An inquiry into what we can know in an age of surveillance and algorithms Knitting together contemporary technologies of datafication to reveal a broader, underlying shift in what counts as knowledge, Technologies of Speculation reframes today’s major moral and political controversies around algorithms and artificial intelligence. How many times we toss and turn in our sleep, o...(展开全部)

Exploring such questions as "how did fact become modernity's most favoured unit of knowledge?", this text contains ideas and texts from the publication of the first British manual on double-entry bookkeeping in 1588 to the institutionalization of statistics in the 1830s. It shows how the production of systematic knowledge from descriptions of observed particulars influenced gov...(展开全部)

作者介绍 约翰·霍根（John Horgan）是《科学美国人》杂志《Scientific American》（其中文版为《环球科学》）的资深撰稿人。他曾两度获美国科学促进会新闻与社会关系促进奖。他著有四本书，包括《科学的终结》(The End of Science，Addison Wesley，1996)和《战争的终结》（The End of War，McSweeney's, 2012）。他的文章登载在《纽约时报书评》《发现》《新科学家》《科学》和《集萃》等杂志上。《科学美国人》是美国历史最长的、一直连续出版的杂志，也是著名的《科学》（Science）的姊妹刊。大众化的高水平学术期刊，有151位诺贝尔奖得主撰稿。自2005年起，霍根就职于史蒂文斯理工学院（Stevens Institute of Technology，全美工程类大学排名前五，毕业生就...(展开全部)

作者介绍 约翰·霍根（John Horgan）是《科学美国人》杂志《Scientific American》（其中文版为《环球科学》）的资深撰稿人。他曾两度获美国科学促进会新闻与社会关系促进奖。他著有四本书，包括《科学的终结》(The End of Science，Addison Wesley，1996)和《战争的终结》（The End of War，McSweeney's, 2012）。他的文章登载在《纽约时报书评》《发现》《新科学家》《科学》和《集萃》等杂志上。《科学美国人》是美国历史最长的、一直连续出版的杂志，也是著名的《科学》（Science）的姊妹刊。大众化的高水平学术期刊，有151位诺贝尔奖得主撰稿。自2005年起，霍根就职于史蒂文斯理工学院（Stevens Institute of Technology，全美工程类大学排名前五，毕业生就...(展开全部)

Summary How to analyze data settings rather than data sets, acknowledging the meaning-making power of the local. In our data-driven society, it is too easy to assume the transparency of data. Instead, Yanni Loukissas argues in All Data Are Local, we should approach data sets with an awareness that data are created by humans and their dutiful machines, at a time, in a place, wit...(展开全部)

It’s not just fake news. Bullshit is everywhere. Now, two science professors give us the tools to dismantle misinformation and think clearly in a data-saturated world. The world is awash in bullshit, and we’re drowning in it. Politicians are unconstrained by facts. Science is conducted by press release. Startup culture elevates bullshit to high art. These days, calling bullshit...(展开全部)

Bullshit isn’t what it used to be. Now, two science professors give us the tools to dismantle misinformation and think clearly in a world of fake news and bad data. “A modern classic . . . a straight-talking survival guide to the mean streets of a dying democracy and a global pandemic.”—Wired Misinformation, disinformation, and fake news abound and it’s increasingly difficult ...(展开全部)

菲利普·L·凯瑞特（1896～1998）美国著名投资家、基金管理人。身为记者与“一战”飞行员的菲利普，最初为朋友和家人打理钱财，1928年他创办了Pioneer基金，后发展为现今的富达（Fidelity）共同基金，该基金公司为美国最大基金公司之一，由菲利普·L·凯瑞特的儿子和孙女掌管。菲利普掌管该基金55年，期间公司募集的投资额由１万美元变成800万美元。沃伦·巴菲特称他具有“最长期的投资纪录”。凯瑞特投资的成功秘诀，很大程度在于当别人未能发现某些小公司之前，他对这些公司的价值十分认可，如供水与桥梁公司的股票。他并不在意长期持有那些一直呆滞不动的股票。他与巴菲特身为挚友，并时常交换投资理念与秘诀。 《投机的艺术》一书，主要是凯瑞特作为Barron记者期间所写的系列投资文章，后一直成为投资的经典之作。 菲利普·L·凯瑞特于1998年...(展开全部)