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Lightning guides volume no. 009
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"Despite its critics, social networking is our newest and most powerful expression of culture, communication, and revolution. It cannot be controlled by governments. It is faster and more viral than television or radio. It is the perfect instantiation of freedom of expression, and it rewriting all the rules"--Back cover.
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Written by well-known Silicon Valley entrepreneur and MIT-educated computer scientist Rizwan Virk, The Simulation Hypothesis brings together disparate fields to explore one of the most daring and consequential theories of our time: The Simulation Hypothesis. Whether you are a computer scientist, a fan of science fiction like the Matrix movies, a video game enthusiast, or a spiritual seeker, The Simulation Hypothesis touches on all these areas. The...
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Essayist Siegel is known for passionately arguing contrarian points of view, which is why he's the perfect person to write a critical book about the Web that has almost nothing to do with technology and everything to do with what it's doing to the people who use it. Siegel forces readers to radically rethink a familiar medium, arguing that the Web and complementary developments--from reality television to the emergence of business prophets like Malcolm...
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American secret agent Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine) is sent to the distant space city of the film's title where he must find a missing person and kill the inventor of fascist computer Alpha 60. Anna Karina and Akim Tamiroff co-star in this cockeyed fusion of science fiction with pulp characters and surrealist poetry. Godard's irreverent journey to the mysterious city remains one of the least conventional films of all time.
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When trouble returns to DenTech City, the authorities turn to the fifth-grade hero, Lan Hikari and his NetNavigator--MegaMan. Bass--an unrepentant delinquent with the ability to mimic the power of any opponent--has arrived in the synchronized duo's hometown. This is very bad news for DenTech City: how will MegaMan be able to defend the city against a foe as powerful as himself?
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El debate sobre si la red es buena o mala es irrelevante: la red está aquí para quedarse y si bien somos cada vez más conscientes de los muchos problemas que ha engendrado la era digital, lo que se requiere ahora es una respuesta humana a la evolución de estas tecnologías. Para Rushkoff es imprescindible empezar a codificar los cambios por los que estamos pasando y desarrollar un nuevo patrón ético, comportamental y comercial para guiarnos....
51) Disconnected
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"Three Carleton college students take on the challenge of ditching all computers to see how their academic, social, and work lives are affected. No Facebook. No e-mail. No word processing. How will they get their work done? Will they cheat? Who will survive the longest? This film follows Andrew, Caitlin, and Chel as they learn to interact with themselves and with others in ways we have largely forgotten."--Container & website www.disconnecteddocumentary.com....
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Examines how anthropological fieldwork has been affected by technological shifts in the 25 years since the 1990 publication of Fieldnotes : the making of anthropology, edited by Roger Sanjek, published by Cornell University Press.
"In this volume, sixteen distinguished scholars address the impact of digital technologies on how anthropologists do fieldwork and on what they study. With nearly three billion Internet users and more than four and a half...