Dawn of the New Everything: Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality
By: Jaron Lanier
3.91
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The father of virtual reality explains its dazzling possibilities by reflecting on his own lifelong…
Want to Read $ 9.99"I was immediately obsessed with the potential for multiple people to share such a place, and to achieve a new type of consensus reality, and it seemed to me that a “social version"-Jaron Lanier, Dawn of the New Everything: Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality
"I was immediately obsessed with the potential for multiple people to share such a place, and to achieve a new type of consensus reality, and it seemed to me that a “social version"-Jaron Lanier, Dawn of the New Everything: Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality
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1. Nordiska gudar
By: Johan Egerkrans
4.41
Format: 180 pages, Hardcover
Nordiska gudar är en vackert illustrerad bok där gudar, jättar, dvärgar, valkyrior, monster och hjä… read more
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- nonfiction
2. Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape
By: Raja Shehadeh
4.23
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
“I often come to walk in these hills,” I said to the soldier…he was compact and short, not much tal… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
"Aku ada buku, aku tak perlukan pakaian atau sepatu khusus untuk berjalan ke perbukitan."-Raja Shehadeh, Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape
"Ini bukan pertama kali kita kalah, tapi kini pemimpin kita meraikannya seolah kita menang. (Tentang Perjanjian Damai Oslo antara Israel-Palestin)"-Raja Shehadeh, Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape
"Religious practice in the Land of the Bible tends to encourage exclusivity and discrimination rather than love and magnanimity. There is no place like the Holy Land to make one cynical about religion."-Raja Shehadeh, Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape
"Meskipun aku suka sekali pohon ru, kuakui mereka seperti penjajah. Merekalah bukti betapa manusia telah menelantarkan bukit ini pada kuasa alam. Warna mereka hijau gelap, tak seperti pohon zaitun yan…"-Raja Shehadeh, Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape
3. On Palestine
By: Noam Chomsky , Ilan Pappé
4.25
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
Operation Protective Edge, Israel's most recent assault on Gaza, left thousands of Palestinians dea… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"It's quite standard for those who hold the clubs to say: "Forget about everything that happened and let's just go on from here." In other words, "I've got what I want, and out forget about what your …"-Noam Chomsky, On Palestine
"How, then, does one become an activist? The easy answer would be to say that we do not become activists; we simply forget that we are. We are all born with compassion, generosity, and love for others…"-Noam Chomsky, On Palestine
4. The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
By: Sean Carroll
4.18
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Already internationally acclaimed for his elegant, lucid writing on the most challenging notions in… read more
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- audiobook
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- science
"Life is short, and certainty never happens."-Sean Carroll, The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
"Intellectual fascination crosses many boundaries."-Sean Carroll, The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
"Life is not a substance, like water or rock; it’s a process, like fire or a wave crashing on the shore. It’s a process that begins, lasts for a while, and ultimately ends. Long or short, our moments …"-Sean Carroll, The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
"Where misunderstanding dwells, misuse will not be far behind. No theory in the history of science has been more misused and abused by cranks and charlatans—and misunderstood by people struggling in g…"-Sean Carroll, The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
5. Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters
By: Richard P. Rumelt
4.13
Format: 320 pages, Unknown Binding
Clears out the mumbo jumbo and muddled thinking underlying too many strategies and provides a clear… read more
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- nonfiction
- business
- audiobook
6. The Poetic Edda
By: Anonymous , Lee M. Hollander
4.26
Format: 331 pages, Paperback
The Poetic Eddacomprises a treasure trove of mythic and spiritual verse holding an important place … read more
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- nonfiction
7. Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker
By: Kevin D. Mitnick , William L. Simon , Steve Wozniak
4.12
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Kevin Mitnick was the most elusive computer break-in artist in history. He accessed computers and n… read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- technology
8. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
By: Steven Levy
4.16
Format: 354 pages, Paperback
A mere fifteen years ago, computer nerds were seen as marginal weirdos, outsiders whose world would… read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- technology
9. The Hero With a Thousand Faces
By: Joseph Campbell
3.79
Format: 32 pages,
The first popular work to combine the spiritual and psychological insights of modern psychoanalysis… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
10. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
By: Ilan Pappé
3.98
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
Since the Holocaust, it has been almost impossible to hide large-scale crimes against humanity. In … read more
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11. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
By: Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan
4.29
Format: 459 pages, Paperback
How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t un… read more
