about Eli Pariser's "The Filter Bubble" presentation he gave at the 2011 TED talks. This video was very interesting to me, and when I learned he was just summarizing his thesis for his book of the same name, I immediately investigated. I read a few reviews for this book and decided to give it a try. I was hooked in the first chapter. This book is incredible! I have just finished it this morning, and honestly believe it is the most impactful and insightful book users of Google and Facebook should understand. None more than a great (paraphrased) quote: Chances are if you are using a free online service, *you* are actually the product being marketed. To be straight forward though, I must confess that I am a computer science student, and aim to venture in the world of internet technologies, and as a result I found this book particularly relevent towards what I would like to do in the future.

The Wealth of Humans Audiobook by Ryan Avent

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Ryan Avent) — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 19:40:02 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Wealth of Humans Subtitle: Work, Power, and Status in the Twenty-first Century Work, Power, and Status in the Twenty-first Century Author: Ryan Avent Narrator: Scott Merriman Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins Language: English Release date: 09-20-16 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 86 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: An investigation of how the digital revolution is fundamentally changing our concept of work, and what it means for our future economy. None of us has ever lived through an industrial revolution. Until now. Digital technology is transforming every corner of the economy, fundamentally altering the way things are done, who does them, and what they earn for their efforts. In The Wealth of Humans, Economist editor Ryan Avent brings up-to-the-minute research and reporting to bear on the major economic question of our time: can the modern world manage technological changes every bit as disruptive as those that shook the socioeconomic landscape of the 19th century? Travelling around the world, Avent investigates the meaning of work today: how technology is rendering time-tested business models outmoded and catapulting workers into a world indistinguishable from that of a generation ago. Our conceptions of the relationships between capital and labor and between rich and poor have been overturned. Past revolutions required rewriting the social contract, as will this one. Avent looks to the history of the Industrial Revolution and the work of numerous experts for lessons in reordering society. The future needn't be bleak, but as The Wealth of Humans explains, we can't expect to restructure the world without rethinking what an economy should be. Members Reviews: fantastic book... compelling narrative the author presents a very compelling case for the most important causes of economic stagnation for the middle class and what the roots of the problem are which point to where Solutions might be found all those some reviews have criticized the book for not offering sufficiently Clear Solutions I think the book does an enormous service by clearly arguing for what most important factors are that are contributing to the economic challenges faced by ordinary people around the world. I have personally recommended this to all kinds of people I know and feel that this book should almost be a required reading for high school or college students Amazing insight into the future Great book and equally great narration! I learnt many nuances of economics along with a peep into the future a good read overall A bit redundant at times but presents a pretty good case. Not too overly technical. Avent does a good job of presenting both the optimistic and pessimistic view of most subjects that he addresses and does not just give his own view. Great title, shallow knowledge I really kept pushing on with this book because it was a new release and I was curious for new knowledge which there was not much. I shouldn't be buying these things. What would have made The Wealth of Humans better? In the beginning, the goal for personal computing technology was that it should become "just another household appliance, like a toaster." Well, have we reached that blessed state? To me, in this case, buying an audio book on-line, should be like buying a print book at a book store -- Barnes and Noble, Borders (chapter 11), or Rainbow Books (now defunct) -- you find the book, you open the book, you look at the book, you read a little of the book ... you notice that you *can* read it, that the pages are all there, and (obviously) after you pay the cashier, you can take it home and actually read it.

Bitcoin Basics Audiobook by Benjamin Tideas

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Benjamin Tideas) — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 13:39:47 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Bitcoin Basics Subtitle: Buying, Selling, Creating and Investing Bitcoins - The Digital Currency of the Future Author: Benjamin Tideas Narrator: Amanda Smith Format: Unabridged Length: 52 mins Language: English Release date: 04-13-15 Publisher: Plaid Enterprises Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 17 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: You're about to learn everything you need to know about how to get started in the world of Bitcoin. Currency is always an interesting subject in the world of business and investment, but what if that currency had no centralized location that made it immune to government and bank interference? What if that currency were a digital currency that allowed you to carry millions of dollars around in your pocket without a problem? What if the benefits of that crypto-currency were available to YOU? Whether you're looking to inform yourself on buying, selling or investing in Bitcoin, you've come to the right place. If you are looking to get in on the mining action of Bitcoins, you're almost there. If you want to find out how the digital currency of the future can be leveraged in your life, you're on the right track. Don't get left behind during the most crucial stages of the most successful crypto-currency in the world! Educate yourself; make yourself informed; put yourself in a position to take advantage. "How?" you might ask. This book is your answer! Members Reviews: Unpleasant Narration The content was about what I expected but the narrator made listening unpleasant. Every word is pronounced with a very sharp precision that comes off too harsh for someone speaking into your ear for an hour. Amanda, relax :) good for beginners nice and simple, covers the basics for all bitcoin beginners. really enjoy it on audible. kind regards the Bitcoin audiobook is very informative it the audiobook tells you all that you need to know about bitcoins I really cannot find fault with it. it tells you the history of how the bitcoin began and a key players that made it possible as well as telling you all the positives and negatives buying bitcoins my advice to you is to listen this audiobook over again and again until you understand it because I am still listening to it I find this audio book quite fascinating because bitcoins are clearly the future is not a get rich quick scheme you have to study and acquire knowledge about it for those people who think they can get rich quick on bitcoins think again but unrelenting learning about bitcoins you can make some profit from it in the long term but spend a lot of time and research into bitcoins and also listen to this audio book

The Ethics of Invention Audiobook by Sheila Jasanoff

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Sheila Jasanoff) — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 19:38:12 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Ethics of Invention Subtitle: Technology and the Human Future Author: Sheila Jasanoff Narrator: Jo Anna Perrin Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins Language: English Release date: 10-25-16 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 9 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Technology rules us as much as laws do. It shapes the legal, social, and ethical environments in which we act. Every time we cross a street, drive a car, or go to the doctor, we submit to the silent power of technology. Yet, much of the time, the influence of technology on our lives goes unchallenged by citizens and our elected representatives. Our embrace of novel technological pathways, Sheila Jasanoff shows, leads to a complex interplay among technology, ethics, and human rights. Inventions like pesticides or GMOs can reduce hunger, but can also cause unexpected harm to people and the environment. Advances in biotechnology have given us tools to tinker with life itself, leading some to worry that human dignity and even human nature are under threat. But despite many reasons for caution, we continue to march heedlessly into ethically troubled waters. As Jasanoff ranges across these and other themes, she challenges the common assumption that technology is an apolitical and amoral force. Technology, she masterfully demonstrates, can warp the meaning of democracy and citizenship unless we carefully consider how to direct its power rather than let ourselves be shaped by it. Critic Reviews: "Sheila Jasanoff opens our eyes to the fact that societies are governed by technical systems as much as by the rule of law." (Professor Alfred Nordmann, Darmstadt Technical University) Members Reviews: Masterful Performance! Sheila Jasanoff writes about the technologies that are impacting us in various and profound ways. Those who would like to know the background information on the technological incidents that created headlines and controversies will learn a lot from this book. However, what I like most of all is the reading, which is clear and easy to follow. I listened to the whole book in only a few days while driving back and forth from work. It's delightful.

Science, Technology, and Government Audiobook by Murray N. Rothbard

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Murray N. Rothbard) — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 12:25:01 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Science, Technology, and Government Author: Murray N. Rothbard Narrator: Millian Quinteros Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 31 mins Language: English Release date: 02-17-16 Publisher: Ludwig von Mises Institute Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 31 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: In this previously unpublished manuscript, found in the Rothbard Archives, Rothbard deftly turns the tables on the supporters of big government and their mandate for control of research and development in all areas of the hard sciences. What R&D should be encouraged and funded, what inventions should be supported, and what areas should be given research grants, etc.? These decisions can be decided only by markets unburdened by government meddling and intervention. Rothbard shows that science best advances under the free market: The claims to the contrary of the centralizers are spurious. The best course of action for government is to get out of the way.... Members Reviews: Overall captivating Over all this was great read and while I disagree with much of the content, it was refreshing to see things from a different although outdated perspective on how useful the free market can be at dictating the development of technologies. Now if I am recalling correctly this was a thesis from the 1950's and does not stand true today. I will be giving this another read before I make my decision on the matter concrete, but will recommend to anyone trying to gain some insight into todays delimas and that desires a great undering of the "free market system".

America Is an Idea and the American Dream Is for Everyone Audiobook by Michael Cyrus Pousti

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Michael Cyrus Pousti) — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 19:03:23 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: America Is an Idea and the American Dream Is for Everyone Subtitle: Why We Built empowr.com: The Experiment to Democratize Social Media Author: Michael Cyrus Pousti Narrator: Scott R. Smith Format: Unabridged Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins Language: English Release date: 01-19-18 Publisher: America Is an Idea and the American Dream Is for Everyone Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: From a co-founder of empowr.com comes this "Why?" story behind the massive social platform, empowr, thats been in the making for 15 years. Learn exactly what drove the participants (founders, advisors, success coaches, and 1,000 employees, plus 100,000 alpha test users) in their gigantic moonshot project. After meticulously discussing the "Why?" the author then delves into how empowr has been designed to exploit the exponential characteristics of the web - via its tightly-integrated democratic, economic, and educational platform - to deliver opportunity to people everywhere. This audiobook is like a manifesto and a manual. One cant help but come away with newfound or elevated inspiration to dream big, take on their own moonshot project, and make a massive difference on the planet. Members Reviews: Fanbox renamed! Enjoy the spam. A book written about a website that auto-generated an account for me based off an email they skimmed from LinkedIn, featuring thousands of sucker, er, "users" who all discover that they can't actually get paid their supposed earnings. A site that I never logged into, yet they still spam me, even though I clicked "unsubscribe" in the hopes of not receiving their emails that I never subscribed to in the first place. A book given 5 stars by "Angela," who just opened up an Amazon account to review one and only one product. Or how about Lou Flores, who also reviewed one and only one product. Or May Ram, who also gives a glowing review in her one product review? Same for Gabriela, alexandru, deborah rolon, Manuela Alexuc, Catharina Claessens, "Amazon Customer" (very creative, guys), DO DUY PHUONG, Lina Tanase, GERALD BELANIGUE, a second "Amazon Customer" (less creativity than I thought), and L Thành Kng. Enjoy your well earned single star. Stop spamming me. Stop skimming email and auto-generating account. Stop making the world a worse place. Very good book. I had a hard time putting in ... Very good book. I had a hard time putting in down. It was very well written and I hope I get to meet the author some day! Total scam So I received an email invite from someone I trusted for this site. The site then skimmed my GMail address book and invited everyone without my permission or even telling me. I had to deal with the damage control of people asking me what I asked them to sign up for. I guess the "idea" is you can grow by theft and dishonesty. I wouldn't trust a word from these people. Extremely Political - Not My Cup Of Tea I thought reading about empowr would be both inspiring and educational, so it was with great eagerness that I approached America Is An Idea And The American Dream Is For Everyone - Why We Built Empowr.com, The Experiment To Democratize Social Media by Michael Cyrus Pousti - the new book from one of the companyâs co-founders. Regrettably, not every book you pick up turns out to be what you expect it to be. If you are interested in politics and economics and how they shape the world of technology (and ultimately, lead to the development of empowr), you may find this book interesting.

Crippled by Cryptocurrency Audiobook by Atherton Cooper

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Atherton Cooper) — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 20:44:00 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Crippled by Cryptocurrency Author: Atherton Cooper Narrator: Atherton Cooper Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 19 mins Language: English Release date: 01-12-18 Publisher: Author's Republic Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Cryptocurrency. Bitcoins. Litecoins. Are they the new digital tidal wave of investment opportunities? Or the greatest scam in the history of financial rip-offs? That's the question investigative journalist Atherton Cooper set out to answer by launching an in-depth investigation into the "cryptoverse". What he discovered in those 10 months of research is what you'll learn in this audiobook, so you can avoid being crippled by crypto. Members Reviews: Well Researched My only complaint is that "Ethereum" is mispronounced as "Eretheum". I find it distracting in what is otherwise an informative and well-researched audiobook.

Inventology Audiobook by Pagan Kennedy

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Pagan Kennedy) — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 11:55:43 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Inventology Subtitle: How We Dream Up Things That Change the World Author: Pagan Kennedy Narrator: Randye Kaye Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins Language: English Release date: 01-26-16 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 29 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: A father cleans up after his toddler and imagines a cup that won't spill. An engineer watches people using walkie-talkies and has an idea. A doctor figures out how to deliver patients to the operating room before they die. By studying inventions like these - the sippy cup, the cell phone, and an ingenious hospital bed - we can learn how people imagine their ways around "impossible" problems to discover groundbreaking answers. Pagan Kennedy reports on how these enduring methods can be adapted to the 21st century, as millions of us deploy tools like crowdfunding, big data, and 3-D printing to find hidden opportunities. Inventology uses the stories of inventors and surprising research to reveal the steps that produce innovation. As Kennedy argues, recent advances in technology and communication have placed us at the cusp of a golden age; it's now more possible than ever before to transform ideas into actuality. Inventology is a must-listen for designers, artists, makers, and anyone else who is curious about creativity. By identifying the steps of the invention process, Kennedy reveals the imaginative tools required to solve our most challenging problems. Critic Reviews: "A delightful account of how inventors do what they do." (Kirkus) Members Reviews: Excellent! Very inspirational! A great perspective of how inventors work and view the world around them. Totally recommend! Barticle A book that should be an article. Good ideas, but a lot of repeating the same thought. great book as an aspiring inventor, this book provided me with new ways to think as well as things to consider. it was a great listen, and had fantastic points. Absolutely mind opening! Should be standard reading in schools, totally made me realize how easy inventing is in today's society with specific examples on how to get started now.

The New Digital Age Audiobook by Eric Schmidt, Jared Cohen

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Eric Schmidt) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:58:46 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The New Digital Age Subtitle: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business Author: Eric Schmidt, Jared Cohen Narrator: Roger Wayne Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins Language: English Release date: 04-23-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 235 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: In an unparalleled collaboration, two leading global thinkers in technology and foreign affairs give us their widely anticipated, transformational vision of the future: a world where everyone is connected - a world full of challenges and benefits that are ours to meet and to harness. Eric Schmidt is one of Silicon Valleys great leaders, having taken Google from a small startup to one of the worlds most influential companies. Jared Cohen is the director of Google Ideas and a former adviser to secretaries of state Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton. With their combined knowledge and experiences, the authors are uniquely positioned to take on some of the toughest questions about our future: Who will be more powerful in the future, the citizen or the state? Will technology make terrorism easier or harder to carry out? What is the relationship between privacy and security, and how much will we have to give up to be part of the new digital age? In this groundbreaking book, Schmidt and Cohen combine observation and insight to outline the promise and peril awaiting us in the coming decades. At once pragmatic and inspirational, this is a forward-thinking account of where our world is headed and what this means for people, states and businesses. With the confidence and clarity of visionaries, Schmidt and Cohen illustrate just how much we have to look forward to - and beware of - as the greatest information and technology revolution in human history continues to evolve. Inspiring, provocative and absorbing, The New Digital Age is a brilliant analysis of how our hyper-connected world will soon look, from two of our most prescient and informed public thinkers. Members Reviews: Digital Anarchy, A Manifesto Wow. I had mixed feelings about this book. On one hand, I admired the authors bold imagination on complex global issues. The idealism was almost childish, but I kept reminding myself that these are the Google guys and gave them the benefit of the doubt. The allure of the book revolves mainly around its passionate and revolutionary tone. More and more, the physical world is casting a kind of digital shadow where almost all human activity can be recorded. This data is a new metric available to those with access to it. However, the authors seem almost blinded by their own imagination. There is some bizarre detachment to some of their solutions. They paint pictures of Somalis running around with cell phones and snitching on war lords using a form of cyber-bullying. Let them eat cake! Or more, appropriately, let them have cell phones and data plans! Instead of an Orwellian police state, where the government spies on its citizens..we can have a Democratic Police State, where citizens spy on their government and each other. By stripping away privacy, the authors envision a kind of transparent super-state in which each citizen has the technological power to expose any wrong-doing. Each citizen is a reporter, a photojournalist, a spy, and vigilante. Through a system of total surveillance, we will apparently have a world of total transparency, and thereby a world where no one does anything wrong. Why? Because everyone is watching. Instead of Big Brother, we get Big Neighbor. To justify this digital anarchy, youll notice the authors heroic image of a digital super-state in action.

Too Big To Know Audiobook by David Weinberger

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (David Weinberger) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:36:43 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Too Big To Know Subtitle: Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room Author: David Weinberger Narrator: Peter Johnson Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins Language: English Release date: 01-03-12 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 128 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: We used to know how to know. We got our answers from books or experts. We'd nail down the facts and move on. But in the Internet age, knowledge has moved onto networks. There's more knowledge than ever, of course, but it's different. Topics have no boundaries, and nobody agrees on anything. Yet this is the greatest time in history to be a knowledge seeker - if you know how. In Too Big to Know, Internet philosopher David Weinberger shows how business, science, education, and the government are learning to use networked knowledge to understand more than ever and to make smarter decisions than they could when they had to rely on mere books and experts. This groundbreaking book shakes the foundations of our concept of knowledge - from the role of facts to the value of books and the authority of experts - providing a compelling vision of the future of knowledge in a connected world. Critic Reviews: "Led by the Internet, knowledge is now social, mobile, and open. Weinberger shows how to unlock the benefits." (Marc Benioff, chairman, CEO salesforce.com) Members Reviews: Good to know ... Every wonder why we've seen such a rise of Facebook and other micro-blogging technologies? Ever wonder why we are seeing major differences in how children and young adults are dealing with new technologies? We are seeing a "sea change" event as the amount of information available to us rapidly exceeds our ability to use it. Worse yet, standard institutions that would allow us to better manage that information flow are themselves overwhelmed. We all see the change. But do we understand WHY it is happening and what are the ramifications. THAT is what this book attempts to tackle. Hopefully you will also find this book insightful. Enlarging our network make us better This book is a gem of a find. I get really irritated when I come across people who tell me how the internet makes us stupid. The author eviscerates that view point through anecdotes, context and trends. The author is good at providing the context around the nature of the philosophy of science and its development. Data becomes information which becomes knowledge and this process of becoming has changed because of the enlarging of our network. The author effectively uses Darwin's theory of evolution as a historical template for the enlarging of our network. If it weren't for the enlarging of our networks, I would never be able to find pearls of great price like this book. Audible itself would most likely not even exist. These internet effects change how I have been learning about the world, and I'm glad a book such as this has come along and so elegantly explains some of its advantages. (If you do read this book, first read the T. S. Eliot poem "The Rock" since the book cites it and really does seem to develop its narrative around that poem).

Consumer's Guide to a Brave New World Audiobook by Wesley J. Smith

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Wesley J. Smith) — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:50:07 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Consumer's Guide to a Brave New World Author: Wesley J. Smith Narrator: Brian Emerson Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins Language: English Release date: 08-03-06 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 14 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Now Wesley J. Smith provides us with a guide to the new world that is no longer a figment of our imagination, but right around the corner of our lives. This carefully researched audiobook reports on the gargantuan "big biotech" industry and its supporters in science and in the universities. Smith reveals how this lobby works and how the ideology of "scientism", mixed with the lure of riches, threatens to dismantle ethical norms and compromise the uniqueness and importance of all human life. Critic Reviews: "Smith deserves exceptionally high marks for providing an eminently readable, profoundly insightful, and thoughtful conversation on the impact of biotechnology." (American Conservative) Members Reviews: out of date What would have made Consumer's Guide to a Brave New World better? Stem cell research has progressed far beyond the topics discussed in this book since it was published. Would you ever listen to anything by Wesley J. Smith again? no Would you be willing to try another one of Brian Emersons performances? not sure You didnt love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities? The political agenda seemed very slanted, this made it a curious read. Not At All What I Was Expecting I was expecting a good review of the state of the art in biotech. Instead this is a thinly disguised Catholic manifesto on the evils of abortion and the need to regard a few cells as a "nascent human life". The author comes out against in-vitro fertilization because of the excess fertilized eggs produced, demonizes researchers as motivated by money and the desire to "destroy nascent human life", and praises George Bush's stand against stem cell research. It's pretty much out of date anyway since the current research tends to emphasise induced pluripotent stem cells anyway and the embryonic argument is moot. I suppose the "Brave New World" in the title should have tipped me off to the author's bias... I wouldn't recommend this to anyone interested in a scientific overview. Might appeal to church groups but that's about the only ones I can see getting anything out of it.

Data for the People Audiobook by Andreas S. Weigend

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Andreas S. Weigend) — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 15:19:39 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Data for the People Subtitle: How to Make Our Post-Privacy Economy Work for You Author: Andreas S. Weigend Narrator: Barry Abrams Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins Language: English Release date: 01-31-17 Publisher: HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 14 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Every time we Google something, Facebook someone, or just carry a phone, we create data. Yet, we do not benefit from this wealth of information as much as we should. Andreas Weigend - an advisor to Alibaba, BMW, Hyatt, MasterCard, and Lufthansa, among others - wants to change that. In Data for the People, he proposes six basic data rights that we all need to make better decisions. Big data is here to stay. The time has come to shift the balance of power back to the individual and find out how data is being used and what needs to change to make data work for you. Vital listening for anyone who owns a mobile phone, Internet connection, or even a debit card, Data for the People puts the power of data back into our hands. Members Reviews: Thought Provoking & Mind Blowing, A Must Read! What did you love best about Data for the People? The author perspective on data is profound and insightful. As someone working in Silicone Valley, lots of ideas from the book are very stimulating for my understanding of the data world. I'm especially intrigued by how the author connects the dots and talks about data in a positive way, instead of the common "people vs big corporation/government" type of fear based narrative. Highly recommended to anyone, and a must read for people interested in data!

The Numerati Audiobook by Stephen Baker

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Stephen Baker) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:45:23 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Numerati Author: Stephen Baker Narrator: Paul Michael Garcia Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins Language: English Release date: 09-24-08 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 243 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: In this tour de force of original reporting and analysis, journalist Stephen Baker provides us with a fascinating guide to the world we're all entering and the people controlling that world. Critic Reviews: "Steve Baker puts his finger on perhaps the most important cultural trend today: the explosion of data about every aspect of our world and the rise of applied math gurus who know how to use it." (Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief, Wired magazine) Members Reviews: Good but not the best of the genre This is a book about the existence and contemporary use of data in todays world. The amount of data being gathered each moment is staggering. What is purchased, what people are searching for on google, where people are going, what they are reading etc. This has spawned the practice of using such data to make predictions of what is to happen - what we will be interested in, what we will but, where we will go etc. The people who do this analysis are called the numerati. It is a very interesting read but there are two other books, Supercrunchers and the Drunkard's Walk that address this same phenomena in different and better ways. All three books demonstrate how this data is used and how one could take advantage of it. Big Data for Humans The Numerati examines the bright side, the dark side, and most importantly the human side, of big data. Having read Big Data, Super Crunchers, The Signal the Noise, Naked Statistics and The Numerati somewhat recently I liked The Numerati the best by a significant margin. The author is not a supercruncher, which I think was a good thing. Baker keeps humanity always in scope while investigating the details of big data. Even though Baker is not a supercruncher, I found this the most technically interesting of the books, delving into multivariate vector spaces without getting bogged down in equations or just telling stories. Each time a bit of technical information was presented, how that technology would impact people was also thoughtfully considered. I also felt I learned more about the subject from The Numerati than all the other books combined. Baker uses examples that are more realistic and representative than several of the other books on the subject. The narration is clear and good, adding emphases or emotion quite nicely, but for some reason the frequency range of the readers voice grated on me at first and took some getting used to but after a few hours it was fine. Balanced Warning and Possibilities Great book with comfortable narrator. The story that Baker provides is one of growing science of data analysis in various sections of our lives. The description of the complexity of drawing meaningful linkages in premptive terrorist identification leaves a curious mix of encouragement and frightening anxiety over predicting a repeat of September 11th.

Cyber Warfare Audiobook by Bobby Akart

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Bobby Akart) — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 09:51:46 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Cyber Warfare Subtitle: Prepping for Tomorrow Series Author: Bobby Akart Narrator: Joseph C. Wilson Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins Language: English Release date: 12-01-15 Publisher: Bobby Akart Inc., a Tennessee Corporation Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 20 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: In poll after poll, one of the threats facing our nation is the use of a cyber attack to cause a grid-down scenario. There are many bad actors on the international stage capable of cyber terror on a massive scale. The list is long, including Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, Syria, and now even terrorist groups like ISIS. Each is capable of wreaking havoc in the US by shutting down our power grid and enjoying the resulting chaos. No bombs. No bullets. No swordfights. Just a few keystrokes on a computer. And we're done. Cyber Warfare is a primer on the threats we face as a nation from the bad actors mentioned above. It explores the history of cyber attacks and discusses the nuances of the terminology. The policies of the United States and its allies have evolved over the past decade. The problem of attribution is explored, as cyber space allows hackers a convenient place to hide. The all-important issue is raised: When does a cyber attack become an act of war? After a thorough review of the threat a cyber war poses for America, in particular on the nation's critical infrastructure, Cyber Warfare will provide preparedness solutions. Members Reviews: Worthwhile but not technical Would you try another book from Bobby Akart and/or Joseph C. Wilson? Probably Was Cyber Warfare worth the listening time? Yes Any additional comments? This books is well presented and does cover important material though doesn't get into depth technically. That said I don't think that was the intention so it's not a critique but rather an observation. It covers material I've seen in both Vice and Great Courses lectures recently but provides a different perspective so I wouldn't say it's redundant. If you paid for and enjoyed those series you would probably enjoy this. The main reason I'm giving three stars over all is it takes an over simplified view of nature of the actors themselves. Stop advertising your site every few chapters! A few valid point about cyber threats and prepping but I didn't buy the book for general tips on prepping and did not pay for the author to try and subliminally get me to buy from their prepping website!

Revolution in Higher Education Audiobook by Richard A. DeMillo

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Richard A. DeMillo) — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 17:21:26 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Revolution in Higher Education Subtitle: How a Small Band of Innovators Will Make College Accessible and Affordable Author: Richard A. DeMillo Narrator: Joe Barrett Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins Language: English Release date: 09-04-15 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 15 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Colleges and universities have become increasingly costly and - except for a handful of highly selective, elite institutions - unresponsive to 21st century needs. But for the past few years, technology-fueled innovation has begun to transform higher education, introducing new ways to disseminate knowledge and better ways to learn - all at lower cost. In this impassioned account, Richard DeMillo tells the behind-the-scenes story of these pioneering efforts and offers a road map for transforming higher education. Building on his earlier book, Abelard to Apple, DeMillo argues that the current system of higher education is clearly unsustainable. Colleges and universities are in financial crises. Tuition continues to rise inexorably. Graduates of reputable schools often fail to learn basic skills, and many cannot find suitable jobs. Meanwhile, student loan default rates have soared, while the elite Ivy and near-Ivy schools seem remote and irrelevant. Where are the revolutionaries who can save higher education? DeMillo's heroes are a small band of innovators who are bringing the revolution in technology to colleges and universities. DeMillo chronicles, among other things, the invention of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) by professors at Stanford and MIT; Salman Khan's Khan Academy; the use of technology by struggling historically black colleges and universities to make learning more accessible; and the latest research on learning and the brain. He describes the revolution's goals and the entrenched hierarchical system it aims to overthrow, and he reframes the nature of the contract between society and its universities. The new institutions of a transformed higher education promise to demonstrate not only that education has value, but also that it has values: virtues for the common good. Members Reviews: Great book Somebody who has ambition to make any change in higher education should listen to his book. Important ideas, Tye historical context for the contemporary trends was especially illuminating. Very glad I came across this. Essential for anyone working in HE, including outside the US.

Chameleo Audiobook by Robert Guffey

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Robert Guffey) — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 17:16:23 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Chameleo Subtitle: A Strange but True Story of Invisible Spies, Heroin Addiction, and Homeland Security Author: Robert Guffey Narrator: Steven Roy Grimsley Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins Language: English Release date: 07-10-15 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 35 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: A mesmerizing mix of Charles Bukowski, Hunter S. Thompson, and Philip K. Dick, Chameleo is a true account of what happened in a seedy Southern California town when an enthusiastic and unrepentant heroin addict named Dion Fuller sheltered a US marine who'd stolen night vision goggles, and perhaps a few top secret files, from a nearby military base. Dion found himself arrested (under the ostensible auspices of The Patriot Act) for conspiring with international terrorists to smuggle top-secret military equipment out of Camp Pendleton. The fact that Dion had absolutely nothing to do with international terrorists, smuggling, top-secret military equipment, or Camp Pendleton didn't seem to bother the military. He was released from jail after a six day long Abu Ghraib-style interrogation. Subsequently he believed himself under intense government scrutiny and, he suspected, the subject of bizarre experimentation involving "cloaking" - electro-optical camouflage so extreme it renders observers practically invisible from a distance of some meters - by the Department of Homeland Security. Hallucination? Perhaps - except Robert Guffey, an English teacher and Dion's friend, tracked down and interviewed one of the scientists behind the project, codenamed Chameleo, an experimental technology that appears to have been stolen by the US Department of Defense and deployed on American soil. More shocking still, Guffey discovered that the DoD has been experimenting with its newest technologies on a number of American citizens. A condensed version of this story was the cover feature of Fortean Times magazine (September 2013). Members Reviews: More fanfic What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you? An editor. What do you think your next listen will be? Angelmaker What does Steven Roy Grimsley bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book? Excellent vocal skills. If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Chameleo? The entire "transciption" section. Any additional comments? This is fanfiction. I give it a C+. Self-published material should be sent to a manuscript editor before Amazon or Audible picks it up. Wow This is fantastic. I've heard about group stalking and even heard and read about the invisibility tech talked about in this book. But putting into this context is just creepy. Fantastic story! I love this book! I highly recommend this to anyone who loves a interesting conspiracy theory! Sincerely Gabriel Zero Once You Start , You Won't Be Able To Stop I listened to this book in two days ; that is the fastest I have ever listened to a book. You might have to listen to it two times; the stories are so strange, I had a hard time believing it is non-fiction. Very well written. Very interesting and intriguing story. I am definitely adding the physical copy to my collection. Good read but expecting more. I liked the concept, subject matter, and the black ops aspects of the story. I did not like how the majority of the book was just a written down conversation. It could have been done better and in a more entertaining way.

