Publisher: The MIT Press

The Connectivity of Things

The Connectivity of Things

A media history of the material and infrastructural features of networking practices, a German classic translated for the first time into English. Nets hold, connect, and catch. They ensnare, bind,...
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444 pages
2024-10-15 Published
When Arguments Merge

When Arguments Merge

A novel theory of argument structure based on the order in which verbs and their arguments combine across a variety of languages and language families. Merge is the structure-building operation...
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230 pages
2024-10-15 Published
The Line

The Line

How AI will challenge our ideas about personhood. Chatbots like ChatGPT have challenged human exceptionalism: we are no longer the only beings capable of generating language and ideas fluently. But...
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336 pages
2024-10-22 Published
Pioneering Progress

Pioneering Progress

An expert exploration of the foundations of America's science and technology policies, and the dynamics of its innovation system. Why study science and technology policy? What role does innovation play,...
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416 pages
2024-10-29 Published
Toy Theory

Toy Theory

A novel interpretation of the history and theory of technology from the perspective of toys, play, and play objects. Toy Theory addresses the relationships between toys and technology in two distinct...
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286 pages
2024-11-05 Published
Intellivision

Intellivision

The engaging story of Intellivision, an overlooked videogame system from the late 1970s and early 1980s whose fate was shaped by Mattel, Atari, and countless others who invented the gaming...
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432 pages
2024-11-05 Published
Quantum Ecology

Quantum Ecology

An exploration of the emerging quantum technological paradigm and its effects on human consciousness and cultures. In Quantum Ecology, Stefano Calzati and Derrick de Kerckhove identify three technological ecologies—linguistic, digital, and quantum—to better...
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232 pages
2024-11-12 Published
The Equitably Resilient City

The Equitably Resilient City

Twelve global planning and urban design interventions—and what they reveal about equity-centered urban resilience in the face of climate change. Hillside favelas in South America imperiled by landslides. Flood-threatened mobile...
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480 pages
2024-10-01 Published
Aiming for Net Zero

Aiming for Net Zero

How Costa Rican leaders adopted policies to reduce planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, and what other countries can learn from their actions. As atmospheric greenhouse gases continue their steep ascent, the...
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240 pages
2024-10-01 Published
From Sensing to Sentience

From Sensing to Sentience

A new theory of Neurobiological Emergentism that explains how sentience emerges from the brain. Sentience is the feeling aspect of consciousness. In From Sensing to Sentience, Todd Feinberg develops a new theory called Neurobiological Emergentism (NBE) thatintegrates...
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216 pages
2024-10-01 Published