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- audiobook
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- science
"Gullibility kills."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Occasionally, I get a letter from someone who is in “contact"-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you're in love, you want to tell the world."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
12. Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers
By: Geoffrey A. Moore , None
3.67
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Here is the bestselling guide that created a new game plan for marketing in high-tech industries. C… read more
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13. The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal
By: M. Mitchell Waldrop
3.87
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
A study of the evolution of the modern computer profiles the work of MIT psychologist J. C. R. Lick… read more
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14. The Industries of the Future
By: Alec J. Ross
3.36
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Leading innovation expert Alec Ross explains what's next for the world: the advances and stumbling … read more
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15. Ten Myths about Israel
By: Ilan Pappé
4.03
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
What are the myths--and reality--behind the state of Israel? Ilan Pappe is one of the most outspoke… read more
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16. Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
4.25
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the … read more
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- audiobook
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- science
"I’m being diplomatic. Many readers will know of the “replication crisis"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"Obviously, imposing these classifications on determinism, free will, and moral responsibility is wildly simplified. A key simplification is pretending that most people have clean “yes"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"You cannot decide all the sensory stimuli in your environment, your hormone levels this morning, whether something traumatic happened to you in the past, the socioeconomic status of your parents, you…"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
17. Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
By: Neil Price
4.18
Format: 656 pages, Hardcover
The Viking Age - between 750 and 1050 - saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples.… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"The Viking mind is far away from us today, but occasionally just about tangible."-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
"Free will existed, but exercising it inevitably led to becoming the person you always, really, had been."-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
"History is nothing if not a suppositional discipline, sometimes akin to a sort of speculative fiction of the past."-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
"There is a sense in which this viewpoint is looking through the wrong end of the historical telescope, defining (and often judging) a people solely by the consequences of their actions rather than th…"-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
18. Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
By: Tony Fadell
4.33
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Written for anyone who wants to grow at work—from young grads navigating their first jobs to CEOs d… read more
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- biography
- technology
- nonfiction
- business
- audiobook
19. Consumed: On Colonialism, Climate Change, Consumerism, and the Need for Collective Change
By: Aja Barber
4.00
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Aja Barber wants change. In the 'learning' first half of the book, she will expose you to the … read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
20. Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
By: Yanis Varoufakis
4.01
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The #1 bestselling economist shows how capitalism has been replaced by a more exploitative system, … read more
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- technology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- business
- audiobook
"Il profitto è vulnerabile alla competizione di mercato, mentre la rendita non lo è."-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
"Se non è un mercato capitalista, in cosa entriamo, buon Dio, quando andiamo su amazon.com ?"-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
"Oltre ad avvertirci che ogni nuova epoca forgiata da qualche tecnologia rivoluzionaria produce una generazione che “mai passerà un giorno immune da fatica e dolore, struggendosi anche di notte"-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
"La rivoluzione digitale potrebbe consistere nel trasformare i lavoratori salariati in proletari del cloud, che vivono una vita sempre più precaria e stressante sotto il controllo invisibile di capi a…"-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
21. Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)
By: Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
4.00
Format: 157 pages, Paperback
A powerful indictment of the ways elites have co-opted radical critiques of racial capitalism to se… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"A philosopher Briana Toole clarifies, by itself, one's social location only puts a person in a position to know; 'epistemic privilege' or advantage, on the other hand, is achieved only through delibe…"-Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)
"Elites do often make the environment worse and block solutions, but to blame the problem of elite capture entirely on their moral successes and failures is to confuse effect for cause. The true probl…"-Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)
