Social Aspects
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AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference
$16.95 Add to cartFrom two of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in AI, what you need to know about AI–and how to defend yourself against bogus AI claims and products
Confused about AI and worried about what it means- Author: Narayanan, Arvind
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 0691249148
- Language: English
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The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI
$37.00 Add to cartThe noted inventor and futurist’s successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explores how technology will transform the human race in the decades to come
Since it was first published in 20- Author: Kurzweil, Ray
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: July 16 2024
- ISBN10: 0593152344
- Language: English
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Quantum Supremacy: How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything
$32.00 Read moreAn exhilarating tour of humanity’s next great technological achievement–quantum computing–which may eventually unravel the deepest mysteries of science and solve some of humanity’s biggest problems,… [more below]
- Author: Kaku, Michio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: May 23, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593744233
- Language: English
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The Industries of the Future
$18.99 Add to cartThe New York Times bestseller, from leading innovation expert Alec Ross, a “fascinating vision” (Forbes) of what’s next for the world and how to navigate the changes the future will bring.While Alec R
- Author: Ross, Alec
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 07, 2017
- ISBN10: 1476753660
- Language: English
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The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google
$20.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google are the four most influential companies on the planet. Just about everyone thinks they know how they got there. Just
USA TODAY BESTSELLER- Author: Galloway, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 04, 2018
- ISBN10: 0735213674
- Language: English
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The Collision: What AI Does to Us
$29.99 Add to cartAI promises effortless solutions and endless capacity. But the collision of human intelligence and machine intelligence has also started to create two diverging groups: those who use AI to think bette
- Author: So, Eric C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 06 2026
- ISBN10: 1324124628
- Language: English
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The Last Best Place on the Internet: A Human History of Wikipedia
$29.99 Add to cartOne of the keystone inventions of the twenty-first century, Wikipedia is the largest repository of human knowledge ever made, with editions in 343 languages, read by millions of people every day. Yet,
- Author: Cooke, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 13 2026
- ISBN10: 0393881881
- Language: English
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You Don’t Need a Smartphone: A Practical Guide to Downgrading Your Phone and Upgrading Your Life
$21.00 Read moreIn this revelatory manifesto, anti-tech activist August Lamm gives you the courage and confidence to ditch your smartphone once and for all.
“The essential guide to putting down your phone — and comi- Author: Lamm, August
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 06 2026
- ISBN10: 9798217009077
- Language: English
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Digital Danger: Ai, Cybersecurity, and the Fight for Our Future
$28.00 Add to cartIn an era where the greatest battles are fought not with bombs but with bytes, this book is a wake-up call for every individual navigating the digital world.
Written by CIA-trained cybersecurity expert
- Author: Cole, Eric
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 14 2026
- ISBN10: 9798891389526
- Language: English
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Against Convenience: Embracing Friction in an Age of Endless Ease
$32.00 Read moreFrom seasoned journalist and critic Gabe Bullard, a provocative exploration of modern “convenience culture” – and how we can resist and reclaim our time, resilience, and happiness, for fans of How to … [more below]
- Author: Bullard, Gabe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 15 2026
- ISBN10: 1335000690
- Language: English
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Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do about It
$20.00 Read moreEnshittification: It’s not just you– the internet sucks now. It’s been enshittified. That was no accident, and it’s not gonna fix itself. Here’s how we’ll disenshittify it so we can have a new, good
- Author: Doctorow, Cory
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 01 2026
- ISBN10: 1250448190
- Language: English
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The Story of Your Life: How Social Media Shapes the Way We Experience Everything
$30.00 Read moreAn eye-opening look at how social media shapes the stories we tell and the lives we lead
Over the past two decades, platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok have revolutionized how we document a- Author: Jezer-Morton, Kathryn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 04 2026
- ISBN10: 0593834119
- Language: English
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The Pacific Circuit: A Globalized Account of the Battle for the Soul of an American City
$20.00 Add to cartAlexis Madrigal reveals how understanding Oakland explains the modern world.
The award-winning journalist Alexis Madrigal sculpts an intricate tableau of the city of Oakland that is at once a groundbr- Author: Madrigal, Alexis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 17 2026
- ISBN10: 1250419891
- Language: English
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Cognitive Kin: How to Work, Win, and Make Meaning with Agentic AI
$32.95 Add to cartNow that AI has a will, it’s up to us to find a way. For decades, we built software that did what it was told–and nothing else. Agentic AI breaks this bargain: systems that remember, reason, and purs… [more below]
- Author: Kolb, Christophe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 760
- Publish Date: March 10 2026
- ISBN10: 1646872126
- Language: English
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Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI
$20.00 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Book – Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction – A New York Times Bestseller – Named a Best Book of the Year by Smithsonian, Scientific American, and E… [more below]
- Author: Hao, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: May 19 2026
- ISBN10: 0593657527
- Language: English
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Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
$21.99 Add to cartUpdated for the unfolding AI disruption, this prescient classic shows how automation is changing the economy, undermining work, and reshaping our lives
A New York Times bestseller and winner of the F- Author: Ford, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 02 2026
- ISBN10: 1541608860
- Language: English
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Why We Struggle to Go Green: Hard Truths about the Clean Energy Transition
$26.95 Add to cartClean energy won’t save us from the effects of climate change.
Amid corporate Net Zero campaigns, the politics of the Green New Deal, and the calls to abandon fossil fuels for renewable technology –- Author: Ortiz, Thomas Manuel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: October 13 2025
- ISBN10: 1965766285
- Language: English
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Augmented: Life and Death as a Cyborg
$24.95 Add to cartA provocative rethinking of the intersection of death, technology, and disability, for a better life.
We are all cyborgs, relying on technology–whether it’s Alexa, a pacemaker, or a titanium knee–fo- Author: Cann, Candi K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: March 10 2026
- ISBN10: 0262051117
- Language: English
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The Irrational Decision: How We Gave Computers the Power to Choose for Us
$29.95 Add to cartHow the computer revolution shaped our conception of rationality–and why human problems require solutions rooted in human intuition, morality, and judgment
In the 1940s, mathematicians set out to des- Author: Recht, Benjamin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: March 10 2026
- ISBN10: 0691272441
- Language: English
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The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, Deepmind, and the Quest for Superintelligence
$32.00 Add to cartFrom one of our leading chroniclers of the intersection of innovation and capitalism, a landmark reckoning–based on unprecedented access–with one of the world’s most brilliant and driven tech vision… [more below]
- Author: Mallaby, Sebastian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 31 2026
- ISBN10: 0593831845
- Language: English
