Should digital technology be viewed as a new life form, sharing our ecosystem and coevolving with us? Are humans defining technology, or is technology defining humans? In this book, Edward Ashford Lee considers the case that we are less in control of the trajectory of technology than we think. It shapes us as much as we shape it, and it may be more defensible to think of techno...(展开全部)

An invigorating, thought-provoking, and positive look at the rise of automation that explores how professionals across industries can find sustainable careers in the near future. Nearly half of all working Americans could risk losing their jobs because of technology. It’s not only blue-collar jobs at stake. Millions of educated knowledge workers—writers, paralegals, assistants,...(展开全部)

Robots are poised to transform today's society as completely as the Internet did twenty years ago. Pulitzer prize-winning New York Times science writer John Markoff argues that we must decide to design ourselves into our future, or risk being excluded from it altogether. In the past decade, Google introduced us to driverless cars; Apple debuted Siri, a personal assistant that w...(展开全部)

Robots are poised to transform today's society as completely as the Internet did twenty years ago. Pulitzer prize-winning New York Times science writer John Markoff argues that we must decide to design ourselves into our future, or risk being excluded from it altogether. In the past decade, Google introduced us to driverless cars; Apple debuted Siri, a personal assistant that w...(展开全部)

What happens to our understanding of 'orientalism' and imperialism when we consider British-Chinese relations during the nineteenth century, rather than focusing on India, Africa or the Caribbean? This book explores China's centrality to British imperial aspirations and literary production, underscoring the heterogeneous, interconnected nature of Britain's formal and informal e...(展开全部)

What happens to our understanding of 'orientalism' and imperialism when we consider British-Chinese relations during the nineteenth century, rather than focusing on India, Africa or the Caribbean? This book explores China's centrality to British imperial aspirations and literary production, underscoring the heterogeneous, interconnected nature of Britain's formal and informal e...(展开全部)

“I know that some of you reading this are convinced humans are a myth, but I am here to state that they do actually exist. For those that don’t know, a human is a real bipedal life form of midrange intelligence, living a largely deluded existence on a small waterlogged planet in a very lonely corner of the universe.” The bestselling, award-winning author of The Radleys is back ...(展开全部)

内容ZT自英国安德鲁·纳伯格联合国际有限公司的日记 :http://site.douban.com/110577/widget/notes/307426/note/312386077/ 得奖畅销小说《拉德利斯一家》（The Radleys）作者，携目前创作的最出色、最风趣、最具毁灭性的黑色幽默喜剧强势回归。一位外星访客来到地球，然而它对人类这一种族的第一印象却并不是正面认可。这位天外来客乔装成了不起的剑桥大学数学家安德鲁•马丁的模样，迫不及待地想要完成分配到自己手中的任务，希望能尽早回到自己的星球。在那个乌托邦一样的世界里，每个人都拥有无尽的生命与无限的智慧。 他对人类外表看上去的状态、吃的食物、杀害与杀戮的能力感到极度厌恶，同时也对爱与家庭的概念迷惑不解。但随着时间的推移，他开始意识到或许这个奇怪的种族有更多值得他信赖的优点。他伪装成马丁的样子，...(展开全部)

After an "incident" one wet Friday night where he is found walking naked through the streets of Cambridge, Professor Andrew Martin is not feeling quite himself. Food sickens him. Clothes confuse him. Even his loving wife and teenage son are repulsive to him. He feels lost amongst a crazy alien species and hates everyone on the planet. Everyone, that is, except Newton, and he's ...(展开全部)