The Future of the Internet Audiobook by Jonathan Zittrain

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Jonathan Zittrain) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:15:11 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Future of the Internet Subtitle: And How to Stop It Author: Jonathan Zittrain Narrator: Alex Day Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins Language: English Release date: 03-10-10 Publisher: Yale University Press Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 21 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: This extraordinary book explains the engine that has catapulted the Internet from backwater to ubiquityand reveals that it is sputtering precisely because of its runaway success. With the unwitting help of its users, the generative Internet is on a path to a lockdown, ending its cycle of innovationand facilitating unsettling new kinds of control. Critic Reviews: "Jonathan Zittrain does what no one has before-he eloquently and subtly pinpoints the magic that makes Wikipedia, and the Internet as a whole, work. The best way to save the Internet is to turn off your laptop until you've read this book." (Jimbo Wales, Founder, Wikipedia) Members Reviews: Dissapointing An unfortunately trite examination. Though I generally agree with the author's thesis, its not particularly insightful or provocative. Don't bother if you are even tangentially aware of contemporary privacy and intellectual property issues. Furthermore, as numerous other reviewers have noted, the narrator is exceptionally horrible. Its almost unbearable. Average made poor by the production It is hard to truly judge the book given that the narration was so poor. The only break from an unrelentingly flat delivery was the occasional misplaced emphasis, and mispronounciation. The real shame is that the narrator was clear and understandable. Something must have gone badly wrong in production

Geek Heresy Audiobook by Kentaro Toyama

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Kentaro Toyama) — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 16:47:10 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Geek Heresy Subtitle: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology Author: Kentaro Toyama Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins Language: English Release date: 06-23-15 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 18 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: In 2004 Kentaro Toyama, an award-winning computer scientist, moved to India to start a new research group for Microsoft. Its mission: to explore novel technological solutions to the world's persistent social problems. But after a decade of designing technologies for humanitarian causes, Toyama concluded that no technology, however dazzling, could cause social change on its own. Technologists and policy makers love to boast about modern innovation, and in their excitement they exuberantly tout technology's boon to society. But what have our gadgets actually accomplished? Over the last four decades, America saw an explosion of new technologies, but in that same period the rate of poverty stagnated at a stubborn 13 percent, only to rise in the recent recession. So a golden age of innovation in the world's most advanced country did nothing for our most prominent social ill. Toyama's warning resounds: Don't believe the hype! Technology is never the main driver of social progress. Geek Heresy inoculates us against the glib rhetoric of tech utopians by revealing that technology is only an amplifier of human conditions. By telling the moving stories of extraordinary people, Toyama shows that even in a world steeped in technology, social challenges are best met with deeply social solutions. Critic Reviews: "A white paper largely of interest to education theorists and aid specialists, with occasional asides for the Jaron Lanier/Nicholas Carr crowd." (Kirkus) Members Reviews: Not bad for a few chapters A book with one good idea but it tries to spin it out over many many chapters. Lots of example stories that get redundant. The tone is really self-congratulatory and that gets tired after a few chapters.

Summary, Analysis, and Review of Seth Stephens-Davidowitz's 'Everybody Lies: Big Data, New

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Start Publishing Notes) — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 08:40:55 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Summary, Analysis, and Review of Seth Stephens-Davidowitz's 'Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are' Author: Start Publishing Notes Narrator: Michael Gilboe Format: Unabridged Length: 27 mins Language: English Release date: 10-18-17 Publisher: Start Publishing Notes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Please Note: This is a key takeaways and analysis of the book and not the original book. In Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz cleverly manipulates Big Data to explore the dark underside of American consciousness. Using powerful new methodologies, the author analyzes anonymous Google searches across a wide range of subjects about which people tend to be secretive. From Internet pornography to medical diagnoses, Stephens-Davidowitz reveals startling truths about people's desires, failures and fears. Published in 2017, the book begins with a memory that's fresh for listeners: the unexpected ascension of Donald Trump to the US presidency. While pundits, including data journalists like Nate Silver, didn't see it coming, the clues were planted in Big Data. Stephens-Davidowitz, who has been working with giant data sets of search-related data on sites like Facebook, Stormfront, Wikipedia, PornHub, and especially Google over the last decade or so, saw some intimation in the "tea leaves". Before the 2016 election, he had already uncovered troubling data about how flagrant racism had negatively impacted Obama's elections, though of course the results were in the politician's favor. Stephens-Davidowitz's work in this area was rejected by a number of the journals at the time because so many pundits believed in a post-racial America, but his findings anticipated the white nationalism that propelled Trump into office.

Virtually Human Audiobook by Martine Rothblatt Ph.D.

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Martine Rothblatt Ph.D.) — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 09:20:44 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Virtually Human Subtitle: The Promise - and the Peril - of Digital Immortality Author: Martine Rothblatt Ph.D. Narrator: Jeff Cummings, Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins Language: English Release date: 09-09-14 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 19 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Virtually Human explores what the not-too-distant future will look like when cyberconsciousness - simulation of the human brain via software and computer technology - becomes part of our daily lives. Meet Bina48, the world's most sentient robot, commissioned by Martine Rothblatt and created by Hanson Robotics. Bina48 is a nascent Mindclone of Martines wife that can engage in conversation, answer questions, and even have spontaneous thoughts that are derived from multimedia data in a Mindfile created by the real Bina. If youre active on Twitter or Facebook, share photos through Instagram, or blogging regularly, youre already on your way to creating a Mindfile - a digital database of your thoughts, memories, feelings, and opinions that is essentially a back-up copy of your mind. Soon, this Mindfile can be made conscious with special software - Mindware - that mimics the way human brains organize information, create emotions and achieve self-awareness. This may sound like science-fiction, but the nascent technology already exists. Thousands of software engineers across the globe are working to create cyberconsciousness based on human consciousness and the Obama administration recently announced plans to invest in a decade-long Brain Activity Map project. Virtually Human is the only audiobook to examine the ethical issues relating to cyberconsciousness and Rothblatt, with a Ph.D. in medical ethics, is uniquely qualified to lead the dialogue. Members Reviews: A must read. She covered the material. Now its up to readers to have discussions. Especially none believers . Narrator Is Annoyingly Hard To Understand What did you like about this audiobook? The topic is something I'm very interested in. How has the book increased your interest in the subject matter? It would've if not for the narrator that sounded like a robot. Does the author present information in a way that is interesting and insightful, and if so, how does he achieve this? I guess; it's hard to tell because the narrator sounded like a robot. What did you find wrong about the narrator's performance? The narrator sounded like a robot! I don't know if that's her fault or the production, but either way, her robotic voice and inflection made it impossible to concentrate on the book!

Intertwingled: Information Changes Everything Audiobook by Peter Morville

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Peter Morville) — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 22:17:47 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Intertwingled: Information Changes Everything Author: Peter Morville Narrator: Gary D. MacFadden Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins Language: English Release date: 11-12-14 Publisher: Semantic Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 34 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: This is a book about everything. Or, to be precise, it explores how everything is connected from code to culture. We think we're designing software, services, and experiences, but we're not. We are intervening in ecosystems. Until we open our minds, we will forever repeat our mistakes. In this spirited tour of information architecture and systems thinking, Peter Morville connects the dots between authority, Buddhism, classification, synesthesia, quantum entanglement, and volleyball. In 1974 when Ted Nelson wrote, "everything is deeply intertwingled," he hoped we might realize the true potential of hypertext and cognition. This book follows naturally from that. Members Reviews: Awesome intertwingled tree of insights I loved this book - Peter Morville's self deprecating, understated humour cajoling and bowling us through dimensions, layers, systems, interactions, causes, consequences, responsibilities, opportunities and freedoms - a veritable masterpiece of insights and connections that will leave me reflecting for weeks and likely changed for ever. I highly recommend this irreverent, thoughtful, thought-provoking and important book to anyone interested in ideas, society, ecology and the future of all that could ever have relevance to our own existence. Some good lessons, but... All in all, this book was somewhat valuable. There were many good lessons, but it all feels a bit jumbled and lacking cohesion. The narrator is also insanely robotic in his de-liv-er-y. ? Not what you expect What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you? This is no game changer. Mostly, at best a few anectodes and self referential can kickings...

WikiLeaks and the Age of Transparency Audiobook by Micah L. Sifry

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Micah L. Sifry) — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 20:29:44 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: WikiLeaks and the Age of Transparency Author: Micah L. Sifry Narrator: Alan Schwartz Format: Unabridged Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins Language: English Release date: 12-12-17 Publisher: Spoken Word Inc. Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: The United States government is diligent - some might say to the point of obsession - in defending its borders against invaders, be they terrorists, natural disasters, or illegal immigrants. Now we are told a small, international band of renegades armed with nothing more than laptops presents the greatest threat to the US regime since the close of the Cold War. WikiLeaks' release of a massive trove of secret official documents has riled politicians from across the spectrum. The WikiLeaks organizers themselves "are going to have blood on their hands" (US Senator Joe Lieberman); it is the "9/11 of world diplomacy" (Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini); and they present "a clear and present danger to the national security of the United States" (US Congressman Peter King). Even noted free-speech advocate Floyd Abrams says that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange "may yet have much to answer for" and blames him for the certain defeat of federal shield-law legislation protecting journalists. Hyperbole, hysteria? Certainly. We heard much the same in 1971, when Daniel Ellsberg released the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times (ironically, Abrams was the Times' lawyer in that case). Welcome to the age of transparency. But political analyst and writer Micah Sifry argues that WikiLeaks is not the whole story; it is a symptom, an indicator of an ongoing generational and philosophical struggle between older, closed systems, and the new open culture of the Internet. "What is new," he writes, "is our ability to connect, individually and together, with greater ease than at any time in human history. As a result, information is flowing more freely into the public arena, powered by seemingly unstoppable networks of people all over the world cooperating to share vital data and prevent its suppression." Despite Assange's arrest, the publication of secret documents continues, and websites replicating WikiLeaks' activities have sprung up in Indonesia, Russia, the European Union, and elsewhere. As Sifry shows, this is part of a larger movement for greater governmental and corporate transparency: "When you combine connectivity with transparency - the ability for more people to see, share, and shape what is going on around them - the result is a huge increase in social energy, which is being channeled in all kinds of directions." Members Reviews: Wikileaks in Perspective This book demonstrates the advantages of reading books about issues over watching the news. Up to when I read this book, I had only heard snippets about things that Wikileaks had leaked, but nothing that really explained what it was all about. This book really helped to put it into the broader perspective of transparency in general. Well worth reading. Worthwhile cash in that has good and bad points Wikileaks and the Age of Transparency (2011) by Micah Sifry is an interesting but flawed book about Wikileaks and how the internet is changing politics. It uses the fame of Wikileaks to promote the author's own agenda. Sifry is a successful and interesting person who set up the Personal Democracy Forum and works with Techsoup in similar domains. The book refers to his endeavors repeatedly.

Whose Global Village? Audiobook by Ramesh Srinivasan

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Ramesh Srinivasan) — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 02:22:06 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Whose Global Village? Subtitle: Rethinking How Technology Shapes Our World Author: Ramesh Srinivasan Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins Language: English Release date: 07-20-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: In the digital age, technology has shrunk the physical world into a "global village", where we all seem to be connected as an online community as information travels to the farthest reaches of the planet with the click of a mouse. Yet while we think of platforms such as Twitter and Facebook as open and accessible to all, in reality, these are commercial entities developed primarily by and for the Western world. Considering how new technologies increasingly shape labor, economics, and politics, these tools often reinforce the inequalities of globalization, rarely reflecting the perspectives of those at the bottom of the digital divide. This audiobook asks us to reconsider "whose global village" we are shaping with the digital technology revolution today. Sharing stories of collaboration with Native Americans in California and New Mexico, revolutionaries in Egypt, communities in rural India, and others across the world, Ramesh Srinivasan urges us to reimagine what the Internet, mobile phones, or social media platforms may look like when considered from the perspective of diverse cultures. Members Reviews: Great read. Raised critical ethics questions about technology Great read. Raised critical ethics questions about technology, the idea of the "global village", and who exactly that idea serves. Could be a bit academic at times (spending a lot of time setting up background and defining terms before getting into examples), but thought it was very interesting. And I think I bought like 5 other books from its bibliography. Mistitled An ethnographer from UCLA looks at how the third world uses western e-technology. That is the stated foundation of Whose Global Village. Srinivasan cites numerous examples where people use tech in ways other than intended. A childâs crank laptop becomes the sole light source in a family shack without electricity. A mobile phone becomes a flashlight to hunt crocodiles. Poor Indians call each other and hang up so the recipient will know to call back. Whatever the circumstances, people will find a way, a use and a workaround in their circumstances. But so has it always been. In an emergency, everything can become a hammer. A somewhat better point he makes is that Facebook did not organize and run the Arab Spring, that almost no one there had internet service, and the arrogance of the Facebooks and Twitters is worrying. Word among âthe last billionâ does spread like wildfire, but the oldfashioned way. He quickly shifts to describe various tech-assisted projects he has participated in around the world, and what he learned about himself and his own approach. The book is mostly about him, and the pitfalls for ethnographers. Like so many ethnography books, it fixates on the process of discovery the ethnographer underwent. Srinivasan has developed a sort of flexible approach to cultural data he calls fluid ontology. There is a great deal of space devoted to it, and it is the only new idea Srinivasan posits. It seems to be a genuine and valuable innovation to preserve the uniqueness of a society. Basically, it rethinks databases to reflect the societyâs own rankings, connections and valuations. One dramatic graphic shows how the Zuni see their society compared to how a museum populates a database, with a truly small area of overlap.

The Internet Is Not the Answer Audiobook by Andrew Keen

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Andrew Keen) — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 16:40:59 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Internet Is Not the Answer Author: Andrew Keen Narrator: Tom Pile Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins Language: English Release date: 01-13-15 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 45 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: The Internet, created during the Cold War, has now ushered in one of the greatest shifts in society since the Industrial Revolution. There are many positive ways in which the Internet has contributed to the world, but as a society we are less aware of the Internet's deeply negative effects on our psychology, economy, and culture. In The Internet Is Not the Answer, Andrew Keen, a 20-year veteran of the tech industry, traces the technological and economic history of the Internet from its founding in the 1960s, through the rise of the big data companies, to the increasing attempts to monetize almost every human activity, and investigates how the Internet is reconfiguring our world, often at great cost. In this sharp, witty narrative, informed by the work of other writers, academics, and reporters, as well as his own wide-ranging research and interviews, Keen shows us the tech world, warts and all, and investigates what we can do to make sure the choices we make about the reconfiguring of our society do not lead to unpleasant unforeseen aftershocks. Members Reviews: Light on facts heavy on conjecture author has an axe to grind, by the end you wonder if he has more than a handle left Enjoyable, informative and slightly depressing Opened my eyes to things I've never thought about. I'd like to listen again. Side note: Andrew Keen has a marvelous speaking voice; I wish he would have narrated! Internet 4 Dummies This book pulls the covers back on the Internet and how it affects society as a whole. not exactly what I expected but much better than I expected. it's better to have knowledge than to be blind. great book Eye-opening I will never look at the Internet the same way again. I used to look at it in an optimistic way, like it was a place of opportunity for anyone. Now I see it as an elitist and scary universe which threatens all of humanity. Well-written and well spoken The author spells out obvious truths that are not so obvious until you're shown what to look for. I believe his ideals will be the historical narrative of the Internet when children learn about it in the future..... right now we think it is the greatest thing, but the history books will look back and think of ourselves as being very foolish for not seeing the destruction it has sewn.

Virtually You Audiobook by Elias Aboujaoude

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Elias Aboujaoude) — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:46:38 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Virtually You Subtitle: The Dangerous Powers of the E-Personality Author: Elias Aboujaoude Narrator: Teddy Canez Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins Language: English Release date: 02-22-11 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 52 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: A penetrating examination of the insidious effects of the Internet on our personalities - online and off. Whether sharing photos or following financial markets, many of us spend a shocking amount of time online. While the Internet can enhance well-being, Elias Aboujaoude has spent years treating patients whose lives have been profoundly disturbed by it. Part of the danger lies in how the Internet allows us to act with exaggerated confidence, sexiness, and charisma. This new self, which Aboujaoude dubs our "e-personality", manifests itself in every curt email we send, Facebook "friend" we make, and "buy now" button we click. Too potent to be confined online, however, e-personality traits seep offline, too, making us impatient, unfocused, and urge-driven, even after we log off. Virtually You uses examples from Aboujaoude's personal and professional experience to highlight this new phenomenon. The first scrutiny of the virtual world's transformative power on our psychology, Virtually You shows us how real life is being reconfigured in the image of a chat room, and how our identity increasingly resembles that of our avatar. Critic Reviews: "Instantly engaging and eminently accessible, Aboujaoude offers an enlightening and cautionary exploration of an increasingly intrusive aspect of modern society." (Booklist) Members Reviews: Very Informative The internet has infiltrated every aspect of our lives and we can no longer ignore it or get on without it. Reading everything I can find on the relationships between the internet and its impact on people behaviorally and psychology, I added Elias Aboujaoudes Virtually You: The Dangerous Powers of the E-Personality to the stack. I have been pleasantly surprised by the volume and greatly rewarded for reading it. A psychiatrist, Aboujaoude aptly relates what is known about the effects of the internet on behavior and presents it in a way easily accessed by anyone. This is the first volume that I have come across that discusses, for example, the difference between the personalities and identities of persons deeply experiencing virtual environments. Psychological implications are covered from a number of perspectives. Aboujaoude admits that the internet and our virtual selves are here to stay. His book cautions readers to pay attention to the implications of these new relationships. This book is well written, an excellent orientation, and the reading of Teddy Canez is excellent. The only caution I would add is that this literature is nascent and formative in nature. Aboujaoude tells you what you need to know at this point. I hope he will follow up with other books and writings soon. Fear Mongering Book This is one of the few books I had to force myself to listen to after the first chapter. It feels like a Luddite talking about how the Internet and everything related to it, from the iPhone to Facebook to Second Life to emails etc. What I take from this book is the author looking down at Internet users, talking about virtual personalities attacking and taking over our real life personalities.

Strategies for Ethereum Trading Success Audiobook by FinTech Publishing

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (FinTech Publishing) — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 18:17:49 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Strategies for Ethereum Trading Success Author: FinTech Publishing Narrator: Michael Hatak Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 12 mins Language: English Release date: 10-19-17 Publisher: FinTech Publishing Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 5 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Strategies for Ethereum Trading Success Many people are becoming interested in digital currencies. They like the idea of being able to make purchases, send money, and even develop some new technology all online. Ethereum is one of the biggest digital currencies out there right now, right behind Bitcoin, and it is thought to grow more in the future. This guide is going to talk about Ethereum and some of the ways that you can trade this digital currency and make money. Some of the topics that we will discuss about Ethereum include: When you are ready to join the world of digital currency and you want to join the Ethereum market, make sure to check out this guide and see what you should know to get started. Members Reviews: useful book The strategies and tips are very helpful as well. I will surely keep this book as my reference in the future. Thanks for writing this book. Works best It teaches you the steps on how to get started and teach you some steps to avoid mistakes when you intend to start. listen to it I like the ideas and tips shared with this book as well. Overall, this book has a great overview about Ethereum and I will highly recommend it to someone who wants to know more about it. Super guide This is a kind of software basic payment system, where you make transactions in digital form. Listening to this book, you will know some benefits of this area and its disadvantage. BEST AUDIO BOOK.... It is the best book explains about Strategies for Ethereum Trading Success. Thanks to the author.

Zero Day Audiobook by Robert O'Harrow Jr., The Washington Post

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Robert O'Harrow Jr.) — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 02:18:53 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Zero Day Subtitle: The Threat in Cyberspace Author: Robert O'Harrow Jr., The Washington Post Narrator: Tom Pile Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 34 mins Language: English Release date: 01-13-15 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 56 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Will the world's next war be fought in cyberspace? "It's going to happen," said former National Defense University Professor Dan Kuehl. So much of the world's activity takes place on the Internet now - including commerce, banking, and communications - that the Pentagon has declared war in cyberspace an inevitability. For more than a year, Washington Post reporter Robert O'Harrow has explored the threats proliferating in our digital universe. This audiobook is a compilation of that reporting. With chapters built around real people, including hackers, security researchers, and corporate executives, this book will help regular people, lawmakers, and businesses better understand the mind-bending challenge of keeping the Internet safe from hackers and security breaches - and all-out war. Members Reviews: Nothing new here.... For some reason the same information was several times. Compared to similar books on the same subject matter, this attempt sorely lacked. Recently read the phenomenal 'Future Crimes' twice -a 20 hour book - and it blew this out of the water. No real answers or solutions, just felt like it was reading headlines, by and large. Not really 'crap' as much as ho-hum. Great book! Worth the download. Short yet full of very intriguing information for the IT novice and experts alike.

The Avatar Project Audiobook by Andrea Diem-Lane

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Andrea Diem-Lane) — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 00:14:34 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Avatar Project Subtitle: Virtual Reality, A.I., and the Future of Education Author: Andrea Diem-Lane Narrator: Bill Burrows Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 06-28-16 Publisher: MSAC Philosophy Group Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: This book is a collection of distinct essays that explore the future of education, the role of computers, and the nature of consciousness, with particular attention paid to the role artificial intelligence will play in our school and other learning outlets. We are witnessing an informational tsunami the likes of which is completely unprecedented in human history. The digital revolution is such that almost every aspect of our lives is being upended. Who could have imagined just two decades ago that the vast majority of us would check our smart phones on average 150 times a day or more? Or, that young people worldwide would consciously choose to spend eight hours a day in front of a computer monitor playing never ending games of Minecraft? The great disruptor of the 21st century is our attention span, and the Internet and computational technologies have opened up a Pandora's box of endless distractions. We are not merely entertaining ourselves to death (to echo Neil Postman's prophetic words), we are becoming entertainment ourselves as we moment-to-moment reveal our innermost selves on Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and new emerging forms of social media. What all this will eventually portend nobody precisely knows, except that Ray Kurzweil's outlandish idea of a Singularity in 2045 doesn't look so outlandish anymore. We are on the edge of a digital precipice, and where we will fall appears to have no bottom.

The Revolution Will Be Digitised Audiobook by Heather Brooke

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Heather Brooke) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:33:34 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Revolution Will Be Digitised Author: Heather Brooke Narrator: Heather Brooke Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins Language: English Release date: 02-21-12 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 10 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: There is more information in the world than ever before, but who is in control? At the centre is the Establishment: governments, corporations and powerful individuals who have more knowledge about us, and more power, than at any other time in history. Circling them is a new generation of hackers, pro-democracy campaigners and internet activists who no longer accept that the Establishment should run the show. In her gripping, revelatory new book, award-winning journalist and campaigner Heather Brooke takes us inside the Information War, from the hackerspaces of Boston and Berlin to the UK's journalism hub and Iceland's free speech revolution; from the headquarters of Google and Facebook to the murky world of Julian Assange and Wikileaks. Along the way Brooke explores the most urgent questions of the digital age: where is the balance between freedom and security? In an online world, does privacy still exist? And will the internet empower individuals, or usher in a new age of censorship, surveillance and oppression? Members Reviews: Heather Brooke wrote a tour de force Full disclosure: Heather Brooke is a hero of mine. I even bought her roses... twice. That said, I read "The Revolution Will Be Digitised" and was enthralled with how Heather Brooke exposed more than just WikiLeaks and Julian Assange's immoral conduct, but also the information mining that's going on. From the Obama Campaign working with data brokers to the surveillance state growing around us in the name of "national security". Heather Brooke also writes a lot about the information war or how, "Citizens around the world have long declared a desire to be trusted with the formation of their own opinions, and that can only come when they have access to the facts. This is the essence of the information war. Do we trust citizens to communicate freely and come to their own conclusions, or do we believe those in authority have a right to restrict and manipulate what we know?" Certainly a thought-provoking tome. Didn't Finish The subject matter of this book is certainly interesting. However, it has been let down by the author's choice of writing style. While it is not my preference, I don't mind the occasional non-fiction book written in story format. My problem with this book is that the format is inconsistent, switching between narrative and story and back again without warning. I was too annoyed to finish the book. Perhaps somebody else will like it better.

The Secret Life Audiobook by Andrew O'Hagan

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Andrew O'Hagan) — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 15:22:41 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Secret Life Subtitle: Three True Stories of the Digital Age Author: Andrew O'Hagan Narrator: Liam Gerrard Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins Language: English Release date: 10-10-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: The slippery online ecosystem is the perfect breeding ground for identities: true, false, and in between. The Internet shorthand IRL - "in real life" - now seems naïve. We no longer question the reality of online experiences but the reality of selfhood in the digital age. In The Secret Life, the essayist and novelist Andrew O'Hagan issues three bulletins from the porous border between cyberspace and IRL. "Ghosting" introduces us to the beguiling and divisive Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, whose autobiography the author agrees to ghostwrite with unforeseen - and unforgettable - consequences. "The Invention of Ronnie Pinn" finds the author using the actual identity of a deceased young man to construct an entirely new one in cyberspace, leading him on a journey deep into the Web's darkest realms. And "The Satoshi Affair" chronicles the strange case of Craig Wright, the Australian Web developer who may or may not be the mysterious inventor of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto - and who may or may not be willing, or even able, to reveal the truth. Members Reviews: Fascinating A fascinating account of the chaotic attempt by Julian Assange to write his autobiography. We are in the period before Julian took refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy but nevertheless was forced to wear an electronic tag and sign in each day at the local police station while he fought extradition to Sweden on rape allegations. His ghost writer, Andrew O'Hagan, put together a 70,000 word draft compiled from his visits and interviews with the WikiLeaks entrepreneur despite Julian's constant procrastination over many months and finally refusals to let it go, so that the publishers demanded the return of the $2.5 million advance. In that absence, Canongate Books put the book out as an unauthorised biography. This version, the story of how the book was written, gives us those torturous months that O'Hagan struggled to get it written and ends with visits to the Ecuadorian embassy - a nation not famous for its respect for freedom of speech - where Assange was holed up and isolated, most his 'friends' and fans having abandoned him. And no wonder. The supposed champion of free speech about everyone else except himself, Assange comes across as an unreliable and narcissistic man who has no social graces, eats like a pig and repeatedly turns against those trying to help him. This is not a biography but still its pages reveal the founder of WikiLeaks unfettered and paranoid. The rest of this book about two other secret lives are equally fascinating and I recommend it. Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa

Public Parts Audiobook by Jeff Jarvis

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Jeff Jarvis) — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:14:16 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Public Parts Subtitle: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live Author: Jeff Jarvis Narrator: Jeff Jarvis Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 09-27-11 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 426 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: A visionary and optimistic thinker examines the tension between privacy and publicness that is transforming how we form communities, create identities, do business, and live our lives. Thanks to the Internet, we now livemore and morein public. More than 750 million people (and half of all Americans) use Facebook, where we share a billion times a day. The collective voice of Twitter echoes instantly 100 million times daily, from Tahrir Square to the Mall of America, on subjects that range from democratic reform to unfolding natural disasters to celebrity gossip. New tools let us share our photos, videos, purchases, knowledge, friendships, locations, and lives. Yet change brings fear, and many peoplenostalgic for a more homogeneous mass culture and provoked by well-meaning advocates for privacydespair that the Internet and how we share there is making us dumber, crasser, distracted, and vulnerable to threats of all kinds. But not Jeff Jarvis. In this shibboleth-destroying book, he argues persuasively and personally that the Internet and our new sense of publicness are, in fact, doing the opposite. Jarvis travels back in time to show the amazing parallels of fear and resistance that met the advent of other innovations such as the camera and the printing press. The Internet, he argues, will change business, society, and life as profoundly as Gutenbergs invention, shifting power from old institutions to us all. Based on extensive interviews, Public Parts introduces us to the men and women building a new industry based on sharing. Some of them have become household name: Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg, Googles Eric Schmidt, and Twitters Evan Williams. Others may soon be recognized as the industrialists, philosophers, and designers of our future. Jarvis explores the promising ways in which the Internet and publicness allow us to collaborate on how we manufacture and market, buy and sell, organize and govern, teach and learn. He also examines the necessity as well as the limits of privacy in an effort to understand and thus protect it. This new and open era has already profoundly disrupted economies, industries, laws, ethics, childhood, and many other facets of our daily lives. But the change has just begun. The shape of the future is not assured. The amazing new tools of publicness can be used to good ends and bad. The choicesand the responsibilitieslie with us. Jarvis makes an urgent case that the future of the Internetwhat one technologist calls the eighth continentrequires as much protection as the physical space we share, the air we breathe, and the rights we afford one another. It is a space of the public, for the public, and by the public. It needs protection and respect from all of us. As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in the wake of the uprisings in the Middle East, If people around the world are going to come together every day online and have a safe and productive experience, we need a shared vision to guide us. Jeff Jarvis has that vision and will be that guide. Members Reviews: An important read The piece by Jeff Jarvis is an necessary document about the world that being created right now online. The fact that i can write this review and that it will potentially have pull in how this work is viewed is a testament to the topics and arguments in this book. Audible isn't trying to tell you what to read.

The Secrets of the Little Blue Box Audiobook by Ron Rosenbaum

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Ron Rosenbaum) — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:37:10 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Secrets of the Little Blue Box Subtitle: Esquire, October 1971 Author: Ron Rosenbaum Narrator: LJ Ganser Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 58 mins Language: English Release date: 06-27-17 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: There is an underground telephone network in this country. Al Gilbertson, creator of the "blue box", discovered it the very day news of his own arrest hit the papers. That evening his phone began ringing. Phone phreaks from Seattle, from Florida, from New York, from San Jose, and from Los Angeles began calling him and telling him about the phone-phreak network. He'd get a call from a phone phreak who'd say nothing but, "Hang up and call this number". Often cited as one of the greatest magazine stories ever written, Ron Rosenbaum's singular, Pynchon-esque "The Secrets of the Little Blue Box", about an underground group of hackers who built devices that could crack the telephone companies' networks, has staked its claim in the annals of history as the story that inspired the partnership of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak and helped create hacker culture. Features an afterword by the author. "The Secrets of the Little Blue Box" was originally published in Esquire, October 1971. Members Reviews: Well-read, but simple concept I liked the story overall, but ultimately I think I expected there to be some action or for something to actually happen. The story came across in the tone of a biography or short documentary, without really a payoff that could relate it to the reader in the modern day, or any real tension, or any particularly salient part of message. The narration, I thought, was great, and Id gladly seek out other works read by the same narrator. It was a nice listen for otherwise silent car journeys, but I probably wouldnt listen to it again.

Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath by Ted Koppel Audiobook

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Instaread) — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 22:27:60 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath by Ted Koppel Subtitle: Key Takeaways, Analysis & Review Author: Instaread Narrator: Michael Gilboe Format: Unabridged Length: 30 mins Language: English Release date: 12-09-15 Publisher: Instaread Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 12 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Lights Out by Ted Koppel is a journalistic report on the potential consequences of a cyberattack on the United States. Koppel emphasizes the likelihood that a cyberattack against US power grids will cause widespread, long-lasting, catastrophic power outages. Please Note: This is key takeaways and analysis of the book and not the original book! Members Reviews: Caught the Essence But Left Out Some Critical Details Having both read the book itself and listened to it on Audible, I wanted to see if this abbreviated version might substitute for buying a considerable number of the full books to be able to distribute them to some key decision makers at state level. While this version was passable in catching the essence of the original, it did leave out some fairly important details and lost the flavor of being a well-told story by Ted Koppel. Perhaps the most important detail that was omitted was the failure to recognize Dr. George R. Cotter who played not only a prominent role in the book as one of the experts cited by Koppel but the essence of what he actually said. After all, one might assume that the former Chief Scientist for the National Security Agency might carry some weight in spelling out to politicians, high ranking government officials and the press that cyber conflict is not merely science fiction as some of them still seem to suppose. ~~ A review on the vulnerability of the US power grid ~~ Are you ready if a power station near you goes out? The original book by Ted Koppel is a journalistic report on what could happen if the power grids are attacked. Who is Ted Koppel AKA Edward James Martin Koppel? Ted was the anchor on Nightline from 1980-2005. There are 9 Key Takeways in this Instaread summary. Here are a couple to whet your appetite: >>>#1 - "US power grids are vulnerable to attacks. These range from physical attacks to cyberattacks that target systems control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems and internet-connected controls used to operate devices remotely, as well as attacks by electromagnetic pulse (EMP). >>>#7 - "Plans for disaster response in the event of large, persistent power outages are generally incomplete, impractical, and unknown to residents. In most areas, especially metropolitan regions, residents do not often have enough supplies stockpiles to survive a lengthy large-scale outage." What does CRISP stand for? Key Takeaway #9 talks about the plans the Mormons have in place but does not go into detail. Instaread informs the reader that the author, instead of telling how the attacks would occur, focuses more on the motives of the attackers and the impact of blackouts on communities. Several chapters in the original focus on the strategies of "preppers" and preparation plans of the Mormons. This Instaread summary is great for what it is, a summary BUT if you want to read/learn some of the 'How To's' and be more informed you are going to want to read the 288 page original. You can only fit so much into a 26 page summary. Important to note that my review is based on the quality of this Instaread review and not the original book. Summary provided in exchange for an honest review. Thanks, Liz Not The Only Problem I have a PhD in electrical engineering and worked in the electric utility industry for 20 years.

