Science & Technology Policy
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How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We’re Going
$19.00 Add to cartINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“A new masterpiece from one of my favorite authors… [How The World Really Works] is a compelling and highly readable book that leaves readers with the fundamental g- Author: Smil, Vaclav
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0593297083
- Language: English
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Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better
$19.99 Add to cartNamed one of NPR’s Best Books of 2023
Learn more about Jennifer Pahlka’s work at recodingamerica.us. “The book I
Named one of Ezra Klein’s “Books That Explain Where We Are in 2023,” The New York Times- Author: Pahlka, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1250342732
- Language: English
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Building a God: The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and the Race to Control It
$29.95 Add to cartRenowned ethicist provides essential guide to successfully navigating the future AI landscape
In Building a God, Christopher DiCarlo explores the profound implications of artificial intelligence surpas
- Author: Dicarlo, Christopher
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: January 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1493085883
- Language: English
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How AI Works: From Sorcery to Science
$29.99 Add to cartAI isn’t magic. How AI Works demystifies the explosion of artificial intelligence by explaining–without a single mathematical equation–what happened, when it happened, why it happened, how it happen… [more below]
- Author: Kneusel, Ronald T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1718503725
- Language: English
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Raising AI: An Essential Guide to Parenting Our Future
$32.95 Add to cartFrom the pioneer of translation AIs like Google, Yahoo, and Bing translate, an accessible and authoritative guide to AI–as well as a framework of empowerment for a future with our artificial children… [more below]
- Author: Kai, de
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: June 03 2025
- ISBN10: 262049767
- Language: English
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The Drone Age: How Drone Technology Will Change War and Peace
$34.99 Add to cartIn The Drone Age, Michael J. Boyle addresses some of the biggest questions surrounding the impact of drones on our world today and the risks that we might face tomorrow. Will drones produce a safer wo… [more below]
- Author: Boyle, Michael J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 01 2020
- ISBN10: 019063586X
- Language: English
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The Tech Exit: A Practical Guide to Freeing Kids and Teens from Smartphones
$27.00 Add to cartA road map to free your kids from the harms of digital technology and to recover the beauty, wonder, and true purpose of childhood–by a leading tech policy expert
It’s no secret that addictive digita- Author: Morell, Clare
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 03 2025
- ISBN10: 059373629X
- Language: English
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The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog: And Other Serious Discoveries of Silly Science
$30.00 Add to cartA brilliant new voice in science writing–“witty, whip-smart, truly one of our best” (Mary Roach)–shows why playfulness and curiosity are the key to science
Why would anyone research how elephants p- Author: York, Carly Anne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 17 2025
- ISBN10: 1541605217
- Language: English
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From Pessimism to Promise: Lessons from the Global South on Designing Inclusive Tech
$26.95 Add to cartA radical paradigm shift in the way we think about AI and tech, taking hope and inspiration from the aspirational users of new technologies around the world.
When it comes to tech, the mainstream head
- Author: Arora, Payal
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0262049309
- Language: English
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New Cold Wars: China’s Rise, Russia’s Invasion, and America’s Struggle to Defend the West
$33.00 Add to cartThree decades after the end of the Cold War, the United States finds itself in a volatile rivalry with the other two great nuclear powers–Xi Jinping’s China and Vladimir Putin’s Russia–in a world fa… [more below]
- Author: Sanger, David E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 0593443594
- Language: English
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Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI Future
$32.00 Add to cartTech visionary Reid Hoffman shares his unique insider’s perspective on an AI-powered future, making the case for its potential to unlock a world of possibilities.
Superagency offers a roadmap for usin- Author: Hoffman, Reid
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 28 2025
- ISBN10: 9798893310108
- Language: English
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Silicon Triangle: The United States, Taiwan, China, and Global Semiconductor Security
$25.95 Read moreThe United States, Taiwan, and China are bound within a “silicon triangle.” Semiconductors link our geopolitics, our ongoing economic prosperity, and our technological competitiveness. This book draws
- Author: Diamond, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: October 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0817926151
- Language: English
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Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit
$30.00 Add to cartAs Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes more dynamic and ubiquitous, it is dramatically empowering people in all walks of life while also giving rise to urgent questions about the future of humanity–
- Author: Kissinger, Henry a.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 0316581291
- Language: English
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When Science Meets Power
$29.95 Read moreScience and politics have collaborated throughout human history, and science is repeatedly invoked today in political debates, from pandemic management to climate change. But the relationship between
- Author: Mulgan, Geoff
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 261
- Publish Date: January 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1509553061
- Language: English
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Beyond Data: Reclaiming Human Rights at the Dawn of the Metaverse
$26.95 Read moreWhy laws focused on data cannot effectively protect people–and how an approach centered on human rights offers the best hope for preserving human dignity and autonomy in a cyberphysical world.
Ever-p- Author: Renieris, Elizabeth M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0262047829
- Language: English
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No Limits: The Inside Story of China’s War with the West
$29.99 Read moreThe riveting and mostly untold story about the battle for financial and technological power and mastery between the West and China over the last decade.
Since China joined the WTO in December 2001, th- Author: Small, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1685890199
- Language: English
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Own This!: How Platform Cooperatives Help Workers Build a Democratic Internet
$26.95 Read moreWhat if taxi drivers in New York City or rickshaw operators in Bangalore could start a worker-owned and-operated alternative to Uber with stable hourly wages?
Winner of the First Prize in the Joyce Ro- Author: Scholz, R. Trebor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1839764554
- Language: English
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The New Technology State: How Our Digital Dreams Became Societal Nightmares–And What We Can Do about It
$26.95 Read more“Bill Raduchel started at Harvard as my father’s student, assistant, and friend. He went on to a career in technology as the digital revolution unfolded before his eyes. In The New Technology State, h
- Author: Raduchel, Bill
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1637557469
- Language: English
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The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age
$30.00 Read morePrivacy is disappearing. From our sex lives to our workout routines, the details of our lives once relegated to pen and paper have joined the slipstream of new technology. As a MacArthur fellow and di
- Author: Citron, Danielle Keats
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0393882314
- Language: English
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Internet for the People: The Fight for Our Digital Future
$24.95 Read more“For all the informational convenience the internet offers, it is deeply flawed. How can it be improved? Writer Ben Tarnoff proposes one possibility in this intriguing book, which urges the developmen… [more below]
- Author: Tarnoff, Ben
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 1839762020
- Language: English
