Computers, Media & Techgnosis

Examines the role that machines play in the struggle between spiritual man and mechanical man throughout the ages

Explores how we naturally project consciousness onto machines and how this is reflected in human culture, science, artificial intelligence, and literature

Named one of WIREDs "The Best Pop Culture That Got Us Through 2020"

In Analogia, technology historian George Dyson presents a startling look back at the analog age and life before the digital revolutionand an unsettling vision of what comes next.

The reign of Big Tech is here, and Americans First Amendment rights hang by a keystroke.

Amassing unimaginable amounts of personal data, giants like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Appleonce symbols of American ingenuity and freedomhave become a techno-oligarchy with overwhelming economic and political power.

How do we create a universe of truthful and verifiable information, available to everyone?

InTHE NEW ENLIGHTENMENT, MIT Open Learnings Peter B. Kaufman describes the powerful forces that have purposely crippled our efforts to share knowledge widely and freely.

What shapes our sense of place, our sense of time, and our memory? How is technology changing the way we make sense of the world and of ourselves?

** A New York Times Bestseller **

"A complex, smart and ambitious book that at first reads like a self-help manual, then blossoms into a wide-ranging political manifesto."Jonah Engel Bromwich, The New York Times Book Review

One of President Barack Obama's "Favorite Books of 2019"

A Harvard-trained psychiatrist and mom of 3 gives parents and educators the tech habits children need to achieve their full potential--and a 6-step plan to put them into action.