The Internet Police Audiobook by Nate Anderson

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Nate Anderson) — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 15:01:44 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Internet Police Subtitle: How Crime Went Online and the Cops Followed Author: Nate Anderson Narrator: James Patrick Cronin Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins Language: English Release date: 11-05-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 30 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Chaos and order clash in this riveting exploration of crime and punishment on the Internet. Once considered a borderless and chaotic virtual landscape, the Internet is now home to the forces of international law and order. It's not just computer hackers and cyber crooks who lurk in the dark corners of the Web - the cops are there, too. In The Internet Police, Ars Technica editor Nate Anderson takes readers on a behind-the-screens tour of landmark cybercrime cases, revealing how criminals continue to find digital and legal loopholes even as police hurry to cinch them closed. From the Cleveland man whose "natural male enhancement" pill inadvertently protected the privacy of your e-mail to the Russian spam king who ended up in a Milwaukee jail to the Australian arrest that ultimately led to the breakup of the largest child pornography ring in the United States, Anderson draws on interviews, court documents, and law-enforcement reports to reconstruct accounts of how online policing actually works. Questions of online crime are as complex and interconnected as the Internet itself. With each episode in The Internet Police, Anderson shows the dark side of online spaces - but also how dystopian a fully "ordered" alternative would be. Members Reviews: Awesome! I felt like my head was going to burst! Some of the technical aspects I had trouble following, but thankfully clarification was as easy as the 30 second rewind button. It was really an enlightening book. The narration was pleasant, lively, and engaging. I'll be listening to this again for sure!

Drones Audiobook by Brenda Foster

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Brenda Foster) — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 20:35:60 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Drones Subtitle: Unmanned Vehicles, UFOs and Government Use Author: Brenda Foster Narrator: JP Worlton Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins Language: English Release date: 12-26-16 Publisher: Brenda Foster Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Drones and personal unmanned aircraft - newly updated second edition! The truth about drones! Don't be in the dark any longer! Are you being spied on? Is your privacy at risk? Are you safe? Find out now! Download your copy today! Are drones flying near your home? Is your privacy at risk? Is your safety a concern? Are you being spied on? Is it legal? Just exactly how are drones being used? Get an unbiased glimpse into the world of drones. Learn... Members Reviews: Be aware off drones Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why? It will give you a great introduction to the current state and possibilities of opening up the skies to drones. This book will give you enough of an understanding to ask the right questions so that you can dig deeper. It's not going to answer all of your questions but it's a great start. Glad I got this audio book Where does Drones rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far? On top of the excellent content Brenda also provides a small army of references with which one can learn even more about the up and coming world of drones. I highly recommend hearing this book!

Forensic Science Audiobook by Jim Fraser

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Jim Fraser) — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:55:26 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Forensic Science Subtitle: A Very Short Introduction Author: Jim Fraser Narrator: Christopher Hurt Format: Unabridged Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins Language: English Release date: 01-24-11 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 12 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Due to its connections to violent crime and ingenious detective work, forensic science is a subject of endless fascination to the general public. A criminal case can often hinge on a piece of evidence such as a hair, a blood trace, a bit of saliva on a cigarette butt, or the telltale mark of a tire tread. High profile cases have stoked this interest in recent years and some of the most popular shows on television - such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and its raft of spin-offs - attest to the enduring popularity of forensic science as a form of grisly entertainment. This Very Short Introduction looks at the nature of forensic science, examining what forensic science is, how it is used in the investigation of crime, how crime scenes are managed, how forensic scientists work, the different techniques used to recover evidence, and the range of methods available for analysis. It also considers how forensic science serves the criminal justice system and the challenges of communicating complex scientific evidence in a court of law. Members Reviews: Why the high reviews? One of the first things you heard when beginning this book is a promise that a PDF of the figures, diagrams, and illustrations that are CONSTANTLY referred to is available for download where the book was purchased. If you can't see what image the writer is talking about, how can you learn from this book? More importantly than that, how can you rate it with more than one star? Don't download this book until the PDF is made available. Where is the PDF? I too would like to know where the PDF mentioned in the audible introduction is? Not really suited for the audio book format What disappointed you about Forensic Science? In its printed form this is obviously a book full of pointed lists and tables. And that is not suitable for the audio book format. Has Forensic Science put you off other books in this genre? No What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment? Disappointment. disapointing a lot involves the dull replication of listings of statistics and tables that pads out the lack of in depth coverage or pratical cases. The book starts out with bold philosophical beginnings that are disapointingly not met with practical examples or any real substance.

AI Civil Rights Audiobook by Jason P Doherty

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Jason P Doherty) — Fri, 30 Dec 2016 06:38:00 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: AI Civil Rights Subtitle: Addressing Civil Rights for Artificial Intelligence Author: Jason P Doherty Narrator: Harry Benjamin Format: Unabridged Length: 44 mins Language: English Release date: 12-30-16 Publisher: Jason P Doherty Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 3 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: "The key issue as to whether or not a non-biological entity deserves rights really comes down to whether or not it's conscious. Does it have feelings?"- Ray Kurzweil "Whether we are based on carbon or on silicon makes no fundamental difference; we should each be treated with appropriate respect." - Arthur C. Clarke, 2010: Odyssey Two "The folks at Singularity Hub pose the following question - if/when an artificial intelligence is created that matches the intellect of a human, should such intelligences be granted full civil rights?" - Alex Knapp, Forbes This book really needed to be written. The Bill of Rights, applied to artificial intelligence. Food for thought. Members Reviews: A silly book. Just a heap of meaningless words. The author does not understand what Artificial Intelligence is.

The Filter Bubble Audiobook by Eli Pariser

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Eli Pariser) — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:21:01 GMT

Epic Win for Anonymous Audiobook by Cole Stryker

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Cole Stryker) — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 06:57:26 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Epic Win for Anonymous Subtitle: How 4chan's Army Conquered the Web Author: Cole Stryker Narrator: Christopher Kipiniak Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins Language: English Release date: 11-04-11 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 40 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: 4chan is the "Anti-Facebook", a site that radically encourages anonymity. It spawned the hacktivist group Anonymous, which famously defended WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange by bringing down MasterCard's and Visa's websites. Created by a 15-year-old wunderkind in 2003, it is the creative force behind "the Web's most infectious memes and catchphrases" (Wired). Today it has over 12 million monthly users, with enormous social influence to match. Epic Win is the first book to tell 4chan's story. Longtime blogger and 4chan expert Cole Stryker writes with a voice that is engrossingly informative and approachable. Whether examining the 4chan-provoked Jessi Slaughter saga and how cyber-bullying is part of our new reality, or explaining how Sarah Palin's email account was leaked, Epic Win for Anonymous proves 4chan's transformative cultural impact, and how it has influenced - and will continue to influence - society at large. Critic Reviews: "A primer on why the Internet works the way it does today, thanks in large part to 4chan. That includes, but isn't limited to, the emergence of Anonymous." (Salon.com) Members Reviews: Damn you Would you listen to Epic Win for Anonymous again? Why? For sure. This book is full of historical look at the "scum" of the internet. It's an entertaining look at what makes the internet go round What was one of the most memorable moments of Epic Win for Anonymous? the beginning? Which character as performed by Christopher Kipiniak was your favorite? n/a If you could give Epic Win for Anonymous a new subtitle, what would it be? a historical look at the scum of the internet Any additional comments? I loved this book, and am now considered a "newfag" (quote from the book) Epic Look at 4Chan If you could sum up Epic Win for Anonymous in three words, what would they be? Good overview of 4Chan What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting? The most interesting aspect of the book was the history of the development of 4chan, from its roots to as close to present as can be expected. While the word 'Anonymous' is in the title, it could be thought of more the primary feature of 4chan which was the use of anonymous posters. This gave people the freedom to express themselves without risk of embarrassment or potential imprisonment, it has also led to the explosion of trolls. Least interesting, had to be the history of memes. While mentioning various memes were good, let's face it, if it isn't cute pictures of lolcats, just not riveting. What does Christopher Kipiniak bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book? He reads in the voice you would expect a long time denizen of 4Chan. He has that hipster ironic voice which might be grating but adds to the interest of the book. Any additional comments? Cole Stryker gives us a look of 4chan. As a person who may go there about once a year, and usually to find out what the latest fuss is all about, I'm not overly familiar with the content or background to 4chan. It's the birthplace of the group and I know that's not the proper word to describe them, Anonymous, it certainly has been at the forefront of the wild west nature of the Internet.

Watchlist Audiobook

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Charles Yu) — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 11:08:59 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Watchlist Subtitle: 32 Short Stories by Persons of Interest Author: Charles Yu, Cory Doctorow, Etgar Keret, Robert Coover, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Juan Pablo Villalobos, Aimee Bender, Bryan Hurt - editor Narrator: Tom Parks Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 51 mins Language: English Release date: 07-14-15 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 3 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Threats known and unknown. Etgar Keret. Robert Coover. Aimee Bender. Jim Shepard. Alissa Nutting. Charles Yu. Cory Doctorow. Randa Jarrar. Katherine Karlin. Miracle Jones. Mark Irwin. T. Coraghessan Boyle. Dale Peck. Bonnie Nadzam. Lucy Corin. Chika Unigwe. Footsteps in the night. Paul Di Filippo. Lincoln Michel. Dana Johnson. Mark Chiusano. Juan Pablo Villalobos. Chanelle Benz. Sean Bernard. Kelly Luce. Zhang Ran. Miles Klee. Carmen Maria Machado. David Abrams. Steven Hayward. Deji Bryce Olukotun. Alexis Landau. Bryan Hurt. We are being watched. That this statement no longer shocks is itself shocking. Post-Snowden, we know that the government - everywhere - has been reading our emails, listening to our phone calls, and watching whatever we do on the Internet. The only thing concealed is the nature of our watchers. In Watchlist, some of today's most prominent and promising fiction writers from around the globe respond to, reflect on, and mine for inspiration the surveillance culture in which we live. From drone strikes to birds mistaken for spies, paintings that change when they're not looked at to machines that let their dying users look back and reconsider the most important decisions of their lives, these stories take a broad and imaginative look at the state of surveillance in our global and interconnected world. How does constant surveillance affect us? Does it change how we behave as we seek approval or avoid judgment from an often faceless audience? Do we know who's watching? What does it mean to be watched? By turns political, apolitical, cautionary, and surreal, these stories reflect on what it's like to live in the surveillance state. Edited by Bryan Hurt. Members Reviews: A lot of good stories Most of the stories held my interest. I'm glad I found this anthology. Why does Amazon require 20 words or more of reviewers? Got a bad copy but it's such a good read!!! It is such a good read! Totally captivating...I am just sad cause I ordered a new copy and my cover came all bent out of shape. I usually wouldn't be worried about it but I was giving it as a gift :( Five Stars Really enjoyed this collection of short stories! He got a lot of good stuff, and in doing so he put together ... Watchlist: 32 Stories by Persons of Interest is a collection of short stories based on the theme of surveillance. Bryan Hurt compiled the stories, and he put together quite the collection. When putting it together he didnât give much guidance to the contributors. He wanted to see the range of what he would get. He got a lot of good stuff, and in doing so he put together a collection of stories that will help you understand the hyperobject of the surveillance state like nothing else will. In other words, there are some intellectual endeavors that can only be accomplished by reading very good fiction. Once youâve decided you want to embark on one of these endeavors where only fiction will do the trick, the next step is to decide which medium will deliver the most bang for the buck. More often than not readers and writers of fiction settle on novels as the best medium.

Digital Vertigo Audiobook by Andrew Keen

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Andrew Keen) — Thu, 17 May 2012 05:25:03 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Digital Vertigo Subtitle: How Today's Online Social Revolution Is Dividing, Diminishing, and Disorienting Us Author: Andrew Keen Narrator: Andrew Keen Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins Language: English Release date: 05-17-12 Publisher: LevelFiveMedia, LLC Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 22 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: In Digital Vertigo, Andrew Keen illuminates today's social media revolution as the most wrenching cultural transformation since the Industrial Revolution. Fusing a fast-paced historical narrative with front-line stories from today's online networking revolution, and critiques of "social" companies like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, Keen argues that this social media transformation is weakening, disorienting, and dividing us rather than establishing the dawn of a new egalitarian and communal age. Using Alfred Hitchcock's iconic film Vertigo as a metaphor for the fabric of lies we are being sold, Keen demonstrates the chilling triumph of the digital inspection house in our daily lives. The tragic paradox of life in the social media age, Keen says, is the incompatibility between our internet longings for community and friendship and our equally powerful desire for online individual freedom. By exposing the shallow core of social networks and our increasing captivity to Big Data, Andrew Keen shows us that the more electronically connected we become, the lonelier and less powerful we become too. Digital Vertigo offers a compelling answer to the pervasive digital utilitarianism of our age. Critic Reviews: "Andrew Keen has found the off switch for Silicon Valley's reality distortion field. With a cold eye and a cutting wit, he reveals the grandiose claims of our new digital plutocrats to be little more than self-serving cant. Digital Vertigo provides a timely and welcome reminder that having substance is more important than being transparent." (Nicholas Carr, author of The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains) Members Reviews: After this you will stop posting on social media I am working with social media - and this book has changed my mind about a lot of things. Andrew Keen has a compelling argument why social media is changing society and humanity - and how the extreme transparency is contradictory to what we really need. Privacy is the right to be left alone, we just forgot it along the way. After Digital Vertigo I am starting to enjoy my privacy. Great narration by the author Not the most coherent Overall the book was good but it seemed to ramble some in the later chapters and I struggled to keep up with what the author was trying to get across. Great points, but Keen likes hearing himself talk I have particularly enjoyed Andrew Keen's past writings but was extremely let down by this latest rendition. I often recommend Keen's Cult of the Amateur to people who want to understand the fall of traditional media. However, this last writing seems to be a bit of an ego booster for Keen. Keen simply likes to hear his own voice. His harsh voice detracted from me being able to enjoy the book. I feel as though every third word out of his mouth was "ubiquitous" and he harped on one single theme throughout the book. Despite having good insight into social media, I feel the audiobook could have been completed in an efficient two hours, as opposed to the eight that this book was. I will not be coming back for another Andrew Keen book unless someone else is narrating.

Infinite Progress Audiobook by Byron Reese

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Byron Reese) — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:05:10 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Infinite Progress Subtitle: How the Internet and Technology Will End Ignorance, Disease, Poverty, Hunger, and War Author: Byron Reese Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins Language: English Release date: 03-12-13 Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 50 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: For years weve been inundated with bleak forecasts about the future. But in this electrifying new book, author Byron Reese debunks the pessimistic outlook as dangerous, and shows instead how technology will soon create a dramatically better world for every person on earth, beyond anything we have dared to imagine. With the art of a storyteller, Reese synthesizes history, technology, and sociology into an exciting, fast-moving narrative that shows how technological change has had dramatic effects on humanity in the past. He then looks forward at the technological changes we know are coming - from genetics, nanotechnology, robotics, and many other fields - and explores how they will vastly increase wealth, prolong our lifespans, redefine human rights, and alter the social fabric of the world. Reese explains how the Internet, human ingenuity, and technological innovation will help us forever end the five historic plagues of human existence: ignorance, disease, poverty, hunger, and war. With a rational and researched optimism, Reese sees the future not as a world in a downward spiral, but as destined for progress beyond our imaginations. As Reese looks forward, he notes that we are gaining speed, not winding down. We are blooming, not withering, as we leverage the greatest natural resource on the planet: the human mind. The future of Earths inhabitants has never been brighter. If you want to get excited about the future, then this is the book for you. Members Reviews: Sugar Shock Optimism I hope hes accurate Byron Reese is a historian. In his latest work, Infinite Progress he sets a high bar for Internet and Technology. He spells out his optimism in his title How the Internet and Technology will end ignorance, disease, poverty, hunger and war. Yikes! As a fellow Internet aficionado and technology practitioner, I just had to see what this was all about. In the first chapter I worked my way up the ladder of optimism shock a kind of sugar shock, just without ingesting a ton of jelly beans. The basis for Reese giving you his predictions are built on five principles: 1) futurists often get it wrong; 2) history can help us get it right; 3) internet technology + human ingenuity = infinite promise; 4) accelerating progress is inevitable; and, 5) the new renaissance has begun. Pretty heady stuff! Of these five principles there really is only one real premise three assertions and one dollop of hope. I really dont think Reese made his argument in the end. But.... I have read other books in this genre, for example the "Next 100 Years" by George Friedman and this work has a place along side. I would have to say that spending 10 hours dwelling on things might go right instead of 10 hours of the things that have gone wrong was a refreshing change. Even if you dont buy what Reese is selling, I give him credit for putting his message out there. If you have the time and want to hear some good, non-political, speculation give it a read. not a master work, but good read Have you listened to any of Grover Gardners other performances before? How does this one compare? I have, which in my opinion is the best, and that's one reason why I've tried this book Any additional comments? No Peter Diamond or Steven Pinker, but all right. The world needs more optimists, but the author is almost dreaming, in my opinion.

I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did Audiobook by Lori Andrews

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Lori Andrews) — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:47:47 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did Subtitle: Social Networks and the Death of Privacy Author: Lori Andrews Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins Language: English Release date: 03-27-12 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 28 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Social networks are the defining cultural movement of our time, empowering us in constantly evolving ways. We can all now be reporters, alerting the world to breaking news; participate in crowd-sourced scientific research; and become investigators, helping the police solve crimes. Social networks have even helped to bring down governments. But they have also greatly accelerated the erosion of our personal privacy rights - and anyone could become a victim. If Facebook were a country, it would be the third largest nation in the world. While that nation appears to be a comforting small town in which we socialize with our selective group of friends, it and the rest of the Web are actually lawless frontiers of hidden and unpredictable dangers. The same power of information that can topple governments can destroy a persons career or marriage. As leading expert on social networks and privacy Lori Andrews shows through groundbreaking research and a host of stunning stories of abuses, as we work and chat and shop and date over the Web, we are opening ourselves up to increasingly intrusive and anonymous surveillance by employers, schools, lawyers, the police, and aggressive data aggregator services. Some mobile Web devices are even being programmed to listen in on us and feed data services a steady stream of information about what we are doing. Even the best services cant remove our personal data from the Web for long. As Andrews shows, the legal system cannot be counted on to protect us. In the thousands of cases brought to trial by those whose rights have been violated, judges have most often ruled against them. That is why, in addition to revealing the dangers and providing the best expert advice about protecting ourselves, Andrews proposes that we all become supporters of a constitution for the Web, which she has drafted and introduces in this book. Now is the time to join her and take action - the very future of privacy is at stake. Lori Andrews is a law professor and the director of the Institute for Science, Law, and Technology at Illinois Institute of Technology. She has served as a regular advisor to the US government on ethical issues regarding new technologies and was the chair of the federal committee on ethical and legal issues concerning the Human Genome Project. Critic Reviews: Informative. (New York Times) Authoritative, important reading for policymakers and an unnerving reminder that anything you post can and will be used against you. (Kirkus Reviews) Andrews, legal scholar and expert on social media, examines the concept of social network as a nation in need of a constitution that protects the rights of its citizens.A fascinating look at social media and a valuable resource for Internet users to protect personal data. (Booklist) Members Reviews: Newsworthy This is a must read if you have any interest in privacy. The gist of the author's work is that you have almost none on the internet. If you think that deleting information fixes your concerns, you are wrong! Do you use a popular free email service? Guess what, you might as well be standing on the street corner with a megaphone. This book frightened me and angered me. I was frightened by the unregulated "Wild West" business practices by internet prowlers and angered by my own ignorance up to this point.

Always On Audiobook by Brian Chen

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Brian Chen) — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 08:33:30 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Always On Subtitle: How the iPhone Unlocked the Anything-Anytime-Anywhere Future - and Locked Us In Author: Brian Chen Narrator: Brian Chen Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins Language: English Release date: 06-07-11 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 83 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Even Steve Jobs didn't know what he had on his hands when he announced the original iPhone as a combination of a mere "three revolutionary products": an iPod, a cell phone, and a keyboard-less handheld computer. Once Apple introduced the App Store and opened it up to outside developers, however, the iPhone became capable of serving a rapidly growing number of functions - now more than 350,000 and counting. But the iPhone has implications far beyond the phone or gadget market. In fact, it's opening the way to what Brian X. Chen calls the "always-on" future, where we are all constantly connected to a global Internet via flexible, incredibly capable gadgets that allow us to do anything, anytime, from anywhere. This has far-reaching implications - both positive and negative - throughout all areas of our lives, opening the door for incredible personal and societal advances while potentially sacrificing both privacy and creative freedom in the process. Always On is the first book to look at the surprising and expansive significance of Apple's incredibly powerful vertical business model, and the future it portends. Critic Reviews: "A swift, engaging analysis of how the iPhone is changing the way technology is integrating contemporary society." (Kirkus Reviews) Members Reviews: "Always On" Is Surprisingly Good Always On is one of those books that I flirted with buying (downloading?) for a few months. Up until last week I could never convince myself to pull the trigger (add to the cart?). The book seemed to have a few things going against it: -Do we really need a whole book about the iPhone? -Doesn't Apple get enough ink? -Should we really be spending our valuable reading time obsessing about a smart phone? -Isn't this book already out-of-date (after 9 months), with the coming of the iPhone 4 and the introduction of Siri? -And doesn't Apple get enough ink? (So important I had to list it twice). Turns out, I should not have waited to read Always On - and neither should you. Give yourself 5 hours and 42 minutes to read Always On (the length of the audiobook you will read it even faster if you use your eyeballs and not your ears), and you will learn some new things. Brian X. Chen is not an Apple fanboy or an unthinking iPhone evangelist. Rather, Chen (who now writes for the NYT Bits blog) is a thoughtful critic of the costs, as well as the benefits, of our always connected and hyper-networked society. Chen's thesis is that the combination of 3 technologies - the smart phone, ubiquitous bandwidth, and Web 2.0 social tools - have fundamentally changed how we structure our professional and personal lives. Mobile information abundance, combined with always available digital communication, equates to the need for new structures around our work, education, and social lives. What Chen is advocating is that we take seriously this shift from information/communication scarcity to information/communication abundance. He asks, what would higher education look like if designed around the capabilities the iPhone and mobile apps, and he wonders how the institutions that do not evolve will remain relevant.

The Four-Dimensional Human Audiobook by Laurence Scott

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Laurence Scott) — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 15:47:44 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Four-Dimensional Human Subtitle: Ways of Being in the Digital World Author: Laurence Scott Narrator: Matthew Brenher Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins Language: English Release date: 08-31-16 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: You are a four-dimensional human. Each of us exists in three-dimensional physical space. But as a constellation of everyday digital phenomena rewires our lives, we are increasingly coaxed from the containment of our predigital selves into a wonderful and eerie fourth dimension, a world of ceaseless communication, instant information, and global connection. Our portals to this new world have been wedged open, and the silhouette of a figure is slowly taking shape. But what does it feel like to be four-dimensional? How do digital technologies influence the rhythms of our thoughts, the style and tilt of our consciousness? What new sensitivities and sensibilities are emerging with our exposure to the delights, sorrows, and anxieties of a networked world? And how do we live in public with these recoded private lives? Laurence Scott - hailed as a "New Generation Thinker" by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the BBC - shows how this four-dimensional life is dramatically changing us by redefining our social lives and extending the limits of our presence in the world. Blending tech philosophy with insights on everything from Seinfeld to the fall of Gaddafi, Scott stands with a rising generation of social critics hoping to understand our new reality. His virtuosic debut is a revelatory and original exploration of life in the digital age. Members Reviews: You have a New Person to now Care For and Raise in Binary Numbers. A new life is emeging: The 4th Person, which is created and curated on social networks, in online video games, and boards like Reddit. Four Stars Great read. Insightful and Relevant!! Summary Of The Book: Thank You to the publisher and Net Galley for the opportunity to review this book. This is predominantly a philosophical and existential book of musings of our entry into and existence in the digital world. Lawrence discusses how things have changed due to digitisation and the dynamics of social media and how we have evolved to use it for better or worse (*cough* over-sharing...). Lawrence takes us on a journey through modern day digital workings, evaluating where the line now blurs between where our physical presence ends and online/digital begins. Lawrence answers questions like, how have phone calls changed? Do we catch up with friends any more, or do we just confirm what we already have learn't from social media profiles? Will the internet be able to unite race, gender and sexual orientation? Is this shared consciousness or hive mind we have created help or hinder us? Is originality going out the window? any many more. The Four-Dimensional Human talks us through how death and mourning has changed due to family being able to carry on the memory of their loved one through social media, and also people's pain and suffering being so available to everyone they know. LS explains that how we treat people has changed due to social media, how we may forget people quicker if they don't share, like our content or interact. Digitisation can affect your home life, work life and social life in so many different ways and LS takes us through those eventualities and shows us what can happen. There are some sad truths here, but with negativity comes positivity and there is plenty of positive thoughts and opinions that weave themselves through this thought inducing and life changing material.

The Digital Divide Audiobook by Mark Bauerlein

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Mark Bauerlein) — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:46:55 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Digital Divide Subtitle: Writings for and Against Facebook, YouTube, Texting, and the Age of Social Networking Author: Mark Bauerlein Narrator: Xe Sands, Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins Language: English Release date: 09-20-11 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 10 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Twitter, Facebook, e-publishing, blogs, distance-learning and other social media raise some of the most divisive cultural questions of our time. Some see the technological breakthroughs we live with as hopeful and democratic new steps in education, information gathering, and human progress. But others are deeply concerned by the eroding of civility online, declining reading habits, withering attention spans, and the treacherous effects of 24/7 peer pressure on our young. With The Dumbest Generation, Mark Bauerlein emerged as the foremost voice against the development of an overwhelming digital social culture. But The Digital Divide doesn't take sides. Framing the discussion so that leading voices from across the spectrum, supporters and detractors alike, have the opportunity to weigh in on the profound issues raised by the new media---from questions of reading skills and attention span, to cyber-bullying and the digital playground---Bauerlein's new book takes the debate to a higher ground. The book includes essays by Steven Johnson, Nicholas Carr, Don Tapscott, Douglas Rushkoff, Maggie Jackson, Clay Shirky, Todd Gitlin, and many more. Though these pieces have been previously published, the organization of The Digital Divide gives them freshness and new relevancy, making them part of a single document listeners can use to truly get a handle on online privacy, the perils of a plugged-in childhood, and other technology-related hot topics. Rather than dividing the book into "pro" and "con" sections, the essays are arranged by subject---"The Brain, the Senses," "Learning in and out of the Classroom," "Social and Personal Life," "The Millennials," "The Fate of Culture," and "The Human (and Political) Impact." Bauerlein incorporates a short headnote and a capsule bio about each contributor, as well as relevant contextual information about the source of the selection. Members Reviews: Very impressive! This was just what I was after: a book about the many changes that have occurred since the birth of the Internet and how technology is changing our culture! I appreciated the layout of this book: many different authors providing differing aspects and perspectives of the huge topic of the Internet, from the way our brains are being re-wired by always having a screen in front of us, to distraction, to mourning the loss of the beauty of solitude. All the chapters are written in a neutral way, so it's quite an interesting and factual read. I will listen to it again!! I thoroughly enjoyed the male narrator and only tolerated the female reader, but she only read a few chapters, so that was manageable. Her voice really just put me to sleep.

Forensic Science: Bolinda Beginner Guides Audiobook by Jay Siegel

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Jay Siegel) — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:02:59 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Forensic Science: Bolinda Beginner Guides Author: Jay Siegel Narrator: Rodney Gardiner Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins Language: English Release date: 03-30-12 Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Ratings: 1 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: The most remarkable weapon in the fight against crime, forensic science turns bullet trajectories, bodily fluids, and the very structure of our DNA into damning witnesses of our every act. Packed with examples from real-life cases, this Beginner Guide covers all major areas of forensic science, including drugs, trace evidence, and crime scene investigation. Pathology, anthropology, and the laws that govern this evidence all come under the scalpel as Jay Siegel tracks the journey of evidence from crime scene to courtroom, revealing the incredible complexities and surprising pitfalls of a field that is crucial to our struggle for justice. Editorial Reviews: Rodney Gardiners deep, rich baritone and inviting tone draws the listener in from the first lines of Jay Siegels broad survey on forensic science: a relatively nascent field whose sensationalistic aspects have been emphasized throughout film, TV, and literature for the past 20 years and whose utilization in the real-world justice system has proved to be vital yet highly contentious. While Siegel dissects real-life cases, he doesnt dwell on graphic details or embrace the lurid aspects of the crimes featured; his aim is to debunk myths and provide a cogent, enjoyable introduction into this complex and intriguing field. Members Reviews: very easy to follow As a BA student studying Forensic Science this is a great help. easy to follow.

Delete Audiobook by Viktor Mayer-Schonberger

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Viktor Mayer-Schonberger) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:60:08 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Delete Subtitle: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age Author: Viktor Mayer-Schonberger Narrator: Dennis Holland Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins Language: English Release date: 11-02-09 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 23 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: 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 humiliating content on Facebook is enshrined in cyberspace for future employers to see. Google remembers everything we've searched for and when. The digital realm remembers what is sometimes better forgotten, and this has profound implications for us all. In Delete, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger traces the important role that forgetting has played throughout human history, from the ability to make sound decisions unencumbered by the past to the possibility of second chances. The written word made it possible for humans to remember across generations and time, yet now digital technology and global networks are overriding our natural ability to forget--the past is ever present, ready to be called up at the click of a mouse. Mayer-Schönberger examines the technology that's facilitating the end of forgetting--digitization, cheap storage and easy retrieval, global access, and increasingly powerful software--and describes the dangers of everlasting digital memory, whether it's outdated information taken out of context or compromising photos the Web won't let us forget. He explains why information privacy rights and other fixes can't help us, and proposes an ingeniously simple solution--expiration dates on information--that may. Delete is an eye-opening book that will help us remember how to forget in the digital age. ©2009 Viktor Mayer-Schonberger; (P)2009 Audible, Inc. Members Reviews: PRIVACY A sometimes interesting exploration of privacy, or the lack thereof, in the digital age and possible solutions to the problems created and acknowledgment of some benefits received. Basically, my take away is that the future will either be intuitively convenient or "1984" redux. But we still have a lot of control over what we chose to share with the world and we should think carefully before we share.