"To opt for deference, rather than interdependence, may soothe short-term psychological wounds. But it does so at a steep cost: it may undermine the goals that motivated the project--and it entrenches…"-Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)
"As Carter G. Woodson realized, many of our decisions are shaped by decisions that someone with more power made before us. The whole social structure affects how institutional systems, like schools, f…"-Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)
22. Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
By: Jaron Lanier
3.58
Format: 146 pages, Hardcover
Jaron Lanier, the world-famous Silicon Valley scientist-pioneer who first alerted us to the danger… read more
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- science
- technology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Go to where you are kindest"-Jaron Lanier, Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
"Each of us has an inner troll."-Jaron Lanier, Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
"Statistics are reliable, but only as idiot demons."-Jaron Lanier, Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
"Fake people are a cultural denial-of-service attack."-Jaron Lanier, Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
23. AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future
By: Kai-Fu Lee
3.86
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
In a groundbreaking blend of science and imagination, the former president of Google China and a le… read more
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- audiobook
- science
- futurism
- nonfiction
- business
- technology
"Many people think smartphones and apps already know too much about us, but XR will take things to a whole new level."-Kai-Fu Lee, AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future
"Imagine, a $1,000 political assassin! And this is not a far-fetched danger for the future, but a clear and present danger."-Kai-Fu Lee, AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future
"autonomous weapons are already a clear and present danger, and will become more intelligent, nimble, lethal, and accessible at an unprecedented speed."-Kai-Fu Lee, AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future
"More data leads to better AI (artificial intelligence), more automation leads to greater efficiency, more usage leads to reduced cost, and more free time leads to greater productivity. All of these w…"-Kai-Fu Lee, AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future
24. Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto
By: Kōhei Saitō
3.91
Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition
"[A] well-reasoned and eye-opening treatise . . . [Kohei Saito makes] a provocative and visionary p… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- audiobook
25. Dawn of the New Everything: Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality
By: Jaron Lanier
3.91
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The father of virtual reality explains its dazzling possibilities by reflecting on his own lifelong… read more
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- audiobook
- futurism
- biography
- memoir
- virtual reality
- technology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- business
- science
"I was immediately obsessed with the potential for multiple people to share such a place, and to achieve a new type of consensus reality, and it seemed to me that a “social version"-Jaron Lanier, Dawn of the New Everything: Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality
"I was immediately obsessed with the potential for multiple people to share such a place, and to achieve a new type of consensus reality, and it seemed to me that a “social version"-Jaron Lanier, Dawn of the New Everything: Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality
26. Imaginable: How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything―Even Things That Seem Impossible Today
By: Jane McGonigal
4.10
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
World-renowned future forecaster, game designer, and NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Jane McGonig… read more
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- science
- futurism
- nonfiction
- business
- audiobook
27. The History of the Future: Oculus, Facebook, and the Revolution That Swept Virtual Reality
By: Blake J. Harris
4.04
Format: 528 pages, ebook
The dramatic, larger-than-life true story behind the founding of Oculus and its quest for virtual r… read more
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- audiobook
- science
- biography
- virtual reality
- nonfiction
- business
- technology
28. The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI
By: Ray Kurzweil
3.93
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The noted inventor and futurist’s successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explor… read more
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- audiobook
- science
- futurism
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- technology
29. Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age
By: Brad Smith
3.86
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The instant New York Times bestseller. From Microsoft's president and one of the tech industry's b… read more
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- science
- technology
- nonfiction
- business
- audiobook
"Technology innovation is not going to slow down. The work to manage it needs to speed up"-Brad Smith, Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age
"Tech leaders may be chosen by boards of directors selected by shareholders, but they are not chosen by the public. Democratic countries should not cede the future to leaders the public did not elect"-Brad Smith, Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age
30. The Extreme Self
By: Shumon Basar
4.03
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The Extreme Self is a new kind of graphic novel that shows how you’ve been morphing into something … read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- technology
