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Book Review: Re-Engineering Humanity

Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger warn that real freedom of will and human agency will require the ability to be “off.”

By Laura Drake | February 19, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Cognition, Philosophy, Society | Agency, Algorithms, Authoritarianism, Control, Democracy, Dumbing Down, Efficiency, Entertainment, Freedom, Humanity, Intelligence, Power, Simulation, Skills, Smart Environments, Social Engineering, Systems, Taylorism

The World Wired Web

Despite marketing imagery to the contrary, the “cloud” remains very much grounded in physical infrastructure, including unfathomable miles of wires.

By David A. J. Reynolds | July 24, 2019 | Environment, Media | Amazon, Bandwidth, Britain, China, Choke Points, Coaxial Cable, Communication, Content Providers, Data, Entertainment, Facebook, Fiber-Optic Cable, France, Google, Infrastructure, Internet, Internet Traffic, ISPs, Long-Distance, Railroads, Servers, Telecoms, Telegraph, Telephone, The Cloud, Undersea Cables, US, Wires

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