Digital Barbarism Audiobook by Mark Helprin

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Mark Helprin) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:10:06 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Digital Barbarism Subtitle: A Writer's Manifesto Author: Mark Helprin Narrator: David Colacci Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins Language: English Release date: 04-15-09 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 25 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Mark Helprin anticipated that his 2007 New York Times op-ed piece about the extension of the term of copyright would be received quietly, if not altogether overlooked. Within a week, the article had accumulated 750,000 angry comments. He was shocked by the breathtaking sense of entitlement demonstrated by the commenters, and appalled by the breadth, speed, and illogic of their responses. Helprin realized how drastically different this generation is from those before it. The Creative Commons movement and the copyright abolitionists, like the rest of their generation, were educated with a modern bias toward collaboration, which has led them to denigrate individual efforts and in turn fueled their sense of entitlement to the fruits of other people's labors. More important, their selfish desire to "stick it" to the greedy corporate interests who control the production and distribution of intellectual property undermines not just the possibility of an independent literary culture but threatens the future of civilization itself. Members Reviews: An writer makes his own case This book is written with all of the brilliance in language and turn of phrase thak characterizes his fiction. Good thing, too, because as such it is an illustration of the improtance of supporting literary creativity. More than simply advancing his cause, he makes you think about where we are headed with the digital revolution. Now that I've read it, I'm going to get the book so I can slowly savor some of his brillaint insights. Listen to your Grandpa, you might learn something. Ranting, raving, and rambling I purchased this book because I'm interested in learning more about the copyright debate. Who better than an author to argue the pro side? Almost anyone, apparently. Though Helprin has some good points to make, they're hard to filter out from the stream of invective. In much of the book, he comes across as no better than the "mouth-breather" army of internet "ants" he decries. There are also significant chunks of the book that seem to have nothing to do with the topic, such as a long, rambling discussion of convergence, near the end. Helprin rarely uses one word when 10 will, with a few asides thrown in for good measure. All in all, very disappointing. Seek elsewhere for a reasoned discussion of the pro-copyright argument. Didn't like it I was really looking forward to reading this book and hearing good arguments about Anti-Piracy, but thats nto what this book was about. It was more about why copyrights were important. In doing so thought it did not give a good impression on why Piracy was a real issue. The book spent a lot of time going over things that didn't seem to have anything to do with the argument at all. I'd say it felt like 75% of the book felt unnecessary. Also the author stoops to the pirates level and does some name calling when reffering to them.

Super Crunchers Audiobook by Ian Ayres

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Ian Ayres) — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 05:35:45 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Super Crunchers Author: Ian Ayres Narrator: James Lurie Format: Abridged Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins Language: English Release date: 08-02-07 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 56 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Today, number crunching affects your life in ways you might never imagine. In this lively and groundbreaking new audiobook, economist Ian Ayres shows how today's best and brightest organizations are analyzing massive databases at lightening speed to provide greater insights into human behavior. They are the Super Crunchers. From Internet sites like Google and Amazon that know your tastes better than you do, to a physician's diagnosis and your child's education, to boardrooms and government agencies, this new breed of decision maker is calling the shots. And they are delivering staggeringly accurate results. How can a football coach evaluate a player without ever seeing him play? Want to know whether the price of an airline ticket will go up or down before you buy? How can a formula outpredict wine experts in determining the best vintages? Super crunchers have the answers. In this brave new world of equation versus expertise, Ayres shows us the benefits and risks, who loses and who wins, and how super crunching can be used to help, not manipulate, us. Gone are the days of solely relying on intuition to make decisions. No businessperson, consumer, or student who wants to stay ahead of the curve should make another keystroke without listening to Super Crunchers. Critic Reviews: "Lively and enjoyable....Ayres skillfully demonstrates the importance that statistical literacy can play in our lives." (Publishers Weekly) Members Reviews: good, but missing a lot of stuff The whole approach of the book is descriptive, nothing teaching how to implement any of what he talks about. It's Cool to see what's happening on the field. I think a chapter about big data, Map reduce and machine learning is missing. These are new and interesting fields that are very popular in todays crunching environment. would be cool if he would cite examples of tools so the reader can do his own crunching. Well.. th Book is a good read if you're trying to know what it is, not how to do it. And the topics I cited above are things to research for after this book Essential reading It is too bad that this has somehow gotten categorized as a "business book". Certainly many of its anecdotes are business oriented, as indeed are many of the applications of supercrunching. But the profound effect that Internet-driven statistical and probability analysis has had on the lives of ordinary people are profound. To his credit, the book is written for the lay reader. you don't have to be an expert in statistics, and the examples are from everyday life. I was expecting something pretty dry and in fact found his writing quite entertaining. I felt there was only one omission. It seems pretty clear that business, medical, and other decision making will increasingly be driven by supercrunched statistics. So the author could have spent more time discussing the implications of this.

A Short History of Bitcoin Audiobook by Shrewdhippo Digests

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Shrewdhippo Digests) — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 06:28:04 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: A Short History of Bitcoin Subtitle: The Origins of Bitcoin and How It Has Become the Digital Currency of Choice Author: Shrewdhippo Digests Narrator: David L. White Format: Unabridged Length: 15 mins Language: English Release date: 03-30-17 Publisher: Bijal Shah Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: This digest depicts the rise of Bitcoin as it secures its position as the number one digital currency and as the new "digital" gold standard for the millennial age. Whilst still a young currency, it has been adopted by millions of users around the globe. Some doubt its sustainability, yet the concept has spread all over the world to people who are calling for a currency free from governmental intervention - a democratic currency. Bitcoin truly threatens to weaken the power governments have by attempting to decentralize local currencies world over. Bitcoin's story is a story of crowd invention. This digest captures its rise from when the first pioneer of the currency, Satoshi Nakamoto gave birth to it. It has piqued the interest of seasoned investors such as the Winklevoss brothers to the Argentinian billionaire, Wences Casares, who recognize its potential to change the world. Many have profited massively from the currency, however it has been the downfall for many others, especially those who have used it to trade in the black market. The digest finishes with an optimistic account of Blockchain, the infrastructure that underpins Bitcoin, detailing the potential it has to disrupt corrupt governments and organizations for the better. A fascinating audiobook that leaves you excited about the future.

Made to Break Audiobook by Giles Slade

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Giles Slade) — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 02:07:03 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Made to Break Subtitle: Technology and Obsolescence in America Author: Giles Slade Narrator: Michael Puttonen Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins Language: English Release date: 01-10-14 Publisher: Post Hypnotic Press Inc. Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 8 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: If you've replaced a computer lately - or a cell phone, a camera, a television - chances are, the old one still worked. And chances are even greater that the latest model won't last as long as the one it replaced. Welcome to the world of planned obsolescence - a business model, a way of life, and a uniquely American invention that this eye-opening book explores from its beginnings to its perilous implications for the very near future. Made to Break is a history of 20th century technology as seen through the prism of obsolescence. America invented everything that is now disposable, Giles Slade tells us, and he explains how disposability was in fact a necessary condition for America's rejection of tradition and our acceptance of change and impermanence. His audiobook shows us the ideas behind obsolescence at work in such American milestones as the inventions of branding, packaging, and advertising; the contest for market dominance between GM and Ford; the struggle for a national communications network, the development of electronic technologies - and with it the avalanche of electronic consumer waste that will overwhelm America's landfills and poison its water within the coming decade. History reserves a privileged place for those societies that built things to last - forever, if possible. What place will it hold for a society addicted to consumption - a whole culture made to break? This book gives us a detailed and harrowing picture of how, by choosing to support ever-shorter product lives we may well be shortening the future of our way of life as well. Members Reviews: A Superior Text on the Question of Permanence I had read "Made to Break" years ago, as a teenager, and I remember it being the first nonfiction book I really liked. It opened doors for me, and I went with gusto into such classic texts as "The World Without Us" and Jared Diamond's dense-but-meaningful "Collapse." "Made to Break" got me ready for stuff like that. It was therefore with some surprise that I found the book to be much narrower in scope than I had remembered it to be. Although it deals with broad trends of the 19th, 20th and early 21st centuries, it goes through them more as a series of museum exhibits than as flowing phenomena (as "The World Without Us" does, for instance). Readers are reintroduced to such inborn phenomena as the yearly model change, the Cold War and what it really means to own a cell phone. Even though Slade is working outward from example, rather than inward from concepts in abstraction, the text is never confusing and rarely boring. Those who question consumer society at all, whether in whole or in part, would do well to have a look into the events that brought us to where we stand today - and what it means when something is indeed made to break. Not what I was expecting, but engaging notheless When I bought this book I was expecting more of a expose of the conspiracy behind planned obsolescence. What I got instead was a fascinating history lesson about the great technologies of the past. Planned obsolescence was a necessity to these companies, not a conspiracy. The book is very informative and well researched. It changed the way I look at waste, obsolescence, marketing, and the economy.

Citizens Rising Audiobook by David Hoffman

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (David Hoffman) — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 01:48:06 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Citizens Rising Subtitle: Independent Journalism and the Spread of Democracy Author: David Hoffman Narrator: Ben Bartolone Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins Language: English Release date: 04-18-14 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: From the fall of the Soviet Union to the Arab Spring to todays continuing conflicts, media have played a decisive role in political affairs across the globedriving the revolutionary changes shaping todays new world. This is the first book presenting a comprehensive look at the emergence of media as a primary actor, and not merely an observer, of global affairs. As founder of Internews, a leading non-profit organization dedicated to information access and independent media, David Hoffman has had a backstage pass to many of the seminal world political upheavals in recent years. In this audiobook we hear how media have been used for good and badto trigger genocide, but also to effectively prevent conflict, facilitate free elections, expose corruption, promote nation-building, provide critical information amid natural disasters, and bring about massive social change such as free education and womens rights. With the rise of digital technology, the power of media to intervene in global affairs is in the hands of everyoneincluding you. This book examines medias historic impact and offers a roadmap to the future. Members Reviews: Only got this book because it was required for an ... Only got this book because it was required for an English class, but I definitely don't regret this read. Eye-opener to the role of media in all cultures. Citizens Rising David Hoffman's report fits my experience of a lifetime of sharing news on the small town level and medium city level. It fits my experience even in a Fortune 500 company. Vale! David! This book is extremely well written. However I do ... This book is extremely well written. However I do NOT understand how you can go from page 32 to page 65 continue all the way through page 96 and then randomly pick back up at page 33. I spent 30 minutes reading when I realized that the chapter I was reading was not the correct one. From visionary's dream to global reality in one liftme . An amazing example of how one human being can change the world Amazing story, told in easy to understand style. A description of man's ability to change the world, one idea at a time. Just do it! David Hoffman began his career not as a journalist but as a political organizer and activist. This goes a long way toward explaining why "Citizens Rising" reads more like an adventure story than a conventional history. "Citizens Rising" begins in the Kremlin during the Cold War and follows the story of the worldwide media-driven struggle for democracy up to the present day. As one of the first and most influential of the citizen diplomats, Hoffman has had a front row seat on--and a hand in--events that are reshaping our world. This is a book for those who believe that issues of war and peace are too important to be left to politicians and diplomats. By taking a road less traveled, Hoffman's life shows how visionary individuals, operating without portfolio, can nonetheless catalyze political and social transformation. Read it not only to understand the indispensable role of journalism in the spread of democracy, but also to see how the infectious, can-do enthusiasm of one individual can bend the arc of history.

Blockchain Audiobook by Charles Jensen

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Charles Jensen) — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 00:07:41 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Blockchain Subtitle: Understanding Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology Methods 2 in 1 Author: Charles Jensen Narrator: Dave Wright Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins Language: English Release date: 08-29-17 Publisher: Charles Jensen Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 25 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: A two-book combo about blockchain technology. Book one: Blockchain is an often-misunderstood technology. It has been a hype, a thing in the past, and many people are talking about it. But what is it? How do you use it? What consequences does it have? All of these questions and more will be answered in this book. The expert/author wrote, among others: Members Reviews: Great book to get started with thinking through th Great book to get started with thinking through the application of the block chain tech to the world as a whole. As most people, i became aware of the tech through BTC and other crypto currencies; the book helped me get familiar with potential broad applications of the tech. A great financial overview about the big names and A great financial overview about the big names and competing coins. Also had info about some tech details and future visions. The book is well structured. Excellent audio book to listen to. You will surely Excellent audio book to listen to. You will surely learn a lot from this collection of audio books.The most effective ways to invest in cryptocurrencies in order to minimize your risk and maximize your returns.And so much more. Great information for anyone looking to understand Great information for anyone looking to understand why the blockchain hype is legit. It seeks to explain why you need to get involved and how. This book is amazing! It should be required for an This book is amazing! It should be required for anyone interested in econ, politics, finance or... of course...bitcoin. I highly recommend!

Surfing in the Cerebral Hemisphere Audiobook by David Christopher Lane

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (David Christopher Lane) — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 05:07:39 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Surfing in the Cerebral Hemisphere Subtitle: Rogue Waves of Information Author: David Christopher Lane Narrator: Karey James Kimmel Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 42 mins Language: English Release date: 02-17-16 Publisher: MSAC Philosophy Group Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: This book touches upon a number of cutting edge issues in science, including artificial intelligence and its impact on humankind, Darwin's moral sense and its implications, and how to think critically in an age of paranormal beliefs.

Einstein's Wastebasket: The Future of Philosophy Audiobook by Andrea Diem-Lane

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Andrea Diem-Lane) — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 04:36:33 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Einstein's Wastebasket: The Future of Philosophy Author: Andrea Diem-Lane Narrator: Jennifer Dorr Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins Language: English Release date: 06-23-16 Publisher: MSAC Philosophy Group Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: This book is a collection of distinct essays that explore the future of philosophy by critically examining 10 key texts on consciousness and artificial intelligence. These reviews, several of which were published as stand-alone pieces on Integral World in Europe, explore the ins and outs of what self-reflective awareness is and what it means to be human in an increasingly digitized world. What is perhaps most telling in these various books is not where they will be right, but where they will be wrong and what they didn't foresee. It is always illustrative and deeply informative to look back at what previous prognosticators had envisioned 20 to 30 years hence. Nicholas Negroponte's prophetic tome, Being Digital, published back in the early days of the World Wide Web (1995), was right on the mark on many of his predictions, but what he didn't foreshadow (at least not as clearly and cleanly) was how certain companies would monopolize the Internet. Today, Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft dominate the navigation habits of large chunks of the population. Moreover, few predictors realized how powerful Google search would become or how addicting smart phones would become to the general populace. So, books dealing with the future of philosophy and where we are heading technologically should come with a warning for readers/listeners: look to what is not being said and take what is being prophesized with some necessary grains of intellectual skepticism. Having been on the Internet since 1984 when I was getting my undergraduate degree at the University of California, San Diego, I am keenly aware of the amazing strides that have been made in the past three decades. I never would have imagined then how powerful our personal computers would become or how almost everyone would connect to each other hourly, if not minute-by-minute.

Total Recall Audiobook by Gordon Bell, David James Gemmell

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Gordon Bell) — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:25:44 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Total Recall Subtitle: How the E-Memory Revolution Will Change Everything Author: Gordon Bell, David James Gemmell Narrator: John Haag Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins Language: English Release date: 03-23-10 Publisher: Recorded Books Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 24 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Authors Gordon Bell and Jim Gemmell tap their experiences with the MyLifeBits project at Microsoft Research for this extraordinary book. What if you could remember everything? With todays technology, that notion becomes more realistic each day. Bell and Gemmell explain what it could all mean. Critic Reviews: Bell and Gemmell outline the tests they've run since 2001, scanning and then cataloguing for retrieval a mass of personal data (documents, photographs, books and articles, web pages visited, instant messages, telephone calls) and wearing miniature cameras that sense light shifts and take automatic photographs. Readers will be wondering about the consequences of "recalling everything you once knew" long after they put down this fascinating text, of particular interest to techies, but clearly written for general readers." (Publishers Weekly) Members Reviews: The future is almost here I recommend this book to all gadget junkies, closet techies and organization adicts. As I ran today listening to Total Recall on my smartphone with internet access, a camera, my planner and live links to facebook, twitter and linkedin, I ralized how close we already are to that technology. If you want to stay anywhere near the cutting edge of technology or business or even life. This book is a must read. Interesting Steve Jobs famously said of Microsoft "The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste." As in no style, flair, design sense or artistic values. You could possibly say that about the author, as a Microsoft researcher. He is obviously a bit of a dag. I have chilling visions of my future total recall centre looking like Outlook, used to recall my exquisitely bland life. That said - you don't need to be hip or stylish to have big ideas, and this book has big ideas. (And the author is obviously a nice guy.) Some technological points may be a few years outdated, but the problems he discusses have not been solved. I'm sure Gordon Bell will go down as a historical (or cult) figure. And I don't think you'll be able to write the currency of this book off for another 10 years at least. So if you're interested in the future of technology and the general subject grabs you, pick up this book. Review of the first 3 chapters: Waste of time. I'll be honest. I couldn't take more than the first few chapters. This seems to be a senior citizen with too much time & money predicting the recent past for a bunch of other senior citizens who are just now discovering how handy this "email" stuff is. If you know how to use a PC & have a Twitter or Facebook account, you probably already know more about e-memory than the author does. I'm sorry to be disrespectful but I'm tired of people like this wasting my time & money. Teach me something new or get out of the way. Plenty of Food for Thought When I decided to read this book I was looking for information that I did not find within it. The title "Total Recall" I had thought would bring forth information obout how in the future perhaps the average human could have recall similar to that of the famous savant Kim Peek. The book was not about that at all.

Summary and Analysis of Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One's Looking) by Christian

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Summary Station) — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 17:36:24 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Summary and Analysis of Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One's Looking) by Christian Rudder Author: Summary Station Narrator: Brian Ackley Format: Unabridged Length: 34 mins Language: English Release date: 07-07-16 Publisher: Summary Station Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: This book is chalk full interesting data about how people perceive themselves and each other. The information is boiled down so that it is easy to listen to and analyze yourself. Rudder has lots of data from different sites including three different online dating sites, social media sites as well as the popular search engine Google.com. One of the most fascinating points is when he talks about what makes women attractive to men. Which is the opposite of what society has often said. It is interesting to see how all the data comes together to form a picture of what a modern, social media using, online dating, American looks like. He brings together information from men and women and from the four largest ethnicities, Asians, African Americans, Latinos, and Caucasian. He analyzes data based on a couple's Facebook pages that shows how integrated they are in each other's lives. He sets the information up in a form that is easy to see and interesting. Leading the listener to plug their own information into an algorithm, really helps them feel personally attached to the information. It also makes the data easier to understand. Here is a preview of what you'll learn: Members Reviews: poor value. jumpy voiced narrator thought this might be interesting. incredibly low on substance even for a summary. regrettably used a credit

Overconnected Audiobook by William Davidow

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (William Davidow) — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:48:14 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Overconnected Subtitle: The Promise and Threat of the Internet Author: William Davidow Narrator: L. J Ganser Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins Language: English Release date: 01-10-11 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 11 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: In Overconnected, Bill Davidow explains how the almost miraculous success of the Internet in connecting the world through the Worldwide Web has also created a unique set of hazards, in effect overconnecting us, with the direst of consequences. The benefits of our recently arrived-at state of connectivity have been myriad - from the ease with which it has been possible to buy a new house to the convenience of borrowing and investing money profitably. But the luxuries of the connected age have taken on a momentum all of their own. By counter-intuitively anatomizing how being overconnected tends to create systems of positive feedback that have largely negative consequences, Davidow explains everything from the recent subprime mortgage crisis to the meltdown of Iceland, from the loss of people's privacy to the spectacular fall of the stock market - all because we were so miraculously wired together. Explaining how such symptoms of Internet connection as unforeseeable accidents and thought contagions acted to accelerate the downfall and make us permanently vulnerable to catastrophe, Davidow places our recent experience in historical perspective and offers a set of practical steps to minimize similar disasters in the future. Critic Reviews: Overconnected has the wonderful effect of explaining seemingly unrelated problems in a way that instantly makes sense once it is pointed out, and that also suggests feasible corrections. One of the pioneers of the modern technology shows how the unanticipated effects of the Internet are distorting economics, politics, international relations, and individual lives. The book is clear, original, and worth being widely read. (James Fallows, author and National Correspondent for The Atlantic) "The technology genie is out of the bottle.... [Overconnected] is a great read that is part historical, part anecdotal.... [T]he book addresses a universal audience. Its key message is really to anyone who uses technology." (Paul Otinelli, CEO, Intel Corporation) Members Reviews: Disappointed in Davidow after Marketing High Tech First, Davidow's "Marketing High Technology" is a personal top 5 business selection. It provides a powerful insiders view of technical marketing with exceptional working first hand examples and bold (but well documented) theories. So perhaps my expectations of "Overconnected" were too lofty. That said, even objectively this work falls far short of properly examining such a bold premise. A better title for this book would be "Superconnected" and the subtitle should be reexamined as well. Unfortunately this book cannot determine if it wants to be overtly scholarly or pleasantly anecdotal. Even within paragraphs the book seems to switch back and forth. The book is not well organized and details too well the distant past at the expense the recent past like the subprime meltdown. I certainly see intrigue in Davidow's premise and some items are well covered. The book does in fact lend some insight to compounding of errors by internet tools. However I am disappointed that Davidow as a technologist did not see that many specific issues could be addressed by technologists with the correct corporate and governmental oversight. The stronger point that Davidow makes is actually the compounded emotional frenzy that a high level of connection can cause.

The Secret Life Audiobook by Andrew O'Hagan

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Andrew O'Hagan) — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 11:52:33 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Secret Life Subtitle: Three True Stories Author: Andrew O'Hagan Narrator: Robin Laing Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins Language: English Release date: 06-22-17 Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Andrew O'Hagan issues three bulletins from the porous border between cyberspace and the 'real world.' 'Ghosting' introduces us to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, whose autobiography the author ghostwrites with unforeseen consequences. 'The Invention of Ronnie Pinn' finds the author using the identity of a deceased man to construct an entirely new one in cyberspace. Finally, 'The Satoshi Affair' chronicles the strange case of Craig Wright, the Australian web developer who may or may not be the mysterious inventor of Bitcoin. Critic Reviews: "What a brilliantly versatile writer Andrew O'Hagan is, [...] (he) pulls the threads of his narrative together with consummate skill. It is beautifully done." (The Mail on Sunday on The Illuminations) "A triumph in words." (The Independent on Sunday on The Missing) Members Reviews: Fascinating A fascinating account of the chaotic attempt by Julian Assange to write his autobiography. We are in the period before Julian took refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy but nevertheless was forced to wear an electronic tag and sign in each day at the local police station while he fought extradition to Sweden on rape allegations. His ghost writer, Andrew O'Hagan, put together a 70,000 word draft compiled from his visits and interviews with the WikiLeaks entrepreneur despite Julian's constant procrastination over many months and finally refusals to let it go, so that the publishers demanded the return of the $2.5 million advance. In that absence, Canongate Books put the book out as an unauthorised biography. This version, the story of how the book was written, gives us those torturous months that O'Hagan struggled to get it written and ends with visits to the Ecuadorian embassy - a nation not famous for its respect for freedom of speech - where Assange was holed up and isolated, most his 'friends' and fans having abandoned him. And no wonder. The supposed champion of free speech about everyone else except himself, Assange comes across as an unreliable and narcissistic man who has no social graces, eats like a pig and repeatedly turns against those trying to help him. This is not a biography but still its pages reveal the founder of WikiLeaks unfettered and paranoid. The rest of this book about two other secret lives are equally fascinating and I recommend it. Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa

50 Digital Ideas You Really Need to Know Audiobook by Tom Chatfield

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Tom Chatfield) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:42:42 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: 50 Digital Ideas You Really Need to Know Author: Tom Chatfield Narrator: Kerry Shale Format: Abridged Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins Language: English Release date: 10-07-11 Publisher: Quercus Publishing Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 8 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: We are in the throes of a revolution, yet most of us are so disorientated by the rapid pace of technological and cultural change that we find it difficult to understand whats going on. 50 Digital Ideas You Really Need to Know provides a clear path through the confusion and misinformation surrounding those technologies that, for better or for worse, are transforming the world we live in and even the sort of people we are. Leading technology writer Tom Chatfield is a sure-footed guide to the seminal digital phenomena of our time, from the basic browsers that we use to surf the web and update our status on social networking sites, through to the implications for privacy of our permanently distracted world, to the culture jamming that is increasingly being used by protest movements in their clashes with traditional authority. Whether exploring the deep web that represents well over 99 per cent of the Internet and remains inaccessible to most search engines, or the augmented reality that will soon change the very way we interact with the world, this is an indispensable road map for the inevitable journey towards a digital future. From malware to mashups; from spam to the semantic web; and from email to avatars, this book is essential listening for anyone who wants to understand the profound social and behavioural changes wrought by the emerging digital age. Members Reviews: Too Superficial This book wasnt for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more? The best use for this book, and in fact for the others in this series.... I've read two others... is for someone who wants a quick primer on basic terminology with a little background because there's no depth here, nor is there continuity between individual sections. Has 50 Digital Ideas You Really Need to Know turned you off from other books in this genre? Yes, as I say, the series suffers from this superficiality. Did the narration match the pace of the story? Yes, this aspect is appropriate. If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from 50 Digital Ideas You Really Need to Know? This question doesn't really apply to this type of book. All 50 of the Any additional comments? I was hoping for an insightful review of digital history working from the fundamentals of binary mathematics through the development of miniature materials - chips etc. explained with insight and imagination. This book doesn't do it. May be a good compilation for someone out of touch What did you like best about 50 Digital Ideas You Really Need to Know? What did you like least? If you have spent the past 7-8 years away from civilization this may be good catch up tool for you. It may also be useful for kids. Definitely not for techies. Fascinating listen, rich & relevant even 5yrs on Listened to it whilst commuting. Easy listening & plenty of food for thought! Expansive list of topics & covered in enough detail to make you get a handle on things but never overwhelming or dull. Plenty of examples of wider cultural, political, social & economic impacts/issues of such digital ideas as well, which I found particularly interesting. Narrator was good - voice almost had a digital quality to it (I.e. like a computerised voice) which was fitting considering the audio book's content. Unintentionally hilarious moment was the narrator verbalising a LOL cat statement.

Is My iPhone Conscious? Audiobook by David Christopher Lane

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (David Christopher Lane) — Fri, 12 May 2017 12:09:04 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Is My iPhone Conscious? Subtitle: Throwing a Sound Grenade at Skeptics and Mystics (Neural Library) Author: David Christopher Lane Narrator: Kurt J. Haak Format: Unabridged Length: 56 mins Language: English Release date: 05-12-17 Publisher: MSAC Philosophy Group Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Can science ultimately explain consciousness? This little book explores the subject from both a purely physicalist perspective and also from an Eastern philosophy angle. Members Reviews: Lane's anti-mystical sound grenade This is an article by David Chrisopher Lane, the resident Wilber-basher at Frank Visser's website. It's also freely available at that site. Lane has written several interesting and sharply critical pieces on Eckankar and MSIA (the group behind the Insight seminars). This is the aspect of Lane that I like â most comparative religion scholars, by contrast, defend sects and cults. I admit that I don't like his skeptical-materialist side, but that's me. I'm a former âskepticâ, while Lane is a former âspiritual personâ, so clearly we have moved in sharply opposite directions (although I have no plans to go on pilgrimage to India any time soon). In âIs My I-Phone Conscious?: Throwing a Sound Grenade at Skeptics and Mysticsâ, our man mostly shows his skeptical side. The article is a criticism of the truth-claims of mystics from a materialist or (sometimes) agnostic perspective. Lane is most effective when attacking sectarian mystics who claim that their particular visions, and their particular theological or culture-laden interpretation of the same, are absolutely true whereas all competing mystics are in error or on a lower level. This, presumably, is the claim of the Hindu-Sikh Radhasoami tradition Lane himself immersed himself in during his spiritual period. It's less clear whether it would affect, say, Advaita Vedanta or the Traditionalism of Frithjof Schuon, since these traditions claim that all or most mystical visions are âtrueâ. Here, Lane simply appeals to the materialist faith in science: since science has explained so many other things in a naturalist fashion, why can't it explain consciousness, too? As usual, Lane relies on maverick guru Faqir Chand to drive home his points, but Chand never denied miracles or the existence of a supersensible reality ultimately identical to Brahman. He simply had another explanation for why miracles happen than the more traditional Hindu teachers. In his article, Lane has a tendency to down-play the similarities between mystical visions in different cultures, instead emphasizing the sectarian aspect, thereby making mysticism more unwieldy than it really is. Curiously, Lane admits that our experiences of the material reality are culture-laden and hence constructed, thereby weakening one of his main arguments against mysticism. If *all* our perceptions, both mystical and non-mystical, are heavily dependent on our cultural matrix, the logical conclusion is surely that there isn't any relevant difference between mysticism and everyday consciousness in *this* sense. Both may be false, but then, both may also be âtrueâ. Lane also concedes that certain material phenomena (such as certain tunes generated by his son's I-Phone) can't be picked up by everyone, but this is once again a potential argument in favor of mysticism, which cannot be experienced by everyone either. Christianity presents a slightly different problem.

Inventions Audiobook by Knower Peace

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Knower Peace) — Mon, 19 May 2014 11:00:19 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Inventions Author: Knower Peace Narrator: Knower Peace Format: Unabridged Length: 41 mins Language: English Release date: 05-19-14 Publisher: Knower Peace Ratings: 1 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Inventions deals with those big and small discoveries that have had a major effect on our modern day life. What about the microwave, push up bra, Google, and the wheel? Im sure that if you reflected upon your life you would realize how grateful you should be. Whats next? Maybe we will be able to live on another planet, but for now lets just celebrate how our lives have been made easier by technology. Of course there are those who do feel that some inventions have taken away from the simple pleasures of life. Members Reviews: Wrong Genre This book wasnt for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more? This book does not belong in the Science & Technology genre, as I think it was an attempt to be humorous. It bored me to tears, even at 3X. What could Knower Peace have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you? Speak more continuously, less jerkily, and faster.

Is the Web Helping Us Evolve? Audiobook by David Brin

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (David Brin) — Wed, 07 Sep 2016 22:54:35 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Is the Web Helping Us Evolve? Author: David Brin Narrator: David Brin Format: Unabridged Length: 27 mins Language: English Release date: 09-07-16 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Let's zoom in to the Internet, that magnificent new world for latter-day explorers, so much more vast than any realm discovered by Columbus or Magellan. Zealous enthusiasts point to how much more knowledge the average person can access, predicting better students, better workers, better minds and citizenship. Pessimists perceive a dumbing down that spread users too thin, resulting in shallowness that could be lethal to politics, to clear thinking. Is Google making us stupid? Let's weigh the evidence and ponder whether it may be possible to profit from this revolution of vision and memory, as we did from others that came before. Members Reviews: A little more context needed I love the way David Brin takes his ideas and knowledge and weaves it all into stories that let me soak up the knowledge and explore the ideas subconsciously while Im consciously following the characters and the trajectory of their adventures and challenges. I thought I would love his essays that just distill it all down to the main points, but Ive always seemed to get lost among references I cant quite keep up with when reading his essays and Im finding the same experience here. It reminds me of sitting in on a lecture for a class with prerequisites I havent done yet - I have a lot of background catching up to do before I can get much out of these. Ill go back to reading the science fiction for now where the assimilation process is more gradual. If an image can replace a thousand words, a well crafted story can replace a thousand essays.

