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Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

Yuval Noah Harari - Random House Audio
Format: Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world.For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite allour discoveries, inventions, and conquests, we now find...
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You Have Not Yet Heard Your Favourite Song: How Streaming Changes Music

Glenn McDonald - Canbury Press
Format: Paperback

'If you want to know anything about how music surfaces today, how to find it, or how to create it, you will find what you need right here. ' Joseph Menn, Washington Post writerFor the first time in history, almost every song ever recorded is available instantly. Everywhere. You Have...
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Digital Dharma: How AI Can Elevate Spiritual Intelligence and Personal Well-Being

Deepak Chopra MD - Random House Audio
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Deepak Chopra delivers a visionary and unprecedented exploration of how artificial intelligence can revolutionize well-being and open new horizons for personal development."AI has the potential to help us create a more peaceful, just, sustainable,...
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Tokens: The Future of Money in the Age of the Platform

Rachel O'Dwyer - Verso
Format: Hardcover

Platform capitalism is coming for the money in your pocket. **Longlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year**. Wherever you look, money is being re-placed by tokens. Digital platforms are issuing new kinds of money-like things: phone credit, shares, gift vouchers, game tokens,...
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The Heart and the Chip: Our Bright Future with Robots

Gregory Mone - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

Daniela Rus, a leading roboticist and computer scientist, explores how we can use a new generation of smart machines to help humankind.There is a robotics revolution underway. A record 3.1 million robots are working in factories right now, doing everything from assembling computers to packing...
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Computers for Seniors Made Easy

James Bernstein - James Bernstein
Format: Paperback

Not just for seniors!Computers for Seniors Made Easy was written for those who would rather figure out how to use their computers themselves rather than rely on the grandkids for help.This book covers a variety of topics ranging from how to use Windows, staying safe online, sending emails,...
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Mastering AI: A Survival Guide to Our Superpowered Future

Jeremy Kahn - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

A Fortune magazine journalist draws on his expertise and extensive contacts among the companies and scientists at the forefront of artificial intelligence to offer dramatic predictions of AI's impact over the next decade, from reshaping our economy and the way we work, learn, and create...
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The AI-Savvy Leader: Nine Ways to Take Back Control and Make AI Work

David De Cremer - Harvard Business Review Press
Format: Hardcover

Leaders, don't let AI get the best of you.The AI transformation is underway, but where are the leaders who will ensure their companies implement AI successfully and responsibly? Up until now, leaders have largely ceded their role in the AI transformation, pushing strategy formulation...
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The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI

Ray Kurzweil - Viking
Format: Hardcover

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. The noted inventor and futurist's successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explores how technology will transform the human race in the decades to come. Since it was first published in 2005, Ray Kurzweil's The Singularity Is Near...
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