Do Androids Dream Of Electric Cars
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Do Androids Dream Of Electric Cars
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Author : James Wilt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
Do Androids Dream Of Electric Cars written by James Wilt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Electronic books categories.
"Public transit in North America is in crisis. Ridership is down, fares are up, breakdowns more frequent, and in some cities trains are delayed because the tracks are literally on fire. Meanwhile, ride-sharing platforms like Uber and Lyft offer an alternative to standing on a crowded bus. And the electric and self-driving car manufacturers like Tesla and Goo¬gle's Waymo promise a sustainable future without accidents caused by human error. But does Silicon Valley really have the right plans for moving us around and saving the planet? James Wilt takes a closer look at the state of public transit in North America and the devious ways that corporations have worked to dismantle our public systems. He provides hopeful answers to the question of how we might make public transit affordable, equitable, sustainable, and efficient."--
Do Androids Dream Of Electric Cars
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Author : Donaris Corporation
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-03
Do Androids Dream Of Electric Cars written by Donaris Corporation and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03 with categories.
Do android dream of electric cars? Funny notebook. Perfect gift. * Perfect size to carry in your bag. * 6" x 9" in (15.24 cm x 22.86 cm) * Nice to write down ideas or notes. Can be used as journal.
Do Androids Dream Of Electric Cars
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Author : James Wilt
language : en
Publisher: Between the Lines
Release Date : 2020-04-22
Do Androids Dream Of Electric Cars written by James Wilt and has been published by Between the Lines this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-22 with Transportation categories.
Public transportation is in crisis. Through an assessment of the history of automobility in North America, the “three revolutions” in automotive transportation, as well as the current work of committed people advocating for a different way forward, James Wilt imagines what public transit should look like in order to be green and equitable. Wilt considers environment and climate change, economic and racial inequality, urban density, accessibility and safety, work and labour unions, privacy and control of personal data, as well as the importance of public and democratic decision-making. Based on interviews with more than forty experts, including community activists, academics, transit planners, authors, and journalists, Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? explores our ability to exert power over how cities are built and for whom.
Ecologic
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Author : Brian Clegg
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2010-01-26
Ecologic written by Brian Clegg and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-26 with Political Science categories.
Looking after 'The Environment' should be straightforward - no-one wants to destroy the world. And yet in every 'green' area we are either failing to take the essential steps to prevent destruction of the planet or are being deceived - often by ourselves. By using the scalpel of eco-logic it is possible to open up the reality beneath the layers of confusion and deception, turn recognized situations inside out, identify hidden agendas in the so-called Experts, and come up with real solutions to our green problems. Examining issues such as Climate Change Sceptics, Celebrity greens and the charity gig bandwagon, 'Fair' trade, Organics, Renewable energy, Recycling, Carbon offsets, Sustainability and much more, ECO-LOGIC is a book to shake up the green movement and give it a new impetus.
Machines Like Me
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Author : Ian McEwan
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2019-04-23
Machines Like Me written by Ian McEwan and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-23 with Fiction categories.
From the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of Atonement—”a sharply intelligent novel of ideas” (The New York Times) that asks whether a machine can understand the human heart, or whether we are the ones who lack understanding. Set in an uncanny alternative 1982 London—where Britain has lost the Falklands War, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power, and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence—Machines Like Me powerfully portrays two lovers who will be tested beyond their understanding. Charlie, drifting through life and dodging full-time employment, is in love with Miranda, a bright student who lives with a terrible secret. When Charlie comes into money, he buys Adam, one of the first generation of synthetic humans. With Miranda's assistance, he codesigns Adam's personality. The near-perfect human that emerges is beautiful, strong, and smart—and a love triangle soon forms. Ian McEwan's subversive, gripping novel poses fundamental questions: What makes us human—our outward deeds or our inner lives? Could a machine understand the human heart? This provocative and thrilling tale warns against the power to invent things beyond our control. Don’t miss Ian McEwan’s new novel, Lessons, coming in September!
Road To Nowhere
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Author : Paris Marx
language : en
Publisher: Verso Books
Release Date : 2022-07-05
Road To Nowhere written by Paris Marx and has been published by Verso Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-05 with Social Science categories.
How to build a transportation system to provide mobility for all Road to Nowhere exposes the flaws in Silicon Valley’s vision of the future: ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft to take us anywhere; electric cars to make them ‘green’; and automation to ensure transport is cheap and ubiquitous. Such promises are implausible and potentially dangerous. As Paris Marx shows, these technological visions are a threat to our ideas of what a society should be. Electric cars are not a silver bullet for sustainability, and autonomous vehicles won’t guarantee road safety. There will not be underground tunnels to eliminate traffic congestion, and micromobility services will not replace car travel any sooner than we will see the arrival of the long-awaited flying car. In response, Marx offers a vision for a more collective way of organizing transportation systems that considers the needs of poor, marginalized, and vulnerable people. The book argues that rethinking mobility can be the first step in a broader reimagining of how we design and live in our future cities. We must create streets that allow for social interaction and conviviality. We need reasons to get out of our cars and to use public means of transit determined by community needs rather than algorithmic control. Such decisions should be guided by the search for quality of life rather than for profit.
The Culture Of Nature
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Author : Alexander Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Between The Lines
Release Date : 1991
The Culture Of Nature written by Alexander Wilson and has been published by Between The Lines this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Human beings categories.
In this celebrated work, Alexander Wilson examines environments built over the past fifty years, as humans have continued to discover, exploit, protect, restore, and sometimes re-enchant a natural world in convulsion. Extensively illustrated.
Vn
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Author : Madeline Ashby
language : en
Publisher: Duncan Baird Publishers
Release Date : 2012-07-31
Vn written by Madeline Ashby and has been published by Duncan Baird Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-31 with Fiction categories.
Amy Peterson is a von Neumann machine, a self-replicating humanoid robot. For the past five years, she has been grown slowly as part of a mixed organic/synthetic family. She knows very little about her android mother's past, so when her grandmother arrives and attacks her mother, little Amy wastes no time: she eats her alive. Now she carries her malfunctioning granny as a partition on her memory drive, and she's learning impossible things about her clade's history - like the fact that the failsafe that stops all robots from harming humans has failedÉ Which means that everyone wants a piece of her, some to use her as a weapon, others to destroy her.
Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep
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Author : Filip K. Dik
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep written by Filip K. Dik and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with categories.
The Intuitionist
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Author : Colson Whitehead
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2017-05-04
The Intuitionist written by Colson Whitehead and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-04 with Fiction categories.
Verticality, architectural and social, is at the heart of Colson Whitehead's first novel that takes place in an unnamed high-rise city that combines twenty-first-century engineering feats with nineteenth-century pork-barrel politics. Elevators are the technological expression of the vertical ideal, and Lila Mae Watson, the city's first black female elevator inspector, is its embattled token of upward mobility.When Number Eleven of the newly completed Fanny Briggs Memorial Building goes into deadly free-fall just hours after Lila Mae has signed off on it, using the controversial 'Intuitionist' method of ascertaining elevator safety, both Intuitionists and Empiricists recognize the set-up, but may be willing to let Lila Mae take the fall in an election year. As Lila Mae strives to exonerate herself in this urgent adventure full of government spies, underworld hit men, and seductive double agents, behind the action, always, is the Idea. Lila Mae's quest is mysteriously entwined with existence of heretofore lost writings by James Fulton, father of Intuitionism, a giant of vertical thought. If she is able to find and reveal his plan for the perfect, next-generation elevator, the city as it now exists may instantly become obsolescent.