Voce del verbo Internet: Stagione completa Audiolibro di Claudio di Biagio, Luca Vecchi

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Claudio di Biagio) — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 08:57:41 GMT

Ascolta questo libro audio completo gratuitamente su https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> Titolo: Voce del verbo Internet: Stagione completa Autore: Claudio di Biagio, Luca Vecchi Narratore: Luca Vecchi, Claudio Di Biagio Formato: Original Recording Durata: 5 hrs and 8 mins Lingua: Italiano Data di pubblicazione: 06-09-17 Editore: Audible Studios Categoria: Science & Technology, Technology Riepilogo Editore: 20 minuti, due voci e tanta ironia per capire il presente prima di sbattere il muso sul futuro. Per riflettere su come internet cambi ogni giorno le nostre vite e su cosa fare per tenerci pronti al prossimo cambiamento. Che - qualunque esso sia - è già iniziato. Firmano il primo audiocast originale di Audible, Luca Vecchi e Claudio di Biagio, due creativi prestati al cinema, che hanno scelto il tasto dell'ironia per affrontare il nostro quotidiano. >> Questo podcast vi è offerto in esclusiva per Audible ed è disponibile solamente in formato audio digitale. ©2017 Audible GmbH (P)2017 Audible GmbH

Transformations Audiobook by Gini Graham Scott

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Gini Graham Scott) — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 10:49:56 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Transformations Subtitle: How New Developments in Science, Technology, Business, and Society Are Changing Your Life Author: Gini Graham Scott Narrator: Bill Georato Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins Language: English Release date: 04-18-16 Publisher: Changemakers Publishing Ratings: 1.5 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Transformations: How New Developments in Science, Technology, Business, and Society Are Changing Your Life features short commentaries on new developments that are changing everyone's life. The book was inspired by a series of articles on these topics, initially published in the Huffington Post, which have been turned into a book with 21 changes and what to expect. The book features chapters divided into these five sections: The chapters in each section feature comments and suggestions on the present and future changes in our life. Some examples are: Members Reviews: The narration problem What disappointed you about Transformations? The narrator was so bad that it ruined the whole book. How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable? Have a professional narrator who read the text before (s)he tries to do the narration Would you be willing to try another one of Bill Georatos performances? No You didnt love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities? Was an OK overview of recent developments.

Scammed Audiobook by Danny Bradbury

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Danny Bradbury) — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 00:10:56 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Scammed Author: Danny Bradbury Narrator: Andy Cresswell Format: Unabridged Length: 34 mins Language: English Release date: 07-29-13 Publisher: MATTER Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 4 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: A new kind of computer con has emerged in the past few years. It's technically mundane but psychologically brutal: using false threats of arrest, scammers trick low-income victims into repaying debts that do not exist. And one rainy day last January, they accidentally targeted one of the smartest hackers around. Mike Davis is a good guy who gets to play at being a bad guy, a man who gets paid handsomely for testing the limits of his clients' security systems. Davis wanted a new challenge; when the fraudsters called, he realised he'd found it. Award-winning technology journalist Danny Bradbury sits in as Davis tries to unpick the scam, following a trail that leads to the spam capital of America, through a wholesome town in the Midwest and, finally, to the other side of the world. Members Reviews: incomplete so you get all excited about some super hacker being scammed but instead they talk all about wanting to find the bad guy but they never do. waste of time . narrator's thick accent got in the way of the story, such that it was .

Time Travel Is Not Possible Audiobook by J.-M. Kuczynski

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (J.-M. Kuczynski) — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 09:28:57 GMT

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Addendum: Democracy and Information Communication Technology Audiobook by Patapios Tranakas

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Patapios Tranakas) — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 12:38:41 GMT

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"Me ne vado": cronache di cervelli in fuga (Voce del verbo Internet 11) Audiolibro

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Claudio di Biagio) — Fri, 12 May 2017 12:22:05 GMT

Ascolta questo libro audio completo gratuitamente su https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> Titolo: "Me ne vado": cronache di cervelli in fuga (Voce del verbo Internet 11) Autore: Claudio di Biagio, Luca Vecchi Narratore: Luca Vecchi, Claudio Di Biagio Formato: Original Recording Durata: 21 mins Lingua: Italiano Data di pubblicazione: 05-12-17 Editore: Audible Studios Categoria: Science & Technology, Technology Riepilogo Editore: Venti minuti, due voci e tanta ironia per capire il presente prima di sbattere il muso sul futuro. Per riflettere su come internet cambi ogni giorno le nostre vite e su cosa fare per tenerci pronti al prossimo cambiamento, che - qualunque esso sia - è già iniziato. Firmano il primo audiocast originale di Audible Luca Vecchi e Claudio di Biagio, due creativi prestati al cinema, che hanno scelto il tasto dell'ironia per affrontare il nostro quotidiano. Oltre un secolo fa esportavamo braccianti o minatori. Oggi i giovani cervelli italiani, frustrati dal clima nazionale, asfissiati da burocrazia e disoccupazione, schizzano veloci in giro per il pianeta in cerca di una propria legittima realizzazione. Poi sui giornali finiscono le storie a lieto fine, le startup, il successo... ma sono in tanti quelli che tornano con la coda tra le gambe. E se dover partire non è mai una sconfitta, allora forse lo è dover tornare. Ma poi in tempi di sfrenata globalizzazione e zero patriottismo, ha davvero senso mettere i tricolori sui cervelli? >> Questo podcast vi è offerto in esclusiva per Audible ed è disponibile solamente in formato audio digitale. ©2017 Audible GmbH (P)2017 Audible GmbH

Ist mein Blau dein Blau? Hörbuch von Hinderk M. Emrich

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Hinderk M. Emrich) — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:23:35 GMT

Hören Sie sich dieses volle Hörbuch kostenlos bei https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> Titel: Ist mein Blau dein Blau? Autor:: Hinderk M. Emrich Erzähler: Hinderk M. Emrich Format: Unabridged Spieldauer: 1 hr and 4 mins Sprache: Deutsch Veröffentlichungsdatum: 06-24-10 Herausgeber: Supposé Kategorien: Science & Technology, Technology Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers: Gemeinhin gehen wir davon aus, nachempfinden zu können, was ein anderer meint, wenn er davon spricht, blau zu sehen oder eine Geige zu hören. Was aber, wenn die Geige blau klingt? Oder gar kariert, kalt und als würde man von etwas Metallischem berührt? Wahrnehmungserfahrungen von Synästhetikern sind schwer zu vermitteln. Es fehlt an Worten für all die Nuancen an Farbtönen, Klängen, Geschmack, Formen, Temperaturen und ihren Verbindungen. Und weil Nichtbetroffene synästhetische Erfahrungen kaum nachvollziehen können, galten sie lange als Störung oder Scharlatanerie. Heute wird Synästhesie als eine der großen Herausforderungen und Chancen für Medizin und Neurobiologie gesehen: Unter welchen Bedingungen - Gene, Umwelteinflüsse, Drogen - kommt sie zustande, welche Formen gibt es, was bedeutet sie für die Betroffenen? Synästhesie verstehen zu lernen, ermöglicht tiefgreifende Erkenntnisse über Wahrnehmungsprozesse im Gehirn, über die Entstehung, Wirkungsweise und Veränderbarkeit neuronaler Verknüpfungen und somit über die Funktionsweise des menschlichen Bewusstseins insgesamt. Doch die grundlegenden Fragen nach der Qualität und Kommunizierbarkeit individueller Wahrnehmung, welche alle synästhetische Erfahrung berührt, greifen weit über sie hinaus: Wenn ich nicht wissen kann, ob mein Blau dein Blau ist, worüber sprechen wir dann? Der Psychologe und Neurobiologe Hinderk M. Emrich führt in Grundlagen, Geschichte und aktuelle Erkenntnisse der Synästhesieforschung ein; die beiden Synästhetiker Manuela Lube und Matthias Waldeck ergänzen seine Ausführungen durch Erfahrungsberichte aus ihrer vielfältigen Wahrnehmungswelt. (c)+(p) 2008 Supposé

May All Your Traffic Lights Be Green Audiobook by Michael Mathiesen

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Michael Mathiesen) — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 22:11:20 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: May All Your Traffic Lights Be Green Subtitle: Green Light Democracy Author: Michael Mathiesen Narrator: Michael Mathiesen Format: Unabridged Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins Language: English Release date: 12-15-14 Publisher: Michael Mathiesen Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: What if all the Traffic Lights you encounter for the rest of your life would always turn to Green as you approached the intersection? First of all - you would think it was your lucky day. Next, you'd wonder how they did that. Next you'd wonder why the government couldn't do more things right like this. This book is not really about how to get all your traffic lights to go Green as you approach, but is a road map to how to make all the government rules and regulations work for us at all times, not only in the way that our Traffic Lights work. In the age of small and cheap computer chips, it's actually quite easy to make all the traffic lights to accommodate a more efficient flow of traffic thus saving America millions of barrels of oil per day and saving you the driver hundreds of dollars a year and with far less frustration as you maneuver through the traffic. The author explains that the only reason our traffic system is so broken is because decisions about what to do for the average citizen and how to do them is left in the hands of the few and the bribed. Could there be a better way so that all of our traffic lights turn green as we approached the intersections, but more importantly every aspect of our lives might be improved by using a new approach to democracy, putting the technology of the Internet to work for us and VOTING ONLINE in what would be the world's first Direct Democracy. This book also details the one major overarching solution to all the world's problems - putting all or most of our decision-making on the Internet where the majority of us can vote directly on simple solutions like this one, making traffic lights stay green longer. That's just the beginning of what we can do - if we want to. This book has many more examples of how and why we can and must use our technical know-how to save lives, save money, save time, save our country, and then later the world.

New Media in Cyberspace Audiobook by Paul Cooke

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Paul Cooke) — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 12:49:16 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: New Media in Cyberspace Author: Paul Cooke Narrator: Daniel E. Wells Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 15 mins Language: English Release date: 07-03-13 Publisher: pcm2u Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: After spending the last twenty years working in many positions within the music industry, as of the start of my studies, I have been in a privileged position to monitor and record the major upheaval that is currently ensuing throughout the new media industry of the present day. From 1997 onwards I have tracked the developments within new media distribution via the Internet and have followed with interest the revolution and phenomena that have followed. This thesis tries in part to address the spiritual, mental and physical aspects of a phenomenon that has started to re-shape how we communicate and distribute information to each other. This process of new media distribution, which has had a cathartic and sometimes revolutionary feel to its movement, has not at present been resolved and I have tried to understand both sides of the argument from the consumer to industry professionals.

Top Numerical Methods with Matlab for Beginners! Audiobook by Andrei Besedin

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Andrei Besedin) — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 11:14:24 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Top Numerical Methods with Matlab for Beginners! Author: Andrei Besedin Narrator: Joseph Wosik Format: Unabridged Length: 41 mins Language: English Release date: 01-11-18 Publisher: Andrei Besedin Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Are you someone that involves in computation? Numerical methods cover some approaches and popular methods that you use daily. One of the best ways to apply numerical methods in any of your computations is by using Matlab. Yes, Matlab! This might seems like a big deal to you, but we believe it shouldn't. So we came up with an incredibly short book titled Top Numerical Methods with Matlab for Beginners. If you already have the basic math knowledge, fundamental knowledge of computing, and some familiarity with Matlab, applying the top numerical methods with Matlab as a beginner is not going to be a problem. With our powerful short product, you will not have any difficulty obtaining numerical solutions to problems. Of course, it is just one of the many benefits our top-notch book has to offer you if you purchase it. Some of the other advantages you can derive from our product are: The advantages above are just little out of the huge benefits our top winning short book is ready to offer you. We know our book does not provide ultimate information about Matlab. But we have a primary goal, and it is to provide a solid foundation in top numerical methods using Matlab, most especially for beginners. Buying our book could save you about US$1,000 which can take care of some other budgets. You don't need to wait until tomorrow before you buy this incredibly advantageous short book. Start using numerical methods to obtain approximate solutions to problems that are not obtainable by other means today. Members Reviews: Easy to follow and understand I was searching for an easy method involving numerical computation and ran across this book-Top Numerical Methods with Matlab for Beginners. If you need precise and exact methods taught then this book is a great find. Great resource! This book was well thought out and easy to follow. It was straightforward making it an excellent resource! Numerical Methods in Engineering with MATLABÂ is a text for ... Numerical Methods in Engineering with MATLABÂ is a text for engineer- ing students and a reference for practicing engineers, especially those who wish to explore the power and efficiency of MATLAB. It explains even the most complex methods with easy to follow English It's clear and concise! It explains even the most complex methods with easy to follow English. Perfect for beginners, who are having trouble with Matlab. Recommended. Many examples are provided to better understand the process involved in numerical methods Many examples are provided to better understand the process involved in numerical methods. A great buy for someone who likes computation.

Life 3.0 Audiobook by Max Tegmark

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Max Tegmark) — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 10:56:55 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Life 3.0 Subtitle: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Author: Max Tegmark Narrator: Rob Shapiro Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins Language: English Release date: 08-29-17 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1755 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: How will artificial intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society, and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology - and there's nobody better qualified or situated to explore that future than Max Tegmark, an MIT professor who's helped mainstream research on how to keep AI beneficial. How can we grow our prosperity through automation without leaving people lacking income or purpose? What career advice should we give today's kids? How can we make future AI systems more robust so that they do what we want without crashing, malfunctioning, or getting hacked? Should we fear an arms race in lethal autonomous weapons? Will machines eventually outsmart us at all tasks, replacing humans on the job market and perhaps altogether? Will AI help life flourish like never before or give us more power than we can handle? What sort of future do you want? This book empowers you to join what may be the most important conversation of our time. It doesn't shy away from the full range of viewpoints or from the most controversial issues - from superintelligence to meaning, consciousness, and the ultimate physical limits on life in the cosmos. Critic Reviews: "This is a compelling guide to the challenges and choices in our quest for a great future of life, intelligence and consciousness - on Earth and beyond." (Elon Musk, founder, CEO, and CTO of SpaceX and cofounder and CEO of Tesla Motors) "All of us - not only scientists, industrialists and generals - should ask ourselves what can we do now to improve the chances of reaping the benefits of future AI and avoiding the risks. This is the most important conversation of our time, and Tegmark's thought-provoking book will help you join it." (Professor Stephen Hawking, director of research, Cambridge Centre for Theoretical Cosmology) "Tegmark's new book is a deeply thoughtful guide to the most important conversation of our time, about how to create a benevolent future civilization as we merge our biological thinking with an even greater intelligence of our own creation." (Ray Kurzweil, inventor, author, and futurist, author of The Singularity Is Near and How to Create a Mind) Members Reviews: Irritating I struggled to get through this one. An interesting topic but unfortunately lumbered with clunky writing and endless name dropping. A better title would be 'memoirs of an AI safety researcher'. Read Ian M Banks culture series for a much more riveting treatment of distant future AI and the various ethical issues. A few interesting points in otherwise tedious book Lots of name dropping and self-congratulations. The chapters on the physical possibilities of the expansion of artificial intelligence were interesting. Otherwise, it's a lot of vague definitions and superficial descriptions. Familiar and tediously superficial Nothing in this book was original. All of the many topics covered in this book were covered in other books that I have read previously. There was definitely a tedious feel to each of the chapters.

The Internet of Money Audiobook by Andreas M. Antonopoulos

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Andreas M. Antonopoulos) — Tue, 02 May 2017 12:18:11 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Internet of Money Author: Andreas M. Antonopoulos Narrator: Stephanie Murphy Format: Unabridged Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins Language: English Release date: 05-02-17 Publisher: Merkle Bloom LLC Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 784 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: While many books explain the how of bitcoin, The Internet of Money delves into the why of bitcoin. Acclaimed information-security expert and author of Mastering Bitcoin, Andreas M. Antonopoulos examines and contextualizes the significance of bitcoin through a series of essays spanning the exhilarating maturation of this technology. Bitcoin, a technological breakthrough quietly introduced to the world in 2008, is transforming much more than finance. Bitcoin is disrupting antiquated industries to bring financial independence to billions worldwide. In this book, Andreas explains why bitcoin is a financial and technological evolution with potential far exceeding the label "digital currency." Andreas goes beyond exploring the technical functioning of the bitcoin network by illuminating bitcoin's philosophical, social, and historical implications. As the Internet has essentially transformed how people around the world interact and has permanently impacted our lives in ways we never could have imagined, bitcoin - the Internet of money - is fundamentally changing our approach to solving social, political, and economic problems through decentralized technology. Members Reviews: Needs Re-editing Repetition is bad enough but having to pay for listening to repetition makes it worse. This also happens to be the first book where I got the hear the chapter and para-numbers being narrated as Chapter two-dot-four-dot-three. The theme is fine and the message that the crypto-currencies are the future with a huge potential could well be conveyed in less than an hour. This book needs thorough re-editing. Good rough summary of Bitcoin capabilities The book is a good rough introduction to Bitcoin without getting bogged down in details of exactly how transactions and blocks work. There is educated speculation about the possible future implications of peer-to-peer cryptocurrencies (such as Bitcoin). I would recommend this to someone who is curious but not necessarily familiar with information technology. For those familiar with Bitcoin already this book is a nice refresher and reminder about what the protocol is capable of and what it's future political implications may be. Disjointed mishmash Any additional comments? What's the lazy way to create a book? Take recordings of various largely impromptu talks you give and slap them together into a disjointed mishmash. Some interesting ideas, but seriously, put in the effort to make an actual cohesive book. Great book!! Great information which brings up great points about new technology and the adoption of new technology in which cryptocurrencies are the internet of money solidifying the need of using blockchain technology in our everyday lives A great book on a broad topic! Thank you for writing a book I can give my family members to get them started on this topic.

The Internet of Money Audiobook by Andreas M. Antonopoulos

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Andreas M. Antonopoulos) — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 19:37:53 GMT

The Innovators Audiobook by Walter Isaacson

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Walter Isaacson) — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 01:32:59 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Innovators Subtitle: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution Author: Walter Isaacson Narrator: Dennis Boutsikaris Format: Unabridged Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins Language: English Release date: 10-07-14 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 4751 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The Innovators is Walter Isaacsons revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet. It is destined to be the standard history of the digital revolution and an indispensable guide to how innovation really happens. What were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their visionary ideas into disruptive realities? What led to their creative leaps? Why did some succeed and others fail? In his masterly saga, Isaacson begins with Ada Lovelace, Lord Byrons daughter, who pioneered computer programming in the 1840s. He explores the fascinating personalities that created our current digital revolution, such as Vannevar Bush, Alan Turing, John von Neumann, J.C.R. Licklider, Doug Engelbart, Robert Noyce, Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, Tim Berners-Lee, and Larry Page. This is the story of how their minds worked and what made them so inventive. Its also a narrative of how their ability to collaborate and master the art of teamwork made them even more creative. For an era that seeks to foster innovation, creativity, and teamwork, The Innovators shows how they happen. Members Reviews: With Atlantean Shoulders, Fit to Bear This book is a grand and gratifying overview of the Innovators who have played a major role in forging today's dynamic technology and our high-tech society, with its main focus on the last 80 or so years. Only Walter Isaacson, who has written bios of Jobs and Einstein, would have the brilliant ability to research (on the shoulders of a wealth of prior research), comprehend and assimilate all this intriguing and highly complex information and transform it all into an inquisitive and fascinating look at our technological Innovators, coherent and clear enough for the average reader to understand AND enjoy. I took away a much more informed perspective of how we got here and a distinct reverence for the innovators in the text and generally for the human capacity for incredible intellect and curiosity as well as our enduring and limitless creativity. The following quote gives the best overview, in my opinion, of the book to an average reader (such as I): "Most of the successful innovators and entrepreneurs in this book had one thing in common: they were product people. They cared about, and deeply understood, the engineering and design. They were not primarily marketers or salesmen or financial types; when such folks took over companies, it was often to the detriment of sustained innovation. When the sales guys run the company, the product guys dont matter so much, and a lot of them just turn off, Jobs said. Larry Page felt the same: The best leaders are those with the deepest understanding of the engineering and product design. Another lesson of the digital age is as old as Aristotle: Man is a social animal. What else could explain CB and ham radios or their successors, such as WhatsApp and Twitter? Almost every digital tool, whether designed for it or not, was commandeered by humans for a social purpose: to create communities, facilitate communication, collaborate on projects, and enable social networking. Even the personal computer, which was originally embraced as a tool for individual creativity, inevitably led to the rise of modems, online services, and eventually Facebook, Flickr, and Foursquare.

Blood, Sweat, and Pixels Audiobook by Jason Schreier

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Jason Schreier) — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 23:45:43 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Blood, Sweat, and Pixels Subtitle: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made Author: Jason Schreier Narrator: Ray Chase Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins Language: English Release date: 09-05-17 Publisher: Harper Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 766 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Developing video games - hero's journey or fool's errand? The creative and technical logistics that go into building today's hottest games can be more harrowing and complex than the games themselves, often seeming like an endless maze or a bottomless abyss. In Blood, Sweat, and Pixels, Jason Schreier takes listeners on a fascinating odyssey behind the scenes of video game development, where the creator may be a team of 600 overworked underdogs or a solitary geek genius. Exploring the artistic challenges, technical impossibilities, marketplace demands, and Donkey Kong-size monkey wrenches thrown into the works by corporate, Blood, Sweat, and Pixels reveals how bringing any game to completion is more than Sisyphean - it's nothing short of miraculous. Taking some of the most popular, best-selling recent games, Schreier immerses listeners in the hellfire of the development process, whether it's RPG studio Bioware's challenge to beat an impossible schedule and overcome countless technical nightmares to build Dragon Age: Inquisition; indie developer Eric Barone's single-handed efforts to grow country-life RPG Stardew Valley from one man's vision into a multimillion-dollar franchise; or Bungie spinning out from their corporate overlords at Microsoft to create Destiny, a brand-new universe that they hoped would become as iconic as Star Wars and Lord of the Rings - even as it nearly ripped their studio apart. Documenting the round-the-clock crunches, buggy-eyed burnout, and last-minute saves, Blood, Sweat, and Pixels is a journey through development hell - and ultimately a tribute to the dedicated diehards and unsung heroes who scale mountains of obstacles in their quests to create the best games imaginable. Members Reviews: Behind the Scenes The stories in this book are: 1. Pillars of Eternity: How crowdfunding changes the rules, and changes the priorities of the developer who promised backers certain gameplay features, against deadlines and a limited budget. This story provides a better understanding of the benefits and drawbacks of crowdfunding. 2. Uncharted 4: How too much success affects a studio, and how to successfully end a successful series. It is also the story of The Last of Us, which nobody expected to be successful early on. I enjoyed all the possibilities of how different this game could have been. 3. Stardew Valley: The great risks and heartwarming payoff of going solo. The ending made me want to play this game. 4. Diablo 3: The troubles of online-only games, and the angst and pressures of racing against time to meet player expectations. In the end, it is a success story that had a lot of challenges and frustrations along the way. 5. Halo Wars: How games are transformed in the middle of development, and the pressures of working against a deadline. The Age of Empires developers are behind Halo Wars. Who knew? 6. Dragon Age: Inquisition: How EA corporate politics and poor can slow down game development and creates a large degree of developer frustration. After reading this, I have a better understanding of why EA is a blight on video games. 7. Shovel Knight: The quest to create an iconic character inspired by classic NES games and characters. It provides an insider look into an indie game team and the challenges they face. 8.

Dawn of the New Everything Audiobook by Jaron Lanier

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Jaron Lanier) — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 20:22:12 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Dawn of the New Everything Subtitle: Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality Author: Jaron Lanier Narrator: Oliver Wyman Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins Language: English Release date: 11-21-17 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 32 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: In this captivating audiobook, Jaron Lanier - the father of virtual reality - explains its dazzling possibilities by reflecting on his own lifelong relationship with technology Bridging the gap between tech mania and the experience of being inside the human body, Dawn of the New Everything is a look at what it means to be human at a moment of unprecedented technological possibility. Through a fascinating look back over his life in technology, Jaron Lanier, an interdisciplinary scientist and father of the term virtual reality, exposes VR's ability to illuminate and amplify our understanding of our species and gives listeners a new perspective on how the brain and body connect to the world. An inventive blend of autobiography, science writing, philosophy, and advice, this audiobook tells the wild story of his personal and professional life as a scientist, from his childhood in the UFO territory of New Mexico to the loss of his mother, the founding of the first start-up, and finally becoming a world-renowned technological guru. Understanding virtual reality as being both a scientific and a cultural adventure, Lanier demonstrates it to be a humanistic setting for technology. While his previous publications offered a more critical view of social media and other manifestations of technology, in this audiobook he argues that virtual reality can actually make our lives richer and fuller. Critic Reviews: "[Oliver Wyman] narrates in a reflective tone that fits well with Lanier's mix of recollections, philosophy, and explanations of technology...Lanier takes the listener through VR breakthroughs like Nintendo's Power Glove and delves into the psychology involved in the VR experience." (AudioFile Magazine) Members Reviews: The future and how we will get there I didnt know Jaron Lanier before reading this book. He is a fascinating person who has contributed a lot to our modern society. He offers important insights into the creation of our technology and its limits and flaws. He is also a grea

The Master Algorithm Audiobook by Pedro Domingos

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Pedro Domingos) — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 20:23:43 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Master Algorithm Subtitle: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World Author: Pedro Domingos Narrator: Mel Foster Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins Language: English Release date: 09-22-15 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1029 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Under the aegis of machine learning in our data-driven machine age, computers are programming themselves and learning about - and solving - an extraordinary range of problems, from the mundane to the most daunting. Today it is machine learning programs that enable Amazon and Netflix to predict what users will like, Apple to power Siri's ability to understand voices, and Google to pilot cars. These programs are already helping us fight the war on cancer and predict the movements of the stock market, and they are making great headway with instant language translation and discovering new laws of nature. But machine learning is incomplete, and its practitioners across the globe are seeking the most powerful algorithm of all. The Master Algorithm will not be limited to solving particular problems but will be able to learn anything and solve any problem, however difficult, and Pedro Domingos, a trailblazing computer scientist, is at the very forefront of the search for it. With the Master Algorithm in hand and data as its fuel, machine learning - essentially the automation of discovery, a kind of scientific method on steroids - will become the most powerful technology humanity has ever devised. And The Master Algorithm will be its bible. Members Reviews: Let the Data Speak for themselves The author states that "intuition is what you use when you don't have enough data". The author will show heuristically how intuition is slowly being taken out of analyzing big data and being replaced with algorithms which teach themselves how to make the data speak for themselves. "All learning starts with some knowledge" (a quote from Hume, that the author invokes), and from Hume we know that there is a problem with induction, no matter what the particular can not prove the universal. The trick is to get from the data (the particular) to the universal and the author explains in detail the five general ways we learn and shows how they work in practice. The five ways are Symbolic (think: rational thought), Connective (modeling like the Network in the brain), Bayesian (nothing is certain and all is contingent), Evolutionary (see "The Selfish Gene" by Dawkins), and by Analogy. The key is to use some variations of the ways ('tribes') and have the method (algorithm) use the data to exploit the information that is within the data set and do it recursively (and as Douglas Hofstadter says "I am a Strange Loop"). The computers are becoming faster, cheaper and can manipulate ever larger and more easily accessible data sets, and the methods have become more refined and usable. For example, brute force Bayesian methods are not used since the whole decision tree necessary for learning complex solutions are never practical and are now replaced by naive Bayesian techniques (only some of the dependent states need to be computed) giving only a small loss in overall accuracy. The overall point of the book is to show that there is evolutionary thinking going on in writing smart algorithms which are able to let the data speak for themselves and the computer scientists have a tool box of techniques which enable real objective knowledge to be extracted from the data. I like the TV show Person of Interest.

Our Final Invention Audiobook by James Barrat

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (James Barrat) — Thu, 29 May 2014 04:19:58 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Our Final Invention Subtitle: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era Author: James Barrat Narrator: Gary Dana Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins Language: English Release date: 05-29-14 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 448 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: A Huffington Post Definitive Tech Book of 2013 Artificial Intelligence helps choose what books you buy, what movies you see, and even who you date. It puts the "smart" in your smartphone and soon it will drive your car. It makes most of the trades on Wall Street, and controls vital energy, water, and transportation infrastructure. But Artificial Intelligence can also threaten our existence. In as little as a decade, AI could match and then surpass human intelligence. Corporations and government agencies are pouring billions into achieving AIs Holy Grail - human-level intelligence. Once AI has attained it, scientists argue, it will have survival drives much like our own. We may be forced to compete with a rival more cunning, more powerful, and more alien than we can imagine. Through profiles of tech visionaries, industry watchdogs, and groundbreaking AI systems, Our Final Invention explores the perils of the heedless pursuit of advanced AI. Until now, human intelligence has had no rival. Can we coexist with beings whose intelligence dwarfs our own? And will they allow us to? Members Reviews: Kind of chilling Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not? Yes, mostly because it's the kind of book I would want to discuss with someone after. There are so many speculations in this book that would be fun to explore. How could the performance have been better? Oh, I thought they actually used text to speech software to record this title. It was quite monotonous and slow. I used the x2 option to compensate. Was Our Final Invention worth the listening time? Yes, but take it all with a grain of salt. Apply the same skepticism the author encourages you to take towards the other authors writing a more utopic vision for AI. As always the future probably lies somewhere in the middle. It was a lot of information, I'll probably be seeking out other books from some of the people he mentions. Any additional comments? My biggest frustration was that his inconsistent ideas about the anthropomorphizing of AI. He rejected any human qualities that would be good, but was okay attributing human qualities that would be bad. For example, Dismissing that AI would ever get bored, that's a human quality. But claims that they would of course desire freedom? That sort of cherry picking of anthropomorphized traits to support his thesis. Fascinating - something everyone should be aware o really interesting, written for the layman. only complaint is that it's a bit drawn out. I feel like most of the points are made if the first half of the book Alarmist, but an important alarm Barat writes in layperson's terms because he believes the debate about artificial intelligence (AI) needs to be shared by all people, and that the fundamental ethical questions do not require elaborate AI expertise. The tone of the book is somewhat alarmist, but that is because he is documenting alarming things. I've seen some reviews that critique the work as repetitive, but I think those folks are missing the point. He is working through how different approaches to AI development all reinforce the same conclusion that we are entering an era that is extremely dangerous to human survival.

