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Jamie Bartlett

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My chief interest is the relationship between technology, politics and society - and my aim is to make writing on tech accessible to a general public. I find too many books on the subject are dry, technical and lack human characters. I especially like to find subcultures - the fringe groups and ideas most people dismiss as crazy - because they are very often useful guides to the future. This is the approach I took in my first book 'The Dark Net', which looked at hidden internet subcultures, based on months immersed in these groups. I write frequently on these questions for several outlets, and do occasional...

Jay Wellons

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Jay Wellons MD, MSPH, is a Professor in the Departments of Neurological Surgery, Pediatrics, Plastic Surgery, Radiology, and Radiological Sciences at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt and the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He holds the Cal Turner, Jr. Chair and is Chief of the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Vice Chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery, Vice Chair of the Section of Surgical Sciences, and directs the Surgical Outcomes Center for Kids, (SOCKs) which he co-founded. He has over 250 published scientific and medical articles on all aspects of pediatric neurosurgery...