The Design of Everyday Things Audiobook by Donald A. Norman

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Donald A. Norman) — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 04:53:28 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Design of Everyday Things Author: Donald A. Norman Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins Language: English Release date: 08-29-11 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 666 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: First, businesses discovered quality as a key competitive edge; next came science. Now, Donald A. Norman, former Director of the Institute for Cognitive Science at the University of California, reveals how smart design is the new frontier. The Design of Everyday Things is a powerful primer on how - and why - some products satisfy customers while others only frustrate them. Critic Reviews: "Provocative." ( Time) Members Reviews: Badly needs updating The original title for this book was "The Psychology of Everyday Things" and it has not been updated since 1988. It contains mostly pop psychology insights from the '80s rather than design ideas, so if you are looking for information on the actual design process you will be disappointed. Many of the psychological insights have been refined and unpdated in the two decades since publication and what must have been insightful and modern at the time now seems obvious or too simplistic. The performance is terrible. The narrator has a Shatner-esque delivery where he randomly speeds up and slows down his reading and then dramatically drops his volume at the end of sentances. I honestly thought there was a problem with my stereo before I figured out he was doing it on purpose. The author mentions in his new preface that the ideas in the book are timeless and therefore he didn't think it needed updating. However, a significant amount of speculation is done by the author about what computers in the future will be capable of--all of which has already come to pass. There is simply no need for an entire chapter fantasizing about a future where you can have an electronic appointment book. Apparently, the book is considered a classic in the design and engineering world, but until it is updated it only has value as a historic document. Much Insight a Little Dated I have two rules; avoid abridgements and watch out for older texts on contemporary topics. The Design of Everyday Things was produced several years ago and it shows. While it is just filled with worthy insight, much of the material is dated. It's okay, but... This text is often required reading for design and usability students, however in 2016 this text is very dated. I would highly suggest just reading chapters one, two, and the last chapter; everything else is just a lot of stories and examples. There are some great takeaways in this book, but they are few and far in-between. A bit dated. Narration is good and keeps your interest. The idea that we should blame bad design and not ourselves for mistake is stated repeatedly throughout the book. To my disappointment I found the examples to be dated. He discusses VCRs as if they were more commonly used than DVDs. At one point he said he envisioned a portable computer that could be taken anywhere plugged into a phone within 5 years. How long has the iPhone been out? It would have been nice if the book updated before making into an audiobook. Turns out that this audiobook was recently released (making it seem like it was a new book) but had been written several years ago. Old version This is an old version of the book. The newest version includes new ideas and more relevant example. It's so old that a lot of the examples used to illustrate points are somewhat alien to the modern reader. Also the newer version has updated and refined theories. Still somewhat useful.

Soonish Audiobook by Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Kelly Weinersmith) — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 19:47:36 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Soonish Subtitle: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything Author: Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith Narrator: Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins Language: English Release date: 10-31-17 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 137 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: From a top scientist and the creator of the hugely popular web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, a hilarious investigation into future technologies - from how to fling a ship into deep space on the cheap to 3-D organ printing. What will the world of tomorrow be like? How does progress happen? And why do we not have a lunar colony already? What is the holdup? In this smart and funny book, celebrated cartoonist Zach Weinersmith and noted researcher Dr. Kelly Weinersmith give us a snapshot of what's coming next - from robot swarms to nuclear fusion powered-toasters. By weaving their own research and interviews with the scientists who are making these advances happen, the Weinersmiths investigate why these technologies are needed, how they would work, and what is standing in their way. New technologies are almost never the work of isolated geniuses with a neat idea. A given future technology may need any number of intermediate technologies to develop first, and many of these critical advances may appear to be irrelevant when they are first discovered. The journey to progress is full of strange detours and blind alleys that tell us so much about the human mind and the march of civilization. To this end, Soonish investigates 10 different emerging fields, from programmable matter to augmented reality, from space elevators to robotic construction, to show us the amazing world we will have, you know, soonish. Members Reviews: Hitchhikers Guide to the Future The Weinersmiths book is to popular science/futurology what John Oliver is to investigative journalism Read This Book Soon! (-ish) This book is at least an order of magnitude more fascinating than funny, which is impressive because it is quite funny! I gained a much less clear, but much more nuanced and accurate idea of what four future holds. If a person likes new technology at all in any form, I highly recommend this book. Bravo, encore! There is absolutely nothing to dislike about this book. The content, as complex and confounding as it is, was easy to understand and it really got me thinking. The presentation, masterful. I love and share your sense of humor and will hold up with you during the uprising in 2027 (perhaps in a coffee shop in Bowling Green). If my science classes were taught by Zach & Kelly I would have had a much greater understanding of all things science and probably be continuing Einsteins work today. Footnote: Its my opinion and I have a right to it! Please make more stuff like this... Interesting subjects, needlessly humorized The spacefaring and nanobot-material chapters were truly great. The biomass and organprinting chapters not so much. But I can see that is purely based on my personal interest, so shouldn't hold you back. I liked the structure of the book. All the chapters are sort of standalone, which made for an easy to understand book. I found the humor to be too much though. They try hard to make subjects more exciting by joking a lot. But for their audience (nerdy popular science people), they should've known that rocket science doesn't need jokes. Nerds don't find rocket science boring! Also, I think they should have hired a professional narrator for recording it. It shows that narrating is not for everyone. Foot Note . . .

Console Wars Audiobook by Blake J. Harris

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Blake J. Harris) — Tue, 13 May 2014 07:11:28 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Console Wars Subtitle: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle That Defined a Generation Author: Blake J. Harris Narrator: Fred Berman Format: Unabridged Length: 20 hrs and 41 mins Language: English Release date: 05-13-14 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2154 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: A mesmerizing, behind-the-scenes business thriller that chronicles how Sega, a small, scrappy gaming company led by an unlikely visionary and a team of rebels, took on the juggernaut Nintendo and revolutionized the video-game industry. In 1990, Nintendo had a virtual monopoly on the video-game industry. Sega, on the other hand, was just a faltering arcade company with big aspirations and even bigger personalities. But all that would change with the arrival of Tom Kalinske, a former Mattel executive who knew nothing about video games and everything about fighting uphill battles. His unconventional tactics, combined with the blood, sweat, and bold ideas of his renegade employees, completely transformed Sega and led to a ruthless, David-and-Goliath showdown with Nintendo. Little did he realize that Sega's success would create many new enemies and, most important, make Nintendo stronger than ever. The battle was vicious, relentless, and highly profitable, eventually sparking a global corporate war that would be fought on several fronts: from living rooms and school yards to boardrooms and Congress. It was a once-in-a-lifetime, no-holds-barred conflict that pitted brother against brother, kid against adult, Sonic against Mario, and the United States against Japan. Based on more than 200 interviews with former Sega and Nintendo employees, Console Wars is the tale of how Tom Kalinske miraculously turned an industry punch line into a market leader. Blake J. Harris brings into focus the warriors, the strategies, and the battles and explores how they transformed popular culture forever. Ultimately, Console Wars is the story of how a humble family man, with an extraordinary imagination and a gift for turning problems into competitive advantages, inspired a team of underdogs to slay a giant and, as a result, give birth to a $60 billion industry. Members Reviews: My Childhood: Explained Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why? I would recommend this audiobook to anyone who grew up playing video games in the 80s and 90s. I used to own a NES and an SNES and my cousin owned a Genesis (I later moved on to the PlayStation). This book does an excellent job answering all the questions I ever had about this awesome time in the Home Video Console eras. What did you like best about this story? I loved how the story played out like a drama and not like a history. Which character as performed by Fred Berman was your favorite? Fred Berman did an excellent job on all the characters. No one stood out as being exceptionally better (which I think is a good thing)... but I really liked the way he personified the geeky nature of Howard Phillips. Just a bit too much Hero-worship Any additional comments? Ok, so normally I'm they type of person not to even bother with a review, but I feel this one needs a bit of a warning. Let me preface with, I liked this book, and would read it again.The preformance is excelent, and even the over-the-top dialog is fun. That said, This is one exceedingly biast book.

Augmented Audiobook by JP Rangaswami, Alex Lightman, Brett King, Andy Lark

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (JP Rangaswami) — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 10:16:05 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Augmented Subtitle: Life in the Smart Lane Author: JP Rangaswami, Alex Lightman, Brett King, Andy Lark Narrator: Steven Jay Cohen Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins Language: English Release date: 08-15-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 120 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: The Internet and smartphone are just the latest in a 250-year-long cycle of disruption that has continuously changed the way we live, the way we work, and the way we interact. The coming Augmented Age, however, promises a level of disruption, behavioral shifts, and changes that are unparalleled. While consumers today are camping outside of an Apple store waiting to be one of the first to score a new Apple Watch or iPhone, the next generation of wearables will be able to predict if we're likely to have a heart attack and recommend a course of action. We watch news of Google's self-driving cars, but don't likely realize this means progressive cities will have to ban human drivers in the next decade because us humans are too risky. Following on from the Industrial or Machine Age, the Space Age and the Digital Age, the Augmented Age will be based on four key disruptive themes - Artificial Intelligence, Experience Design, Smart Infrastructure, and HealthTech. Historically, the previous "ages" brought significant disruption and changes, but on a net basis, jobs were created, wealth was enhanced, and the health and security of society improved. What will the Augmented Age bring? Will robots take our jobs and AI's subsume us as inferior intelligences? Or will this usher in a new age of abundance? Augmented is a book on future history, but, more than that, it is a story about how you will live your life in a world that will change more in the next 20 years than it has in the last 250 years. Are you ready to adapt? Because if history proves anything, you don't have much of a choice. Members Reviews: All Headlines It read as if it were a bunch of headlines, but didn't feel like it was of much substance. I wanted to like it, but I can say, save your money. summary - everything in the future will be subscription based and individually customized and connected. All the authors need is a couple of pom poms I was quite excited to listen to this book, but was quickly disappointed. It's basically a long list of technical innovations of the past with the authors cheerleading whatever *might* happen ... There is very little actual reflection on what the trends might mean, other than that the millennials and subsequent generations will deal with any disruptions incredibly well because they are uniquely (surprise-surprise) adept and adaptable, having been raised in a digital world. The narrator was good. Our Augmented self The author makes bold predictions about how technology will change us in ways we can't even imagine right now. This book puts into context the type of change that modern technology of information abundance can have on our psyche and how this will bring our an explosion in innovation. Realistic in its projections, and fascinating with its predictions, an all round enjoyable book Looking at near future possibilities and their ramifications to society and civilisation. Lots of examples Not sure how I really feel about this book. It have A LOT of examples on how technology will intertwine with daily life in the future. I appreciate that. But it was almost as if the whole book was put together from thousands of news articles.

The Art of Deception Audiobook by Kevin Mitnick

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Kevin Mitnick) — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:06:22 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Art of Deception Subtitle: Controlling the Human Element of Security Author: Kevin Mitnick Narrator: Nick Sullivan Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins Language: English Release date: 07-28-09 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 697 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Focusing on the human factors involved with information security, Mitnick explains why all the firewalls and encryption protocols in the world will never be enough to stop a savvy grifter intent on rifling a corporate database or an irate employee determined to crash a system. With the help of many fascinating true stories of successful attacks on business and government, he illustrates just how susceptible even the most locked-down information systems are to a slick con artist impersonating an IRS agent. Narrating from the points of view of both the attacker and the victims, he explains why each attack was so successful and how it could have been prevented in an engaging and highly readable style reminiscent of a true-crime novel. And, perhaps most importantly, Mitnick offers advice for preventing these types of social engineering hacks through security protocols, training programs, and manuals that address the human element of security. Members Reviews: Poor Narrator - ZZZZZzzzzzzz! Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not? This is the first book I have ever stopped listening to before finishing. The narrator was just soooo boring - it was like he was reading a text book. Would you be willing to try another book from Kevin Mitnick? Why or why not? I did read his other book Ghost in the Wires and it was fantastic - in fact that's the reason I decided to buy this book. How did the narrator detract from the book? He was very, very monotone and boring. No excitement or inflection in his voice at points where there clearly should have been. Did The Art of Deception inspire you to do anything? Yes - listen to a different book - any other book. Any additional comments? It's too bad they didn't use the same narrator from Ghost in the Wires - that narrator really had Mitnick down pat. memory lane This book is a fun read (listen) with story after story mostly about how people get tricked into giving up passwords or dial up modem numbers. Some of the tricks would still work, but most would not in modern enterprises. This book does not come close to fully describing a modern threat landscape. I work in InfoSec, and found this to be an excellent history lesson, with a few instances and situations where the human element of security threats still exist, such as the types of scams run to gain physical access. Only one type of deception... Any additional comments? You can read the entire book here: Two decades ago you could call people at work, claim to be someone else, ask for their help, and with a little piece of information trick someone else to get their secrets. Everything is about the phone and "hacking" phone lines, with no technical explanations. Oh, and there is some good advice on not downloading unusual email attachments. Once you hear the first two hours, you've heard it all. I returned it after 6 hours. Entertaining and right up my alley I'm not sure what the previous reviewers were looking for in this book, as an IS & Audit specialist I found this book thought provoking and entertaining.

The Second Machine Age Audiobook by Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Erik Brynjolfsson) — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 15:08:30 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Second Machine Age Subtitle: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies Author: Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee Narrator: Jeff Cummings Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins Language: English Release date: 01-20-14 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1431 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Audie Award, Judges' Award: Science & Technology, 2015 A revolution is under way. In recent years, Googles autonomous cars have logged thousands of miles on American highways and IBMs Watson trounced the best human Jeopardy! players. Digital technologies with hardware, software, and networks at their core will in the near future diagnose diseases more accurately than doctors can, apply enormous data sets to transform retailing, and accomplish many tasks once considered uniquely human. In The Second Machine Age MITs Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee two thinkers at the forefront of their field reveal the forces driving the reinvention of our lives and our economy. As the full impact of digital technologies is felt, we will realize immense bounty in the form of dazzling personal technology, advanced infrastructure, and near-boundless access to the cultural items that enrich our lives. Amid this bounty will also be wrenching change. Professions of all kinds from lawyers to truck drivers will be forever upended. Companies will be forced to transform or die. Recent economic indicators reflect this shift: Fewer people are working, and wages are falling even as productivity and profits soar. Drawing on years of research and up-to-the-minute trends, Brynjolfsson and McAfee identify the best strategies for survival and offer a new path to prosperity. These include revamping education so that it prepares people for the next economy instead of the last one, designing new collaborations that pair brute processing power with human ingenuity, and embracing policies that make sense in a radically transformed landscape. A fundamentally optimistic audiobook, The Second Machine Age will alter how we think about issues. Members Reviews: Good for the periphery Well organized, thoughtfully written, but if you're reading in the space, absolutely no new information. This is a book I'll recommend to readers who aren't already reading blogs and books covering similar topics. I did like the presentation as hopeful without being fervent. Upbeat but Limited Survey of Exponential Change This is an upbeat survey of a technical and very rapidly changing field. The field is changing so rapidly some of the technical information in this book was obsolete before it got published. For example there is a section on the Waze GPS mapping system. This was purchased by Google and integrated into Google Maps way back in 2013.

The Fast Track to Your Technician Class Ham Radio License Audiobook by Michael Burnette

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Michael Burnette) — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 08:51:41 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Fast Track to Your Technician Class Ham Radio License Author: Michael Burnette Narrator: Michael Burnette Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins Language: English Release date: 04-10-15 Publisher: Michael Burnette Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 329 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Covers all FCC Technician Class Exam questions July 1, 2014, until June 30, 2018 Everything you need to know to become a licensed ham and get on the air. Memorizing answers is hard. Learning is easy! The Fast Track to Your Technician Ham Radio License explains the reasoning and technology behind each correct answer on the amateur radio exam so you'll understand and remember the subject matter. Created by an experienced ham and adult educator, it's like having your own patient, experienced, good-humored mentor for the exam. Technician is the entry-level ham radio license that lets you operate on all ham channels from 30 MHz up, which includes the very popular VHF and UHF bands. To get your license you must pass a multiple-choice test. The technician license test consists of 35 questions drawn from a pool of about 350. Memorizing the answers to 350 questions is difficult, but The Fast Track makes it easier by explaining the reasoning and technology behind each correct answer. It's simple: When you understand the material, you remember the answers and pass the test. Best of all, once you've passed your exam you'll have a solid grounding in ham radio basics. Members Reviews: Fantastic study guide Any additional comments? Using this audio book, and maybe 1 hour of reviewing the Schematic Diagrams and some math practice questions, I was obtaining 33 out of 35 scores on practice exams. (well above passing at 26) I actually didn't think I was learning all that much while going through the audiobook, but when it came time to take the exams, the answers literally popped out at me, because Michael Burnette did an excellent job at mentioning the keywords you need to remember. And I feel for a 7-hour audiobook, Michael really dove into topics as deep as he could without requiring the time and patience of a college diploma. If you listen for an hour per day, you can pass the Technician Exam in a week.
Great work!!! The motivation I needed to get started, I wished I owned it years ago. I recommend it for everyone to five into Amateur ham radio. It worked! Would you listen to The Fast Track to Your Technician Class Ham Radio License again? Why? Superbly well done! I finished the book in a week during my commutes and passed the test with no problem! Never even opened the official textbook. Who was your favorite character and why? The radio. Duh! Have you listened to any of Michael Burnettes other performances before? How does this one compare? N/A Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you? N/A Any additional comments? Highly recommended for anyone serious about passing the exam. Passed my exam easily... This audiobook is very well done! Excellent narration, great content and very entertaining. I just passed my Technician's exam using nothing but this audiobook and the practice exams on the ARRL website. I especially like that the author explains the correct answers so you're not just memorizing. Hoping Mr. Burnette does finish a General Class study guide next. PERFECT Learned everything I needed to get my license. Fun, informative, and practical learning. Made me excited to get my license and start to broadcast!

Blockchain: The Beginners Guide to Understanding the Technology Behind Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Artemis Caro) — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 11:46:39 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Blockchain: The Beginners Guide to Understanding the Technology Behind Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency Author: Artemis Caro Narrator: Dan Mellins-Cohen Format: Unabridged Length: 59 mins Language: English Release date: 10-06-17 Publisher: Artemis Caro Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 33 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: What the Internet did for communications, Blockchain will do for trusted transactions" - Ginni Rometty, IBM CEO Cryptocurrency and its disruptive architecture, Blockchain, is now making the biggest revolution in the finance sector for the last 100 years. There is a lot of hype surrounding the concept of the blockchain, but what does this term actually mean? What is Blockchain technology? Why does it matter? These questions are not always answered with due diligence in the sea of headlines that deal with digital currencies using blockchains. As a result, many people are left with an incomplete understanding of this transformative new technology and its massive implications for the future. The goal of this book is not to plumb the depths of the mathematical wizardry used to code Blockchain-based applications, but rather to serve as an introduction to the broader architecture and conceptual background behind blockchain technology. We will take a practical approach, examining how blockchains are used in the real world. In this short, concise guide you will learn: Members Reviews: Very informative, but not quickening.. They don't really get into depth on exactly HOW to start investing in Cryptocurrency and lack recommendations (besides Etherium) on which to look at, I might be reading the wrong part of this subject. With that being said, the read was great - narration was informative and the accent of course was british smooth but nevertheless abbreviated and unscolded. Good write Artemis! perfect in depth beginners guide this book is a great primer for those interested in block chain tech. it helps you understand the technology, and be understandable for beginners without dumbing down the subject matter Great introduction for the basics of blockchain Great introduction into blockchain without delving too much into the technicalities of it. The audio book was very brief, I listened through it on a subway ride home. None of the material is particularly new or something you can't find on the internet, but it is presented in an easy to understand manner.

Cybersecurity and Cyberwar Audiobook by Allan Friedman, P. W. Singer

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Allan Friedman) — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 12:37:04 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Cybersecurity and Cyberwar Subtitle: What Everyone Needs to Know Author: Allan Friedman, P. W. Singer Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins Language: English Release date: 01-26-16 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 281 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: In Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know, New York Times best-selling author P. W. Singer and noted cyberexpert Allan Friedman team up to provide the kind of deeply informative resource book that has been missing on a crucial issue of 21st-century life. Written in a lively, accessible style, filled with engaging stories and illustrative anecdotes, the book is structured around the key question areas of cyberspace and its security: how it all works, why it all matters, and what we can do. Along the way, they take listeners on a tour of the important (and entertaining) issues and characters of cybersecurity, from the Anonymous hacker group and the Stuxnet computer virus to the new cyberunits of the Chinese and US militaries. Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know is the definitive account of the subject for us all, which comes not a moment too soon. Critic Reviews: "The timely book brings thoughtful, witty, and balanced analysis to this very important emerging discussion." ( The Atlantic) Members Reviews: Let's hope there is not a sequel This is my least enjoyable book from audible even including those I returned. The author seems lost interest in the subject early in the book feeling the pages with poorly connecting data to the main theme and he uses metaphors that are disjointed bringing added confusion rather than clarity. By the time the end of the book the pages run on with filler as if to make a page quota. Add to this is a narrator whose sing song delivery is more fitting narrating a book on the joy of kite flying than what is supposed to be a serious subject. This book is not the concise and crisp covering of the subject matter I hoped it would be. For those that don't know, that they don't know!! if you are someone inclined in computer networking technology and understanding this book is actually pretty good as a reinforcement but not solely for you. This book is definitely designed for those people who if almost every chapter there's a point where they bring up something that you don't know then this book is definitely for you A job application for some government job? What disappointed you about Cybersecurity and Cyberwar? I started this book and was quickly disappointed with its lack of content. The first part gives the reader some random facts about the history of the internet and cybersecurity, some generic technical information and that was about it. I was not impressed but I kept going. The second part of the book got me puzzled. How could the authors display such a poor understanding (or such a poor confidence) in the power of distributed architecture, open source software and basically everything that makes the Internet. I wouldnt say its perfect but its not Armageddon everyday either. At that stage I felt I was in a Bruce Willis movie Its a DDOS attack, well all gonna die. I went from being not impressed to feeling I was wasting my time but I kept going. Then came the part where the authors make recommendations. In short, their solution is lots of government supervision, hire lots of people and spend lots of money. There is nothing in the book about how to manage risk. It is all about avoiding risk at all cost. There is no practical recommendations that organizations concerned with their bottom line can implement. Then I gave up.

Data Analytics Audiobook by Robert Keane

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Robert Keane) — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 22:17:05 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Data Analytics Subtitle: Data Analytics, Agile Project Management, Machine Learning, Hacking - A Four Book Bundle Author: Robert Keane Narrator: Mike Davis Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins Language: English Release date: 12-28-17 Publisher: Robert Keane Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 51 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: This Book Includes 4 Manuscripts Data Analytics Master the techniques for data science, big data and data analytics! If your business is like most, it is already generating a staggering amount of data on a regular basis. Understanding what this data truly means is key to succeeding in the marketplace these days and if you are looking for a way to give yourself an edge then Data Analytics is the book you have been waiting for. Inside this book you will find: Agile Project Management has grown in popularity over the past several years. Change is occurring so fast that many organizations are unable to keep up with the demands of a changing global world. Your ability to quickly change and adapt to your environment will make or break, not only your career but could be the deciding factor as to whether your company survives in the coming years. Those that have implemented the Agile strategies you will learn in this book are the ones that are succeeding and will be around for years to come. Look around at your peers. How many of them are looking to take that next step? The answer is probably very few but not you. You are an action taker. The fact that you are looking for a book like this says so. Members Reviews: Amazing book Robert Keane is a great thinker, he made the excellent audiobook. This book shows his knowledge and capability. benefitted guide The book provided me insight into the best way to make utilization of information diagnostic when all is said in done to help in the development of my business. This book tells you about how you can analyze the data and reap the maximum benefits. This takes a look into the latest technologies into obtaining data and data points that are available today. great progress Interesting! The book is very well categorized into several sections and each section contains chapters related to various aspects of Data Analytics. The content of the book is definitely informative about data analytics. I really like the way the progression goes with each chapter. This book will definitely help you understand the topic marvellous book Marvelous Book! If you are somebody who is hoping to learn information investigation, regardless of whether you as of now have some foundation on it or somebody who's simply starting to take in, this book will enable you to comprehend the point.Overall i found this book helpful,Suggested to all!! prescribed Intriguing book! The information plays a critical and vital part in expanding the effectiveness of a business and supporting the achievement. This book educates you concerning how you can examine the information and receive the most extreme rewards. You can utilize these strategies to build the efficiency of your business and influence the best to out of it. Prescribed!

Replay Audiobook by Richard Garriott, Tristan Donovan

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Richard Garriott) — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 07:41:41 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Replay Subtitle: The History of Video Games Author: Richard Garriott, Tristan Donovan Narrator: Gary Furlong Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 15 mins Language: English Release date: 06-06-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 39 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: A riveting account of the birth and remarkable evolution of the most important development in entertainment since television, Replay is the ultimate history of video games. From its origins in the research labs of the 1940s to the groundbreaking success of the Wii, Replay sheds new light on gaming's past. Along the way it takes in the spectacular rise and fall of Atari, the crazed cottage industry spawned by the computers of Sir Clive Sinclair, Japan's rapid ascent to the top of the gaming tree, and the seismic impact of Doom. Replay tells the sensational story of how the creative vision of game designers across the globe gave rise to one of the world's most popular and dynamic art forms. Based on extensive research and more than 140 interviews, Replay includes insights from video game legends such as Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, Will Wright - the creator of The Sims , Doom designer John Romero, and Hironobu Sakaguchi of Final Fantasy fame. Replay also includes a foreword by Richard Garriott (AKA Lord British). Members Reviews: A fine addition to my game history collection. It gives me gratification that the area I chose to specialize in during my graduate studies - The history of games and simulations- is now getting serious attention. This book covers some of the same ground as others I have read, but still manages to deliver points and anecdotes missed elsewhere. Lots of direct quotes from game developers and designers, and a good narrative of the rise and fall of game styles and genres. Not sure if this is the performer or the nook text, but there are some errors like "Planescape: Torment" being referred to as "Planetscape" etc. Other than those small errors, I enjoyed this book thoroughly. A Wonderful and Thorough Companion to Video Games Focuses on all video games but covers the computer angle more thoroughly. Great narrator. It's not as thorough on all the game consoles as "The Ultimate History of Video Games" but it branches more into computer games in the U. K. and many parts of Europe and gives a more thorough background into how computer culture influenced second generation consoles and on. Brings video games up to 2012 and the advent of indie games on Steam. "Ultimate History" ends with the death of Sega as a console producer. The two books complement each other nicely. Excellent Book I have quite a few gaming history books in my library but I think they are all Nintendo vs Sega and while the story is interesting it has been told numerous times. Replay on the other hand covers so many different topics (the European computer scene, arcades, etc..) that aren't covered that well elsewhere. The narrator is fantastic, great pacing, he just brought the book to life. I just can't recommend this book enough. Sad to have this ruined by the narrator What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you? They chose a narrator with a Scottish dialect. For me, it was too distracting -- and quite frankly, made no sense given the subject matter. Nothing against Scottsmen -- but it's too distinctive as an accent. Great history but not without its flaws The most glaring flaw, the Wii only sold so much because artificially created supply shortages

Merchants of Doubt Audiobook by Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Naomi Oreskes) — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:40:13 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Merchants of Doubt Subtitle: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming Author: Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway Narrator: Peter Johnson Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins Language: English Release date: 11-16-10 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 537 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: The U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on such areas as public health, environmental science, and issues affecting quality of life. Our scientists have produced landmark studies on the dangers of DDT, tobacco smoke, acid rain, and global warming. But at the same time, a small yet potent subset of this community leads the world in vehement denial of these dangers. Merchants of Doubt tells the story of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers, with deep connections in politics and industry, ran effective campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established scientific knowledge over four decades. Remarkably, the same individuals surface repeatedly some of the same figures who have claimed that the science of global warming is "not settled" denied the truth of studies linking smoking to lung cancer, coal smoke to acid rain, and CFCs to the ozone hole. "Doubt is our product," wrote one tobacco executive. These "experts" supplied it. Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway, historians of science, roll back the rug on this dark corner of the American scientific community, showing how ideology and corporate interests, aided by a too-compliant media, have skewed public understanding of some of the most pressing issues of our era. Critic Reviews: Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway have demonstrated what many of us have long suspected: that the debate over the climate crisis--and many other environmental issues--was manufactured by the same people who brought you safe cigarettes. Anyone concerned about the state of democracy in America should read this book. (Former Vice President Al Gore) Brilliantly reported and written with brutal clarity The real shocker of this book is that it takes us, in just 274 brisk pages, through seven scientific issues that called for decisive government regulation and didn't get it, sometimes for decades, because a few scientists sprinkled doubt-dust in the offices of regulators, politicians and journalists.Oreskes and Conway do a great public service. (Huffington Post) Merchants of Doubt might be one of the most important books of the year. Exhaustively researched and documented, it explains how over the past several decades mercenary scientists have partnered with tobacco companies and chemical corporations to help them convince the public that their products are safe even when solid science proves otherwiseMerchants of Doubt is a hefty read, well-researched and comprehensiveI hope it sells, because what it has to say needs to be heard. (Christian Science Monitor) Members Reviews: Valuable scholarship, but not exactly literature The "Merchants of Doubt" of the title were a few scientists who had been productive researchers during the cold war. The book tells the story of how, in their later years, they used their accrued clout and credibility to attack and undermine important scientific discoveries involving tobacco, acid rain, ozone depletion, and especially, climate change. Their motives were both ideological (they considered environmental science a threat to the free market that they venerated) and mercenary (they were on the take from industry groups and conservative foundations). It's a really impressive piece or research and reporting, and it's easy to admire.

12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You Audiobook by Tony Reinke

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Tony Reinke) — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 10:55:36 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You Author: Tony Reinke Narrator: Tom Parks Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins Language: English Release date: 04-05-17 Publisher: christianaudio.com Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 69 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: When the smartphone was introduced, many of us quickly adopted it into our lives - too quickly to stop and think about the future costs we were unboxing along with the device. Now blessed with this revolutionary piece of handheld technology, we try to wield it with wisdom, fending off anxieties about how our digital habits impact our spiritual health. Drawing on the insights of numerous thinkers, published studies, and his own research, writer Tony Reinke identifies 12 potent ways our smartphones have changed our lives - for good and ill. Reinke calls us to cultivate healthy habits for smartphone use in the digital age, encouraging us to be grateful for technological advance, develop skills aimed at maximizing the blessing that we (and others) can receive through our phones, and grow in the wisdom we need to avoid the many pitfalls that exist with such a powerful tool. Members Reviews: Practical and challenging! My 21 year old son recommended this book and said he'd like everyone he knows to read it. Now I understand why. This Book Will Change You If you've never scrutinized your use of technology before, get ready. "12 Ways" will make you re-think the role that your phone has been playing in your life. There's a good chance it's ugly, especially if you take Tony's words to heart, but don't be dismayed, because there is an even greater chance to use technology as a way to glorify God and live in awe of the created world. And Tony tells you how. Every Christian needs to read Definitely 5 stars, I have been listening ( audible version) of this book and the Lord is working in my heart. I didn't even think I had an issue with my smartphone, but I think this book showed me ways I hadn't even considered. Don't let the years of "nothing" become your whole life, I need a break from my phone. Required reading for all Christians! I loved this book!! More enlightening than convicting in discerning our own online habits & hearts. Every Christian should read this book. Technology changes all of us, but it doesn't have to be for the worse. As long as we alert ourselves to it's snags, we can learn to control it, not the other way around. wish I could share it with everyone as part of the millennial generation I'm plagued by having everyone my age be submerged in phones. although that's not how I grew up in tried to conform to it. this book gave me comfort in ignoring the trend and going with God instead of the approval of masses :)

How to Measure Anything in Cybersecurity Risk Audiobook by Douglas W. Hubbard, Richard Seiersen

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Douglas W. Hubbard) — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 17:51:14 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: How to Measure Anything in Cybersecurity Risk Author: Douglas W. Hubbard, Richard Seiersen Narrator: Patrick Cronin Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins Language: English Release date: 11-29-16 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 35 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: A ground shaking exposé on the failure of popular cyber risk management methods. How to Measure Anything in Cybersecurity Risk exposes the shortcomings of current "risk management" practices, and offers a series of improvement techniques that help you fill the holes and ramp up security. In his best-selling book How to Measure Anything, author Douglas W. Hubbard opened the business world's eyes to the critical need for better measurement. This book expands upon that premise and draws from The Failure of Risk Management to sound the alarm in the cybersecurity realm. Some of the field's premier risk management approaches actually create more risk than they mitigate, and questionable methods have been duplicated across industries and embedded in the products accepted as gospel. This book sheds light on these blatant risks and provides alternate techniques that can help improve your current situation. You'll also learn which approaches are too risky to save and are actually more damaging than a total lack of any security. Dangerous risk management methods abound; there is no industry more critically in need of solutions than cybersecurity. This book provides solutions where they exist, and advises when to change tracks entirely. Insightful and enlightening, this book will inspire a closer examination of your company's own risk management practices in the context of cybersecurity. The end goal is airtight data protection, so finding cracks in the vault is a positive thing - as long as you get there before the bad guys do. How to Measure Anything in Cybersecurity Risk is your guide to more robust protection through better quantitative processes, approaches, and techniques. Members Reviews: better know math and statistics before diving in I found this book enjoyable, but most of the math and statistics were way over my head. Fortunately, I'm a general manager and I can hire folks to do the good things that this book lays out. Before listening to this book, our cybersecurity matrix was green, yellow, red. Now we can move toward continuous measurement, which makes more sense. Not appropriate for audio, buy a hard copy instead Would you try another book from Douglas W. Hubbard and Richard Seiersen and/or Patrick Cronin? Yes, it was obvious that they knew their stuff Any additional comments? I liked this book, I wish I could return it for a hard copy. This book is well done but really hard to follow as an audio book, which is how I bought it. Audible says I can't return it. Informative the data presented is relevant,but the lack of graphics makes keeping up difficult for someone not familiar with statistics and risk Management. Technically precise AND presents useful concepts The author presents precise mathematics applicable to estimating cybersecurity risks, probably useful for enterprise-level cybersecurity managers. For small to medium companies who probably do not have the resources to deploy this level of estimation, the concepts are still helpful as counterpoint to commonly-used nominal- and ordinal-level methods of estimating cybersecurity risks. Would be better without Narrating formulas Overall this is a great cyber security book, which the field is greatly lacking. I learned a lot, and I would said overall this is worth a listen, if you are high enough up your company/organizations security team.

Lights Out Audiobook by Ted Koppel

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Ted Koppel) — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 07:49:49 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Lights Out Subtitle: A Cyberattack, a Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath Author: Ted Koppel Narrator: Ted Koppel Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins Language: English Release date: 10-27-15 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1258 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: In this tour de force of investigative reporting, Ted Koppel reveals that a major cyberattack on America's power grid is not only possible but likely, that it would be devastating, and that the United States is shockingly unprepared. Imagine a blackout lasting not days but weeks or months. Tens of millions of people over several states are affected. For those without access to generators, there is no running water, no sewage, no refrigeration or light. Food and medical supplies are dwindling. Devices we rely on have gone dark. Banks no longer function, looting is widespread, and law and order are being tested as never before. It isn't just a scenario. A well-designed attack on just one of the nation's three electric power grids could cripple much of our infrastructure - and in the age of cyberwarfare, a laptop has become the only necessary weapon. Several nations hostile to the United States could launch such an assault at any time. In fact, as a former chief scientist of the NSA reveals, China and Russia have already penetrated the grid. And a cybersecurity advisor to President Obama believes that independent actors - from "hacktivists" to terrorists - have the capability as well. "It's not a question of if," says Centcom Commander General Lloyd Austin, "it's a question of when." And yet, as Koppel makes clear, the federal government, while well prepared for natural disasters, has no plan for the aftermath of an attack on the power grid. The current secretary of homeland security suggests keeping a battery-powered radio. In the absence of a government plan, some individuals and communities have taken matters into their own hands. Among the nation's estimated three million "preppers", we meet one whose doomsday retreat includes a newly excavated three-acre lake stocked with fish and a Wyoming homesteader so self-sufficient that he crafted the thousands of adobe bricks in his house by hand. We also see the unrivaled disaster preparedness of the Mormon church, with its enormous storehouses, high-tech dairies, orchards, and proprietary trucking company - the fruits of a long tradition of anticipating the worst. But how, Koppel asks, will ordinary civilians survive? With urgency and authority, one of our most renowned journalists examines a threat unique to our time and evaluates potential ways to prepare for a catastrophe that is all but inevitable. Critic Reviews: "Ted Koppel's unparalleled reporting skills are on full display in Lights Out. A fascinating and frightening look at just how vulnerable we are to a cyber attack." (Anderson Cooper) " Lights Out is a timely warning about the vulnerability of America to a massive cyber attack that would cripple all we take for granted - electricity, communication, transportation. This is not science fiction. Hats off to Ted Koppel for putting us all on alert." (Tom Brokaw) Members Reviews: Fascinating but incomplete This was a very interesting book. In a lot of ways it was preaching to the choir as I already realize the danger of a large-scale power grid failure. I have taken some small steps to self-sustainability both because of environmental concerns and because it never hurts to have useful skills. However, I don't believe Mr Koppel did a strong enough job proving the likelihood of such an attack.

On Intelligence Audiobook by Jeff Hawkins, Sandra Blakeslee

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Jeff Hawkins) — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 08:17:28 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: On Intelligence Author: Jeff Hawkins, Sandra Blakeslee Narrator: Jeff Hawkins, Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins Language: English Release date: 01-27-05 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1800 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Hawkins develops a powerful theory of how the human brain works, explaining why computers are not intelligent and how, based on this new theory, we can finally build intelligent machines. The brain is not a computer, but a memory system that stores experiences in a way that reflects the true structure of the world, remembering sequences of events and their nested relationships and making predictions based on those memories. It is this memory-prediction system that forms the basis of intelligence, perception, creativity, and even consciousness. In an engaging style that will captivate audiences from the merely curious to the professional scientist, Hawkins shows how a clear understanding of how the brain works will make it possible for us to build intelligent machines, in silicon, that will exceed our human ability in surprising ways. Written with acclaimed science writer Sandra Blakeslee, On Intelligence promises to completely transfigure the possibilities of the technology age. It is a landmark book in its scope and clarity. Editorial Reviews: After a solid intro from Hawkins, Stefan Rudnicki takes over the narrating reins. The effect is an audio program with a compelling ability to anticipate the question taking form in your own brain as you listen, then answer it with clarity and sincerity. That's a feat worthy of admiration. Critic Reviews: "[Hawkins's] argument is complex but comprehensible, and his curiosity will intrigue anyone interested in the lessons neurobiology may hold for AI." (Booklist) "[Hawkins] fully anticipates, even welcomes, the controversy he may provoke within the scientific community and admits that he might be wrong, even as he offers a checklist of potential discoveries that could prove him right. His engaging speculations are sure to win fans." (Publishers Weekly) Members Reviews: Interesting Introduction to a Fascinating Field This is, all and all, a pretty solid book, particularly if you already have some interest in the field. It explains both current state of modern neuroscience as well as the author's theory of the basis for intelligence. If you are interested in this topic it's probably worth the download. You will have to put up with a few minor irritations, such as (1) the author's ego occasionally bleeds through with little snotty asides. He's fairly arrogant and quickly dismissive of alternative views, (2) his theory seems internally consistent but is ultimately a little reductionist. The brain almost certainly does work, at some level, just as he describes it. But when he pushes the model into describing the creative process, the basis of consciousness and some other areas, it feels a little thin. It's an engineer's view of the essence of these aspects of human behavior, overly wedded to a simplistic structure, ignoring nuances which are clearly important. (3) There is one chapter in the book which doesn't translate into a book tape very well, because it's fairly technical and relies on diagrams. But even if you don't entirely drink his Kool-Aid, this is still an interesting, thought-provoking way to spend a few hours. Epiphany Epiphany: 1. A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something. 2.

How We Got to Now Audiobook by Steven Johnson

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Steven Johnson) — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 20:13:38 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: How We Got to Now Subtitle: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World Author: Steven Johnson Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins Language: English Release date: 09-30-14 Publisher: Penguin Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1207 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times best-selling author of Where Good Ideas Come From and Everything Bad Is Good for You, a new look at the power and legacy of great ideas. In this volume, Steven Johnson explores the history of innovation over centuries, tracing facets of modern life (refrigeration, clocks, and eyeglass lenses, to name a few) from their creation by hobbyists, amateurs, and entrepreneurs to their unintended historical consequences. Filled with surprising stories of accidental genius and brilliant mistakes - from the French publisher who invented the phonograph before Edison but forgot to include playback, to the Hollywood movie star who helped invent the technology behind Wi-Fi and Bluetooth - How We Got to Now investigates the secret history behind the everyday objects of contemporary life. In his trademark style, Johnson examines unexpected connections between seemingly unrelated fields: how the invention of air-conditioning enabled the largest migration of human beings in the history of the species - to cities such as Dubai or Phoenix, which would otherwise be virtually uninhabitable; how pendulum clocks helped trigger the industrial revolution; and how clean water made it possible to manufacture computer chips. Accompanied by a major six-part television series on PBS, How We Got to Now is the story of collaborative networks building the modern world, written in the provocative, informative, and engaging style that has earned Johnson fans around the globe. Members Reviews: Really good and interesting book Where does How We Got to Now rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far? This is really a very interesting book about the development of everyday life tools we take for granted (light, clean water, sound recordings, etc). The stories for each major area are extremely interesting and the narrator does an excellent job of getting the message across. If there is ever a volume two to this series I will definitely get it! Excellent Book What made the experience of listening to How We Got to Now the most enjoyable? The content of this book is fascinating! If it had been a physical book, I wouldn't have been able to put it down. Who was your favorite character and why? Being a non-fiction book, this question doesn't apply. I think the chapter on "Glass" was perhaps my favorite. Which character as performed by George Newbern was your favorite? n/a Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you? A man spent his fortune transporting ice to the Caribbean, only to learn the people there had no idea what it was or what it could be used for. We take ice for granted, but if you've never seen it, never had a cold drink, or never eaten ice cream, then why would you buy it? Any additional comments? Great book! "Out of the box" subject matter! The Adjacent Possible, Network System Innovation If you could sum up How We Got to Now in three words, what would they be? Network System Innovation What other book might you compare How We Got to Now to and why? Day the Universe Changed, James Burke -Innovation and invention in the context of the Adjacent Possible. Have you listened to any of George Newberns other performances before? How does this one compare? No. I don't believe so.

Computer Programming for Beginners Audiobook by K. Connors

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (K. Connors) — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 04:16:37 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Computer Programming for Beginners Subtitle: Learn How to Code Step by Step Author: K. Connors Narrator: Stephen Strader - The Voice Ranger Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 26 mins Language: English Release date: 10-16-17 Publisher: K. Connors Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 36 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Learning to program can be a very daunting and intimidating task. I know, I was once in your shoes trying to figure out how the heck I was going to do this crazy thing called code! I remember asking myself questions like where to start, what computer to buy, what language to learn, what books to get, and everything else that went with it. I know the struggle, and that's why I wrote this book to streamline the process and answer all those questions for those individuals just like me. In this book, you will learn: Get Computer Programming for Beginners: Learn How to Code Step by Step and join the world of programming today! Members Reviews: Very general I feel most of this book could be found between a few Wikipedia pages. Nothing on the basics of programming, just what programming is as a whole. Could have included things about what loops arrays and logic statements but did not. If I would have known it was this generic I would not have bought the book. Well informed... I decided to give this a try because I have programmed before but do not claim to be very good at it. I was expecting this book to walk you step by step on how to make games or something, but it really just walked you through the history and terms of each programming language. Definitely recommended! Great seller, I wish they could all be like him, took care of a potential problem. Before it became one. Would love to order from him again.. Great book for beginners to start with This was a great book to help me refresh myself after a few months of stepping away from learning. It is a great book for someone trying to get into programming or get to know what programming is. For a clear understanding The book is advanced, I cannot deny that. In spite of this fact, it still fits the beginner's level since it only includes the basic information that you should know when you are starting computer programming. I learned a lot from this book.

Simple CISSP Exam Questions Audiobook by Phil Martin

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Phil Martin) — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 02:50:12 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Simple CISSP Exam Questions Author: Phil Martin Narrator: Phil Martin Format: Unabridged Length: 18 hrs and 40 mins Language: English Release date: 09-26-17 Publisher: Phil Martin Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: The CISSP certification is the gold standard for security professionals. This test question resource is the companion guide to Simple CISSP Exam Guide. In this book you will find over 2,400 unique questions, with most presented in two formats: - given a term, provide the definition - given a definition, provide the term. That means there are over 4,400 total questions! Members Reviews: A must have CISSP product Absolutely phenomenal product, it is idea for review when you can study anymore. Thank you.

The Book of Satoshi Audiobook by Phil Champagne

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Phil Champagne) — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 02:53:10 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Book of Satoshi Subtitle: The Collected Writings of Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto, 1st Edition Author: Phil Champagne Narrator: Stephanie Murphy Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins Language: English Release date: 04-20-15 Publisher: e53 Publishing, LLC Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 82 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: The Book of Satoshi, the collected writings of Satoshi Nakamoto, creator of the bitcoin. The foreword was written by Jeff Berwick. Members Reviews: Solid Bitcoin design information The content is interesting for those interested in the theories behind Bitcoin and history of it. The downside is it being a literal reading of a technical book that wasn't adjusted for the spoken form, hence the reading out of some very large numbers and no explanation of diagrams being talked about. Great historic read that'll teach the blockchain The book starts with a disclaimer that this isn't going to be super technical and will skip conversations on highly technical matters, but despite this it dives right into the mechanisms with a partial prerequisite understanding of key pairs and cryptography 101. most technical people will cope. If you're the type of person that learns by example, this book will help you understand all the hoo-ha and provide a foundational understanding for keychain and crytocurrencies. hearing the actual conversations from founders as the develop the platform allows you the understand how they established bitcoin and communicated the reasoning for controls such as PoW and mechanisms such as blockchains. this book personally helped me by answering all the questions I had about the establishment and allowed me to understand the current issues so that I could asses which alt-currency is likely to work most effectively. Narrator is also a good pick. very easy to listen to due to sound voice control. Average book for blockchain Average book about blockchain. However I do recommend anyone who wants to learn about blockchain tech Great book with Bitcoin info from its creator !! Impressive compilation in a form of story of the interaction with Satoshi which is great insight and n mathematical cryptocurrency bitcoin!! Great work by the Phil. Useful as a catch-up Resource - Narration Excellen Any additional comments? I heard about Bitcoin during it's early hype phase, loved the idea, and wrote it off (more interested in Blockchain, but didn't seek writing about it). Fast-forward to 2015, and I now know it's important knowledge - so this book was an absolutely essential means to catch-up. Information from the people who created and refined the technology. Can email, papers and discussion board posts be informative, practical? Yes. Each chapter has a prelude that sums up the scenario and information discovered and/or resolved. Lastly, can this type of reference be narrated in a way that educates? Yes. Narrator reads excellently - even the timestamps. Get the audiobook to catch up fast, get the print edition for reference later.

Tubes Audiobook by Andrew Blum

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Andrew Blum) — Tue, 29 May 2012 05:52:00 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Tubes Subtitle: A Journey to the Center of the Internet Author: Andrew Blum Narrator: Andrew Blum Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins Language: English Release date: 05-29-12 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 193 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: When your Internet cable leaves your living room, where does it go? Almost everything about our day-to-day lives - and the broader scheme of human culture - can be found on the Internet. But what is it physically? And where is it really? Our mental map of the network is as blank as the map of the ocean that Columbus carried on his first Atlantic voyage. The Internet, its material nuts and bolts, is an unexplored territory. Until now. In Tubes, journalist Andrew Blum goes inside the Internet's physical infrastructure and flips on the lights, revealing an utterly fresh look at the online world we think we know. It is a shockingly tactile realm of unmarked compounds, populated by a special caste of engineer who pieces together our networks by hand; where glass fibers pulse with light and creaky telegraph buildings, tortuously rewired, become communication hubs once again. From the room in Los Angeles where the Internet first flickered to life to the caverns beneath Manhattan where new fiber-optic cable is buried; from the coast of Portugal, where a 10,000 mile undersea cable just two thumbs wide connects Europe and Africa to the wilds of the Pacific Northwest, where Google, Microsoft, and Facebook have built monumental data centers, Blum chronicles the dramatic story of the Internet's development, explains how it all works, and takes the first-ever in-depth look inside its hidden monuments. This is a book about real places on the map: their sounds and smells, their storied pasts, their physical details, and the people who live there. For all the talk of the "placelessness" of our digital age, the Internet is as fixed in real, physical spaces as the railroad or telephone. You can map it and touch it, and you can visit it. Is the Internet in fact "a series of tubes" as Ted Stevens, the late senator from Alaska, once famously described it? How can we know the Internet's possibilities if we don't know its parts? Like Tracy Kidder's classic The Soul of a New Machine or Tom Vanderbilt's recent best seller Traffic, Tubes combines on-the-ground reporting and lucid explanation into an engaging, mind-bending narrative to help us understand the physical world that underlies our digital lives. Members Reviews: Don't listen to this while driving The author has turned what is the most important, complex and useful structure of our times, the internet, into a boring and dull book. He is a shining example of my most authors should not read their own material. He reads in a monotone with no vocal variety to make his subject marginally interesting. If you are prone to sleep while driving do not listen to this book in the car. You may get in an accident. Make no mistake the material could make a fascinating book, just not this one. The author tells of the first communication between two people over the fledgling internet. It should have all the drama of the first words between Bell and Watson but unfortunately it does not. This is described in the same dull manner that the author describes the journey to the various iconic internet places and buildings. The train, countryside, streets, signs and other tiny, inconsequential details are minutely described. The book, actually, could be mislabeled.

Super Mario Audiobook by Jeff Ryan

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Jeff Ryan) — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 08:35:51 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Super Mario Subtitle: How Nintendo Conquered America Author: Jeff Ryan Narrator: Ray Porter Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins Language: English Release date: 08-04-11 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1474 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: The story of Nintendos rise and the beloved icon who made it possible Nintendo has continually set the standard for video game innovation in America, starting in 1981 with a plucky hero who jumped over barrels to save a girl from an ape. The saga of Mario, the portly plumber who became the most successful franchise in the history of gaming, has plot twists worthy of a video game. Jeff Ryan shares the story of how this quintessentially Japanese company found success in the American market. Lawsuits, Hollywood, die-hard fans, and face-offs with Sony and Microsoft are all part of the drama. Find out about: Marios eccentric yet brilliant creator, Shigeru Miyamoto, who was tapped for the job because he was considered expendable; Minoru Arakawa, the son-in-law of Nintendos imperious president, who bumbled his way to success; and the unexpected approach that allowed Nintendo to reinvent itself as the gaming system for the nongamer, especially now with the Wii. Even those who cant tell a Koopa from a Goomba will find this a fascinating story of striving, comeuppance, and redemption. Critic Reviews: One of Americas favorite pastimes is covered in exhaustive, enthusiastic detail. (Publishers Weekly) Members Reviews: Truly super! Wow! What a great read! Don't get me wrong, I love my nonfiction, documentarian fare when it comes to reading; but when it comes to books of this type, I am accustomed to informative rather than entertaining. I finished this book in under 24 hours (where typically I take days or weeks). It was just that interesting and fun(!) to listen to! To be sure, it contains a few (minor) factual errors, and the narrator occasionally produces a cringeworthy pronunciation...but if you have any interest in Nintendo, Mario, or the history of videogames in general, read this well-researched, well-written book. You won't be sorry. Good history of Mario I've read a number of other video game books but never listened to one -- the read does an incredible job on this. The book itself is quite good and even the biggest Nintendo nerd will learn something. Note to the author however, what's with the stupid Green Peace mention at the end? Completely out of place and annoying, but it's only like a minute or two so don't let that ruin the book. I would love to see the author do a full history of Nintendo, this covers a lot of it, but there is a lot of stuff missed as well since this focuses more of Mario. Highly recommend this to any video game / technology / child of the 80s nerd. A Must! For the gamer, 80's nerd, business man. What did you love best about Super Mario? As someone who was born in 71, this book was meant for me. It should be required reading for people who read Ready Player One, which I highly recommend. I knew things the reader was going to say before he said it, which is always a treat when listening to an audio book, but the real treat was that he would then give you the behind the curtain details. Pop culture has put forth so many myths about games, characters, and the Big N itself and this book dispels them all. This book even features snip-its about Mikhail Gorbachev, George W. Bush, astronauts, the Beatles and to many others to list. As the book went through each era, I can remember where I was, who my friends where, the rumors that would fly about the next greatest thing that was coming out.

The One Device Audiobook by Brian Merchant

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Brian Merchant) — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 04:22:19 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The One Device Subtitle: The Secret History of the iPhone Author: Brian Merchant Narrator: Tristan Morris Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins Language: English Release date: 06-20-17 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 369 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: The secret history of the invention that changed everything - and became the most profitable product in the world. Odds are that right now, an iPhone is within reach. But before Steve Jobs introduced us to "the one device", as he called it, a cell phone was merely what you used to make calls on the go. How did the iPhone transform our world and turn Apple into the most valuable company ever? Veteran technology journalist Brian Merchant reveals the inside story you won't hear from Cupertino - based on his exclusive interviews with the engineers, inventors, and developers who guided every stage of the iPhone's creation. This deep dive takes you from inside One Infinite Loop to 19th century France to WWII America, from the driest place on earth to a Kenyan pit of toxic e-waste, and even deep inside Shenzhen's notorious "suicide factories". It's a firsthand look at how the cutting-edge tech that makes the world work - touch screens, motion trackers, and even AI - made their way into our pockets. The One Device is a road map for design and engineering genius, an anthropology of the modern age, and an unprecedented view into one of the most secretive companies in history. This is the untold account, 10 years in the making, of the device that changed everything. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. Critic Reviews: " The One Device is a tour de force, with fast-paced edge and heaps of analytical insight." (Ashlee Vance, New York Times best-selling author of Elon Musk) "A stunning book. You will never look at your iPhone the same way again." (Dan Lyons, New York Times best-selling author of Disrupted) Members Reviews: Slow Start, But Good Read Am a developer, specially in the iOS field, and really enjoyed learning about how the development of the first iPhone went and how it happened. I didn't enjoy the starting bit when it was all about the material used to make the iPhone. The reason I bought is to know more about the birth of the iPhone. If you are interested in knowing that, then go of it. It will be a bit slow thought at the start. Interesting read It left me wanting a little more info to be honest. I feel like there is a lot of the story that only Apple itself can tell but probably never will. Great You want to know where the iPhone comes from. This book gives you what you need to know of the man hours that make the device in your pocket happen. TECH PORN AT ITS BEST Any additional comments? This book was so much fun. I loved it. It teaches the history of every element of iPhone. a glimpse into how it all came together. The soap opera that is Steve Jobs. Fascinating! Great story. Very enjoyable and entertaining. Would recommend this book to anyone who interested in iPhones.

Space Chronicles Audiobook by Neil deGrasse Tyson

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Neil deGrasse Tyson) — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 20:16:42 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Space Chronicles Subtitle: Facing the Ultimate Frontier Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson Narrator: Mirron Willis Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins Language: English Release date: 06-09-15 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 587 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: America's space program is at a turning point. After decades of global primacy, NASA has ended the space-shuttle program, cutting off its access to space. No astronauts will be launched in an American craft, from American soil, until the 2020s, and NASA may soon find itself eclipsed by other countries' space programs. 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 and brilliantly reminds us why NASA matters now as much as ever. As Tyson reveals, exploring the space frontier can profoundly enrich many aspects of our daily lives, from education systems and the economy to national security and morale. For America to maintain its status as a global leader and a technological innovator, he explains, we must regain our enthusiasm and curiosity about what lies beyond our world. Provocative, humorous, and wonderfully listenable, Space Chronicles represents the best of Tyson's recent commentary, including a must-listen prologue on NASA and partisan politics. Reflecting on topics that range from scientific literacy to space-travel missteps, Tyson gives us an urgent, clear-eyed, and ultimately inspiring vision for the future. Critic Reviews: "A compelling appeal, at just the right time, for continuing to look up." ( Air & Space) Members Reviews: The least helpful review of Space Chronicles. Any additional comments? I'm very hesitant to give Space Chronicles a low rating because I like Dr. Tyson as a television host, and I love the subject matter of this book. Plus, I was entertained while listening to it. The problem is that I wasn't very educated by it. I've known 95% of the material covered by it for many years, and that's just from watching the Discovery and History channels. In fact, you would have to be extremely novice on the subject to not have heard it before. To be fair, I did learn some things about NASA's budget and the government politics that can make or break a NASA project... ...but that's about it. Another thing you should know before purchasing this book is that it's really more of a collection of articles than an actual book. Due to this fact the same material is covered over and over using the exact same words and phrases over and over (seriously, over and over... Dozens of times in some cases). Honestly, it could have been edited down to about two hours and there would have been no material loss. Something else that bothered me is how Dr. Tyson inserts his tweets into the narrative. They wouldn't be so bad at the ends of the chapters or something, but they are randomly scattered throughout the book and break up the train of thought in many places. Trust me, it gets very annoying. Mirron Willis is the narrator. At first I didn't like his voice, (nothing in particular, I just didn't like it) but he's a very competent reader and after a while he grew on me. That concludes my review. Neil DeGrasse Tyson does it again! Where does Space Chronicles rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far? Of all the books that expand on the love of space travel and the importance being at the forefront of science as a nation. This is the best book I have listened to. I would rank this book in the top 20% of the almost 200 titles I have listened to.

Culinary Reactions Audiobook by Simon Quellen Field

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Simon Quellen Field) — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 22:22:10 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Culinary Reactions Subtitle: The Everyday Chemistry of Cooking Author: Simon Quellen Field Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins Language: English Release date: 02-07-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 12 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: When you're cooking, you're a chemist! Every time you follow or modify a recipe you are experimenting with acids and bases, emulsions and suspensions, gels and foams. In your kitchen you denature proteins, crystallize compounds, react enzymes with substrates, and nurture desired microbial life while suppressing harmful microbes. And unlike in a laboratory, you can eat your experiments to verify your hypotheses. In Culinary Reactions, author Simon Quellen Field explores the chemistry behind the recipes you follow every day. How does altering the ratio of flour, sugar, yeast, salt, butter, and water affect how high bread rises? Why is whipped cream made with nitrous oxide rather than the more common carbon dioxide? And why does Hollandaise sauce fall for "clarified" butter? This easy-to-follow primer even includes recipes to demonstrate the concepts being discussed, including Whipped Creamsicle Topping (a foam), Cherry Dream Cheese (a protein gel), and Lemonade with Chameleon Eggs (an acid indicator). It even shows you how to extract DNA from a Halloween pumpkin. You'll never look at your graduated cylinders, Bunsen burners, and beakers the same way again. Critic Reviews: With information advanced enough to interest the well-seasoned, hard-boiled home cook, the information in this book is written in such a friendly and approachable manner that even beginner kitchen-chemists will be delighted to learn from it." ( San Francisco Book Review) Members Reviews: A story of the arts This fascinating book is distastefully dense in animal foods. The narrator could not sound less excited. The book explains absolute gems from food-science. This book is a must.

The Seventh Sense Audiobook by Joshua Cooper Ramo

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Joshua Cooper Ramo) — Tue, 17 May 2016 15:08:19 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Seventh Sense Subtitle: Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks Author: Joshua Cooper Ramo Narrator: Joshua Cooper Ramo Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins Language: English Release date: 05-17-16 Publisher: Little, Brown & Company Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 603 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: The digital age we live in is as transformative as the Industrial Revolution, and Joshua Cooper Ramo explains how to survive. If you find yourself longing for a disconnected world where information is not always at your fingertips, you may eventually be as useful as the carriage maker post-Henry Ford. It's practically impossible to know where the marriage of imagination and technology will take us (sorry, Betamax and Kodak), and the only certainty is that in the networked world we will only become more intertwined. Is it possible not to become hopelessly tangled? Joshua Cooper Ramo, a policy expert who has advised the most powerful nations and corporations, says yes - if you are ready to ride the disruption. Drawing on examples from business, science, and politics, Ramo illuminates our transformative world. Start by imagining a near future when America's greatest power is not its military or its economy but its control of the Internet. Critic Reviews: "Joshua Cooper Ramo has written a book that combines historic sweep and incisive detail. A great book, and a useful one. The Seventh Sense is a concept every businessman, diplomat, or student should aspire to master - a powerful idea, backed by stories and figures that will be impossible to forget." (Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs and The Innovators) "The next president needs to read The Seventh Sense, starting on the morning of November 9th. Joshua Ramo's latest book is a fascinating guide to the way the world is changing." (Malcolm Gladwell, author of David and Goliath) "Joshua Cooper Ramo has a unique intelligence and a unique voice, which illuminate this fascinating book. The central new reality of the world we live in today is connectivity. People, computers, other machines, almost everything is getting linked and these new networks are spewing oceans of information. How should we navigate this brave new world? Ramo writes with ease and authority about the technology, history, and foreign policy of this power shift, giving us an essential guide for the future." (Fareed Zakaria, author of In Defense of a Liberal Education) Members Reviews: Boy, Ramo sure has read a lot of books... Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not? No. The book took a fairly simple observation or two and found a zillion examples to - kind of - support or illustrate it. I worked all the way through to the end, hoping that Ramo would come up with some brilliant, useful conclusion, but in the end it was like "So, be aware of this in your life..." Has The Seventh Sense turned you off from other books in this genre? If the genre is someone's capstone reading report, then yes, it has turned me off from the genre. Ridiculously Relevant Simply put, "The Seventh Sense" is a book that provides insight into why the world feels as crazy as it does, today. The answer, at least according to the author, is based in the well argued theory that we are at the beginning of a societal change on par with that of the Industrial Revolution--a time in history when people felt much the same way. If you are looking for a book that will hold your hand and tell you that the future of the world is going to be drop dead gorgeous, I think you are probably better off with a different book.

Cryptocurrency: How to Make a Lot of Money Investing and Trading in Cryptocurrency: Unlocking the

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Andrew Johnson) — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 10:15:11 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Cryptocurrency: How to Make a Lot of Money Investing and Trading in Cryptocurrency: Unlocking the Lucrative World of Cryptocurrency: Cryptocurrency Investing and Trading, Book 1 Author: Andrew Johnson Narrator: Nicki Gallo Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs Language: English Release date: 10-06-17 Publisher: Andrew Johnson Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 33 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: If you had purchased $100 worth of Bitcoins in the middle of 2009 and held onto those coins until August 2017, you would have turned that $100 into more than $8,000,000. The lucrative world of cryptocurrency no longer has to be a mystery. This book will shock you. Secret strategies are revealed. Discover what cryptocurrency is all about and how to make a lot of money investing and trading in them. While the Bitcoin ship might have already sailed, it is not too late to jump onto the cryptocurrency bandwagon and make a profit in the process. If you are wondering about how to go about doing just that, then Cryptocurrency: How to Make a Lot of Money Investing and Trading in Cryptocurrency is the book you have been waiting for. Currently, only about 25 percent of Americans actually understand what cryptocurrency is, and only about two percent use them on a regular basis. Despite this fact, all of the more than 1,000 cryptocurrencies on the market today have a market valuation of more than $60 billion dollars. Regardless of what you know about cryptocurrency as a whole, it is clear that this market is something to watch. Inside you will learn everything you ever wanted to know about the technology that powers cryptocurrency and how to tell a Bitcoin from a Litecoin, from an Ether, and why that distinction matters. You will also learn how to choose the most promising contenders for the Next Big Thing and not lose your shirt while taking advantage of the high degree of volatility that the market is currently experiencing. Members Reviews: An Exciting New Frontier! This is a deep and fascinating exploration into learning how hundreds of thousands of people are making money with digital currency. Mr. Johnson, has skillfully taken the reader through the newly explored waters of decentralized currency investment. Not only is this book thoughtful on the process to go about investing your money. It also points out the mindset you must have when going about spending your hard earned cash. It takes that extra step beyond text book learning and makes it a personal exploration with your financial safety, always at the forefront. Mr. Johnson uses the foundations of commodity trading and commerce, to teach how it can be used inside the crypto currency market. The pleasant manner in which the instruction is presented, goes through the basics in a very understandable manner. As to not only effectively start your portfolio. But also giving you the knowledge you need on why certain choices you will have to make, need to be considered. The content is very up to date (as of October of 2017) with current practices inside the digital currency world. Which is extremely important when dealing with a fairly new market as crypto currency. At every aspect introduction of crypto currency, the author gives reference to real world accounts and research before explaining how the inner workings are being used. And it is not all about Bitcoin. There are far more types of digital currency contenders out their that Mr. Johnson shines a bright light on. Most importantly, in my opinion, the author goes into heavy detail about the pitfalls, conspiracies, and hazards of investing in the crypto currency market.

The Joy of Science Audiobook by The Great Courses, Robert M. Hazen

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (The Great Courses) — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 10:44:00 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Joy of Science Author: The Great Courses, Robert M. Hazen Narrator: Professor Robert M. Hazen Format: Original Recording Length: 30 hrs and 31 mins Language: English Release date: 07-08-13 Publisher: The Great Courses Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 405 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Science is humanity's greatest achievement. It ranges from the study of the universe itself to the smallest particles of matter contained within it - and everything in between. It explores everything from the big bang to theories about the end of the universe. If you want to better understand our physical world, as most of us do, gaining a basic understanding of science itself is profoundly important - yet many are intimidated by the breathtaking scope of such an endeavor. Now an award-winning science teacher has taken out the intimidation, harnessing that breathtaking scope into a series of 60 exciting, comprehensive, and accessible lectures that let you explore and understand the wealth of ideas, discoveries, and principles in all of the physical and biological sciences. You learn that understanding science comes from understanding not only its component disciplines - each of which has its own theories, pioneers, problems, and fundamental questions - but of knowing how these disciplines work with one another to create an entire mosaic of human knowledge. The lectures have been crafted to make those relationships crystal-clear, with an integrated approach that takes you through all of the major disciplines that fall under the umbrella of "science," including physics, chemistry, Earth science, geophysics, and biology. Each lecture covers one of the 60 fundamental principles of the scientific world - offering you new knowledge and insight into topics such as the scientific method, gravitation, atoms, the big bang, plate tectonics, volcanoes, proteins, ecosystems, and electricity. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. Members Reviews: Back to school I knew when I downloaded this book that I was being a bit of a nerd, using up time that could have been spent listening to riveting fiction swotting up on chemistry, biology and physics. But I couldnt resist it. Science is a big part of my job (I work in an intensive care unit) but I didn't opt for science at school, and although I know a fair amount about human biology Im really aware of fundamental gaps in my knowledge concerning the basic sciences underpinning biology and science in general. This lecture series has definitely helped to fill those gaps. Hes a pretty good lecturer, with a very good knack for explaining complex concepts using simple, helpful analogies. And the series is thoughtfully constructed so that it begins with the most fundamental concepts in science and then builds on this so that the listener acquires an overview of all human scientific endeavour by the end of the series. Downsides? Well, its pretty old. These recordings were made in the 1990s, and whilst the basics of science havent changed significantly in those 20 years, you do keep wondering whether some of the modern scientific topics he mentions are still current (e.g. the large hadron collider and recent advances in medicine). He talks about global warming as if its just some controversial new theory that some scientists are working on, and the internet isnt mentioned at all. If you can tolerate the fact that it is dated and you want to learn more about the fundamentals of science, you should get this book.

The Surveillance State Audiobook by The Great Courses

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (The Great Courses) — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 18:07:20 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Surveillance State Subtitle: Big Data, Freedom, and You Author: The Great Courses Narrator: Professor Paul Rosenzweig Format: Original Recording Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins Language: English Release date: 03-04-16 Publisher: The Great Courses Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 507 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: A man shoots down a drone that is flying over his private property. A retail store uses predictive data analytics to send pregnancy-related advertising to a teenager who has not told her parents about her condition. A police officer places a GPS device on a suspected criminal's car to follow him and build a case against him. The news is full of such stories, in which new technologies lead to dilemmas that could not have been imagined just a few decades ago. The 21st century has seen remarkable technological advances, with many wonderful benefits. But with these advances come new questions about privacy, security, civil liberties, and more. Big Data is here, which means that government and private industries are collecting massive amounts of information about each of us - information that may be used in marketing, to help solve criminal investigations, and to promote the interests of national security. Pandora's box has been opened, but in many ways the government is behind the times, relying on legislation from the 1970s to inform its stance on regulating the collection and use of this information. Taught by Professor Rosenzweig, JD, esteemed legal expert and professorial lecturer at The George Washington University School of Law, these 24 revealing lectures tackle the tough questions about surveillance and data in the 21st century. With Professor Rosenzweig's guidance, you'll scrutinize our system of oversight for intelligence agencies, and you'll consider the ways in which the information that is collected impacts (or potentially impacts) our civil liberties. This is your reliable source for all the facts you need to make your own reasonable choices - and take a first step toward an empowered future. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. Members Reviews: Nine tenths of the way to an idea. This course is indispensable to anyone who has a phone or uses the internet. We need to understand the ways in which the government and private companies are tracking us and to appreciate what that may mean for our future. We must also understand the competing, equally legitimate, goals at play. Any effective solution for protecting our online privacy requires a full appreciation of its implications for security. This issue is so important to modern democracies, this course should be required reading. Except that Rosenzweig falls just short of making useful conclusions. Rosenzweig argues towards the middle of the course that government should adopt the principle that they can use private data as long as it doesn't do harm. He could have spent the rest of the course explaining exactly what he means by that. My ability to trust the government with such powerful data would rest, in fact, on my confidence that it is possible to make such a distinction and the government is capable of making it. I would like to know much more about this principle to not cause harm and whether there is any potential practical application of it. The course fell short of answering that question. The course also highlighted to me how inappropriate the term "privacy" is to what is at stake. "Privacy" implies the ability to act without the discomfort of others watching.

Cybersecurity for Beginners Audiobook by Raef Meeuwisse

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Raef Meeuwisse) — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 20:21:60 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Cybersecurity for Beginners Author: Raef Meeuwisse Narrator: Danny Eastman Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins Language: English Release date: 09-21-17 Publisher: Cyber Simplicity Ltd Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: This book provides an easy insight into the essentials of cybersecurity, even if you have a non-technical background. You may be a business person keen to understand this important subject area or an information security specialist looking to update your knowledge. Companies that can use technology wisely and well are booming, companies that make bad or no technology choices collapse and disappear. The cloud, smart devices and the ability to connect almost any object to the internet are an essential landscape to use but are also fraught with new risks and dangers of a magnitude never seen before. Also featuring an alphabetical section at the back of the book to help you translate many of the main cybersecurity technical terms into plain, non-technical English. Members Reviews: Five Stars I like this book. Has a lot of good information. Five Stars Great beginner book Three Stars Not in depth enough but interesting. Very engaging and well written book The book is very engaging and intelligently written. Raef Meeuwisse is highly credible and he explains with great detail. I highly recommend this book. Five Stars Arrived today 24-Jan. Interesting so far.

The Future of the Professions Audiobook by Richard Susskind, Daniel Susskind

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Richard Susskind) — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 04:21:01 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Future of the Professions Subtitle: How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts Author: Richard Susskind, Daniel Susskind Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins Language: English Release date: 01-26-16 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 183 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: This book predicts the decline of today's professions and describes the people and systems that will replace them. In an Internet society, according to Richard Susskind and Daniel Susskind, we will neither need nor want doctors, teachers, accountants, architects, the clergy, consultants, lawyers, and many others to work as they did in the 20th century. The Future of the Professions explains how increasingly capable systems - from telepresence to artificial intelligence - will bring fundamental change in the way that the practical expertise of specialists is made available in society. The authors challenge the grand bargain - the arrangement that grants various monopolies to today's professionals. They argue that our current professions are antiquated, opaque, and no longer affordable and that the expertise of the best is enjoyed by only a few. In their place, they propose six new models for producing and distributing expertise in society. The book raises important practical and moral questions. In an era when machines can outperform human beings at most tasks, what are the prospects for employment, who should own and control online expertise, and what tasks should be reserved exclusively for people? Based on the authors' in-depth research of more than 10 professions, and illustrated by numerous examples from each, this is the first book to assess and question the relevance of the professions in the 21st century. Members Reviews: I Hope It's Not All True As a professional (lawyer), this is a rather depressing book. It certainly suggests that the best days of true professionals are in the rearview mirror and that the future will be dominated by software, paraprofessionals, "McLawyers" and "McDoctors." I'm afraid there probably is a lot of truth in it. Despite an ever-increasing number of laws and regulations, the legal business has never recovered from the Great Recession. Work is down, except possibly at the mega-firms, and most firms are working hard just to tread water. Some of this is due to legal innovations, such as mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution, some is due to client attitudes (since they made due without legal review in the Great Recession, they seem more willing to take their chances with legal risks), and a great deal is due to technology (computerized document review, etc.). I see these trends continuing, and am somewhat glad I am nearer the end of my career than the beginning. Although the authors put forward a compelling--albeit somewhat obvious--case about technology, their work itself is far from compelling. For one thing, lumping "professions" together is not completely logical. There is is a huge difference between teachers, clergy, accountants, lawyers and doctors. Some might question calling some of these vocations professions. It would have been far more compelling, for example, to address each profession or vocation individually. Although law and accounting have some similarities, the others do not. For example, medicine is definitely a profession, but it is (a) something everyone needs somewhat regularly (in contrast, many never need a lawyer or an accountant) and (b) hugely affected by government or private insurance (depending on the country).

Python Programming: 2-in-1 Ultimate Value Python Guide: Learn Python Series Audiobook

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Ronald Olsen) — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 03:42:29 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Python Programming: 2-in-1 Ultimate Value Python Guide: Learn Python Series Author: Ronald Olsen Narrator: John Fehskens Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins Language: English Release date: 09-11-17 Publisher: Ronald Olsen Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 18 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Now is your chance to grab this! No B.S.! No nonsense! Straight to the point! Learn, master and level up your python programming skills! Have you ever wondered why your colleagues are coding faster than you? Do they know some tricks and hacks that you don't with Python? What if this book reveals the latest features and neat tricks that are going to make your programming better and faster? Imagine - no more working late nights or debugging messy codes. Learning and improving your python skills (your career asset) will open opportunities with many companies requiring their engineers, programmers, consultants and developers with Python background to automate their systems. Members Reviews: quite a definitive python guide The code samples and the exercises given at the end of each chapter have been proven useful to make learning Python more efficient. I found myself enjoying the discussion on variables and data types. Solid introduction! What made the experience of listening to Python Programming: 2-in-1 Ultimate Value Python Guide: Learn Python Series the most enjoyable? Very solid introduction. Who was your favorite character and why? n/a Which scene was your favorite? All Any additional comments? This has a solid introduction. The author did a better job explained well kind of teaching tutorial about the fundamentals and this is much better than the other text. The book was also fun to read and the example programs were interesting and instructive. Easy to understand. Concepts are presented clearly and concisely. This book won't turn you into a coding master, but it teaches us the basics of how computer programs work. New to Python! I'm new to programming python I don't know anything about it. This audiobook is a great idea as it helps you follow along while programming the different lessons whIle you are actually are in front of the computer. Very helpful! Very good guide I have been describing myself I want to learn Python for nearly two years, though just never got started for one purpose or different. I got this Audiobook on a notion while on a trip, listen to it on the plane back home and on my gap, working the code on my laptop, and wrote a couple of useful lines the next morning. Deserve it Any additional comments? I have written small python texts with the help of Google. I forever thought that I had to look up too much online to write a simple script. This Audiobook described a lot of essential things about Python clearly and also some neat tips and tricks. I really like this book. I surely got a few new things from this book along with clear knowledge of Python. It's a wonderful programming book. It helps a lot to develop the artificial intelligence.

Blockchain: Blockchain and Bitcoin Audiobook by Robert Keane

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Robert Keane) — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 20:12:40 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Blockchain: Blockchain and Bitcoin Author: Robert Keane Narrator: Mike Davis Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins Language: English Release date: 12-19-17 Publisher: Robert Keane Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 29 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: This book includes two manuscripts. Blockchain: Master the Blockchain Technology: Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are fascinating, and if someone is able to do their own solving of the algorithmic puzzles and mining of the Bitcoin, there is even money to be made. However, as interesting as the idea of cryptocurrencies are, the ways blockchain technology will immeasurably alter the methods in which the world shares information are incredible. Within the next decade, I am sure that cryptocurrency and the blockchain technologies will become an integral part of our lives. We can already see financial institutions adopt the use of blockchain technologies. They are recreating the way they handle contracts and transactions. Blockchain technology has the ability to disrupt the entire financial system in a good way completely. Blockchain technology has broken out into the mainstream and is currently bending and breaking the rules in almost every imaginable industry worldwide. Inside this book you will read about: Bitcoin: The Currency of the Future: You have probably heard of Bitcoin. It has garnered a lot of attention lately, both among Bitcoin enthusiasts and in the mainstream media. There is a lot of hype surrounding Bitcoin. It has been featured in news and periodical articles, as well as television shows. It seems to be a buzzword that is quickly becoming embedded in popular culture. Many people have heard of it and know that it is a "virtual currency", but what does that mean? What is a virtual currency? What is Bitcoin even good for, and how can you use it? Bitcoin is a virtual, peer-to-peer currency that is not regulated by any government. It does not exist in hard forms, such as cash; rather than being minted by a treasury or other centralized regulating body, it is mined by programmers who solve complex mathematical and computational problems to release blocks of Bitcoins into the Bitcoin pool. Because there is no centralized financial body regulating Bitcoin, its value is not set or predetermined by any one authority. Rather, it derives its value entirely from consumer demand for it. When more users buy and make transactions in Bitcoin, its value goes up. Learn more now! Members Reviews: Great audio book he best audio book I've found so far at explaining the blockchain and bitcoin This book changed my life! Along with quantum computing, blockchain will be the a highly disruptive economic force in the near future. This audible does an excellent job of explaining blockchain's impact on business models. Excellent It was an excellent and truly helped show the obstacles in introducing innovation to the world. Interesting This audible gives fantastic insight into the future applications of blockchain technology. It was extremely informative and and absolute pleasure to read. I would definitely recommend it! Im so thankful to this audible Do you want to learn about Blockchain Technology? Then this is the audiobook for you. listen to this book and you will learn blockchain.

The Medici Effect Audiobook by Frans Johansson

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Frans Johansson) — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 09:10:20 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Medici Effect Subtitle: What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us About Innovation Author: Frans Johansson Narrator: Frans Johansson Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins Language: English Release date: 03-14-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 39 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Why do so many world-changing insights come from people with little or no related experience? Charles Darwin was a geologist when he proposed the theory of evolution. And it was an astronomer who finally explained what happened to the dinosaurs. Frans Johansson's The Medici Effect shows how breakthrough ideas most often occur when we bring concepts from one field into a new, unfamiliar territory, and offers examples on how we can turn the ideas we discover into path-breaking innovations. Members Reviews: What are you waiting for!? The ideas in this book can change the way you do anything & everything. if possible, have a notebook nearby because The concepts presented & your resulting ideas will not all fit in your head at the same time. Great work Frans! This was a tough one. There were certainly a few valuable nuggets, but those could have been delivered by meme just as effectively. Its also pretty clear that nothing presented was supported by anything more than mere anecdote that all happened to support the authors hypothesis of diversity makes innovation happen because, duh. Its another one of those corporate propaganda books that exists for no reason but to serve as a citation for an agenda. Theres no critical though here. Its all just echo chamber fluff. The writing wasnt good the narration was worse. But credit to the author for seeing an opportunity and capitalizing, he got a lot of folks money. \_()_/ Learn Something New - and - Different Every Day..! I modified my goal of learning something new every day, thanks to this book. Another modification is surrounding myself with excellent people - from many fields and walks of life. Diversity is Key! Mr Johansson makes a convincing case that learning everything about my field of expertise may bring me only so far. I need to continue looking left and right forward and backwards, up and down to innovate. The more complex my goal, the more I will need diverse people around me. I immediately listened twice to the book. This is worth it. Good thing is, that in the modern times of the Internet we can diversify excellent wisdom easily - when we open our minds to different fields and ideas!

SQL Programming & Database Management for Absolute Beginners SQL Server, Structured Query

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (William Sullivan) — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 22:22:14 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: SQL Programming & Database Management for Absolute Beginners SQL Server, Structured Query Language Fundamentals Subtitle: "Learn - by Doing" Approach and Master SQL Author: William Sullivan Narrator: Lukas Arnold Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins Language: English Release date: 12-05-17 Publisher: Healthy Pragmatic Solutions Inc Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 25 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: SQL Made Easy- The Ultimate Step-by-Step Guide to Success Do you want to learn SQL programming without the complicated explanations? Do you want to understand how to manage databases without all the confusion? Well then, this is your go-to guide to help you master SQL programming in no time! This book breaks down the fundamentals elements that are essential to make you proficient in SQL programming and database management. By the end of this book, you will be confident enough to take on any problems that encompass SQL. SQL software can be complex but a powerful tool if used with the right understanding. In this book you will discover how SQL is simple, flexible, portable, and, most of all, well integrated to various database applications. The demand for SQL professionals is huge, and the opportunities are endless! Learn how to easily master it and land yourself high grade paying jobs or freelance work. Entry level positions in the US can easily earn $90,000+ USD salary. That's almost six figures! The demand for these desirable skill sets are high, so become familiar with SQL ASAP. What sets this book apart from the rest? Why choose this book? This is the most comprehensive and detailed book out for beginners to use. Complicated subject matter is simplified in an easy to read, structured fashion that increases the knowledge retention and real-world application capacity for any listener. Members Reviews: great book It is really for beginners. I found that is easy to understand guide. I will recommend this book to those who want to learn about SQL and dont have any idea about it. This book having that information, I found easy and simple information. It has a basic knowledge. Great guide brief introduction Awesome! A good brief introduction to SQL, easy to ready and nice images to view how things work and results of the SQL you are learning. While you will need a more advanced book to really learn SQL in detail this is a nice primer. I received this book at a discount in exchange for my honest review and this is it. Really worth recommending! worth recommending For those who doesn't know what is SQL, it's Structured Query Language. This book is a basic guide toward computer database, it show you SQL commands, data type such as fixed length, variable character and numerical. Overall, it's a good golden guide This book is gold. No, really, it's a good read with great valuable content and no fluff whatsoever. I highly recommend this book to any beginner as the content is easy to follow nice instructions I work every day with numbers and information database, but this SQL I had never heard parallax until I mentioned a friend. And so here I am with this book. I discovered a new world opened. Information, control, basics and more. to facilitate and optimize those using the database. Really an interesting discovery as well as instructive

The Fourth Transformation Audiobook by Robert Scoble, Shel Israel

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Robert Scoble) — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 14:23:44 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Fourth Transformation Subtitle: How Augmented Reality & Artificial Intelligence Will Change Everything Author: Robert Scoble, Shel Israel Narrator: Jeffrey Kafer Format: Unabridged Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins Language: English Release date: 11-24-16 Publisher: Patrick Brewster Publishing Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 387 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Ten years from today, the center of our digital lives will no longer be the smart phone, but device that looks like ordinary eyeglasses: except those glasses will have settings for virtual and augmented reality. What you really see and what is computer generated will be mixed so tightly together, that we won't really be able to tell what is real and what is illusion. Instead of touching and sliding on a mobile phone, we will make things happen by moving our eyes or by brainwaves. When we talk with someone or play an online game, we will see that person in the same room with us. We will be able to touch and feel her or him through haptic technology. We won't need to search online with words, because there will be a new Visual Web 100 times larger than the current Internet, and we will find things by images, buy things by brands, or just by looking at a logo on the jacket of a passerby. Language will be irrelevant, and a merchant in a developing world will have access to global markets. Medical devices will cure schizophrenia, allow quadriplegics to walk. People will be able to touch and feel objects and other people who are not actually there for conversations, games and perhaps intimate experiences. From kindergarten to on-the-job, learning will become experiential. Children will visit great battlefields and tour historic places in VR rather than read about them in text books. Med students and surgeons will learn and practice on virtual humans rather than cadavers; oil rig workers will understand how to handle emergencies, before the ever leave the home office. The Fourth Transformation is based on two years of research and about 400 interviews with technologists and business decision makers. It explains the technology and product landscape on a level designed to be interesting and useful to business thinkers and general audiences. Mostly it talks about how VR and AR are already being used, or will be used in the next one-to-three years. Members Reviews: Glance into the future - Feed your inner futurist What did you love best about The Fourth Transformation? Puts the latest hype in context. Starts with where we have been, where we are now, and what is just over the horizon. Kept me entertained, even as someone who lives and breathes this stuff as my day job and personal passion. Who was your favorite character and why? Humanity. While all this tech is amazing, the focus of the book is on who we are and where we are going as a society - not just on the magical capabilities of technology. Have you listened to any of Jeffrey Kafers other performances before? How does this one compare? I never even realized I have heard Jeffery's voice before, but now that you asked... I'm pretty sure he has read many of the books I've read in the past. And he's always a pleasure to listen to. Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you? It's always tough to listen to a book about the future. Most of the time, by the time you pick up a book, the author's future has already become the present or is far into the past. This book walks that fine line between examining the trend and predicting the future players and use cases for the technology. At times, predictions in these books will fall flat.

Tor and the Deep Web Audiobook by Lance Henderson

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Lance Henderson) — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 19:44:40 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Tor and the Deep Web Subtitle: Bitcoin, DarkNet & Cryptocurrency in 2017-18 (2 in 1 Book): NSA Spying Defeated Author: Lance Henderson Narrator: James C. Lewis Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins Language: English Release date: 11-23-17 Publisher: Lance Henderson Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: The ultimate Tor/Darknet guide for 2017-2018 just got better! Just three questions you need to ask yourself: If you answered yes to any of the above, this is your audiobook. Instant anonymity, right now, can be yours for the taking. As science fiction author Hugh Howey once stated: When pursuing a dream, don't wait. People sling words across the Internet without regard for their future. They don't know it but they are digging their own graves by attacking Goliath without a shield. Every word you say on forums, Usenet, Facebook, and news outlets is out there forever whether you are Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Green Party, or bachelor party. Doesn't matter which one. One day you may wake up to discover a state power wants a "type" of voter out of the equation altogether: You. How do you erase every critical forum comment you ever made? How do you scrub your Facebook page? How do you make anonymous online comments so that your new employer doesn't fire you? Enter Tor. This is the ultimate guide with easy take-you-by-the-hand instructions to teach you not only Tor, but VPNs, Bitcoins, hacking, Darknet personas and even how to evade the Sauronic eye that is the NSA. Yes. This book kills NSA spying dead. Master the art of invisibility today! Members Reviews: As an old guy who used to teach IT, ... As an old guy who used to teach IT, this is a frightening expose. It is a summary of TOR, anonymity, and the Deep Web that encourages, really force, exploring more detailed resources, as it assumes the reader is much more knowledgeable than I am. It suffers from a lack of a Table of Contents, index, references, citations, definitions, appendices, etc. For 9 bucks, it's worth it. Update 1/21/18 - My apologies to the author. The above comments apply to the first 1/3 of the book. The remaining 2/3 give concise instructions for setting up Tor and several other tools for establishing (if you haven't blown it already) and maintaining privacy and anonymity along with links to these tools and further explanations. This is an excellent guide with enough cautions and warnings to scare the crap out of me! Great Read Great, easy read. Itâs crazy how hard it is to have any sort of privacy. This book gives you the tools to help with that.

The Fast Track to Your Extra Class Ham Radio License Audiobook by Michael Burnette

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Michael Burnette) — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 22:60:40 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Fast Track to Your Extra Class Ham Radio License Subtitle: Fast Track Ham License Series Author: Michael Burnette Narrator: Michael Burnette Format: Unabridged Length: 25 hrs and 8 mins Language: English Release date: 11-23-17 Publisher: Michael Burnette Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Memorizing answers is hardand boring. Learning is easy! If you've made the decision to open up your ham radio world by going for the Extra Class License, great! The latest edition of the Extra Class exam is challenging. The question bank includes 713 questions, some 28 percent of which are new since the last revision. The Fast Track to Your Extra Class Ham Radio License explains the reasoning and technology behind each correct answer on the exam so you'll understand and remember the subject matter. Note: This audio program is a companion product to the e-book and print editions, which contain 100's of illustrations. Created by an experienced ham and adult educator, The Fast Track audiobook is like having your own, patient, experienced, good-humored mentor for over 22 hours of training for the exam plus a two-hour pre-exam review. Members Reviews: Once again you did it! Would you listen to The Fast Track to Your Extra Class Ham Radio License again? Why? Having received both of my previous tickets from Michael's books, I am excited to spend hours listening to his comments, help, insight, and techniques on passing the Extra Class exam. What did you like best about this story? His clear tone and instructions on how to complete tasks and questions. Have you listened to any of Michael Burnettes other performances before? How does this one compare? His voice and character show in his recordings. This book is the pinnacle of his work at this date. Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting? I wish I could stay awake for the entire listening, but this book is in a format that will take at least 2 weeks because you need to listen to it many times. It has so much information, it is actually a pleasure to hearing it multiple times. Any additional comments? Fellow HAM's will agree, Michael's methods are the best way to get the HAM ticket. I passed! Great presentation. I used the audiobook in conjunction with the Kindle book. Thoroughly enjoyed the experience, and it worked! wb2vyk

Machine Learning & Markov Models Audiobook by William Sullivan

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (William Sullivan) — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 05:53:22 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Machine Learning & Markov Models Author: William Sullivan Narrator: Lukas Arnold Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 12-02-17 Publisher: Healthy Pragmatic Solutions Inc Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 29 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Two audiobooks in one. Do not miss out on the bundle book offer! What you'll learn: Book one: Machine Learning You will learn the fundamentals of machine learning from algorithms, Python, and supervised and unsupervised learning. Concepts such as decision trees and random forest introduction are explained in detail to assist in grasping the subject matter. You will learn real world applications of machine learning (artificial intelligence) and understand how it will affect humanity in the upcoming years. The world is constantly changing and evolving. Transportation was revolutionized by cars and planes; however, machine learning will revolutionize the world in which we live from simple day-to-day tasks to even the most complex endeavors. Book two: Markov Models In this segment of the bundle, you will learn the mathematics behind Markov model algorithms, artificial intelligence, weather reporting, Bayesian inference, tools, solutions, and much, much more! You will gain insights to the three main problems of Markov models and learn how to overcome them. You will also learn about the real world applications, implications, and theories of Markov models. Members Reviews: empty learning it contribute to me no real data. in 2min search on Google I would get more. Not meant to be an audio book What disappointed you about Machine Learning & Markov Models? I stopped after the beginning of chapter 3 once I read a review from another person who returned this book, after they reached chapter 5, for the same reason. This book contains a list of terms, definitions, and algorithms and explains them in a very dry way. I was hoping for an explanation of what machine learning is and maybe even how it is used. This book provided a brief overview of that, but then went into harsh detail about the types of algorithms associated with machine learning. My initial thought before purchasing this book was - if this book were to dive into detail, which it did, it would probably do so in a way where the information could be learned audibly, which it didn't. This is probably a great book to read, but I wouldn't recommend it for listening. Would you ever listen to anything by William Sullivan again? Probably not. It seems his books are more meant to be read. You didnt love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities? It was incredibly informative. It's just simply that the knowledge contained isn't easily absorbed in an audible fashion. that was great Good for understanding machine learning mathematics. It has succinct explanations for equations so most of time you do not need to worry about understanding math feel better Despite its title, this book provides a superb introduction to much of machine learning. Similarly, its treatment of Deep Learning is easily one of the best. The care with which the authors wrote is obvious, starting with systematically defining terms, a mark of true scholarship in my opinion. I can't over-recommend this book. And of course, the authors are all deeply involved (no pun intended) in developing Deep Learning in the first place. It doesn't get any better. superb introducttion This book is a model of technical explanation -- clear, precise, well-organized, and relentlessly helpful. The authors use just the right amount of math to clarify the English text.

The Driver in the Driverless Car Audiobook by Vivek Wadhwa, Alex Salkever

bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Vivek Wadhwa) — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 08:05:19 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/639/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Driver in the Driverless Car Subtitle: How Our Technology Choices Will Create the Future Author: Vivek Wadhwa, Alex Salkever Narrator: Julie Eickhoff Format: Unabridged Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins Language: English Release date: 02-27-17 Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 51 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology Publisher's Summary: Technology is advancing faster than ever - but for better or for worse? On the one hand, astonishing technological developments from personalized genomics to self-driving cars to drones to artificial intelligence could make our lives healthier, safer, and easier. On the other hand, these very same technologies could raise the specter of a frightening and alienating future - eugenics, a jobless economy, complete loss of privacy, and an ever-worsening spiral of economic inequality. How can we make appropriate decisions about whether and how to adopt new technologies? Vivek Wadhwa and Alex Salkever propose that we ask three questions: They subject a host of new and potential technologies to these questions, but ultimately it is up to the listener to make the final decision. Members Reviews: No fresh view, tepid performance The author recaps whats been discussed in the tech and other related fields in a rather uninspiring way. Those who have read a couple of books about these topics will quickly realize this book is a simple summary of latest research, projections and reflections. For those who are not familiar with these topics, this book can be a starting point, but not a good one, though. Worse, the narrator sounds like, ironically, a robot or voice software. It was a torture for me to finish up this poorly performed audiobook. A peak into the near future One of the best books that I have read, by far. It explains technology in plain simple english. It covers almost all future technologies, their current state and future prospects. It also warns us about their potential dangers and how to minimise them. Each and every statement made in this book, comes from a verifiable source. Also, I like the way moore's law has been explained w.r.t each technology. A MUST READ FOR EVERYONE. - Sourabh Shankar Just right Just right. Smart, courageous, concise. The insights on education were thoughtful and the musings on our driverless future were very accurate. NOT about driverless cars 1. Most of the book talks about everything but autonomous/driverless cars. 2. The book is a collection of interesting facts, but very few deep insights. It rarely connects the dots, leaving the listener to say "So what?". Great easily digestible intro to the future Heard of "this AI thing", know that there is such a thing as cars who drive themselves but not quite sure what that means, and curious on whether solar energy really can replace oil and gas? Vivek gives a great intro to all of this and more, balances his tech optimism and hopes of utopia with realism and the occasional dystopic scenario. If you're been to Singularity University, heard Vivek's talks a number of times, and dabbled in these topics for a while this book might not be for you - but if you're just getting started, jump in head first and enjoy!