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The Glass Cage
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Author : Nicholas Carr
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2015-01-15
The Glass Cage written by Nicholas Carr and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-15 with Technology & Engineering categories.
In The Glass Cage, Pulitzer Prize nominee and bestselling author Nicholas Carr shows how the most important decisions of our lives are now being made by machines and the radical effect this is having on our ability to learn and solve problems. In May 2009 an Airbus A330 passenger jet equipped with the latest ‘glass cockpit’ controls plummeted 30,000 feet into the Atlantic. The reason for the crash: the autopilot had routinely switched itself off. In fact, automation is everywhere – from the thermostat in our homes and the GPS in our phones to the algorithms of High Frequency Trading and self-driving cars. We now use it to diagnose patients, educate children, evaluate criminal evidence and fight wars. But psychological studies show that we perform best when fully involved in a task, while the principle of automation – that humans are inefficient – is self-fulfilling. The glass cockpit is becoming a glass cage. In this utterly engrossing exposé, bestselling writer Nicholas Carr reveals how automation is affecting our ability to solve problems, forge memories and acquire skills. Rather than rejecting technology, Carr argues that we must urgently rethink its role in our lives, using it to enhance rather than diminish the extraordinary abilities that make us human.
The Glass Cage
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Author : Nicholas Carr
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2015
The Glass Cage written by Nicholas Carr and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Science categories.
In The Glass Cage, Pulitzer Prize nominee and bestselling author Nicholas Carr shows how the most important decisions of our lives are now being made by machines and the radical effect this is having on our ability to learn and solve problems. In May 2009 an Airbus A330 passenger jet equipped with the latest 'glass cockpit' controls plummeted 30,000 feet into the Atlantic. The reason for the crash: the autopilot had routinely switched itself off. In fact, automation is everywhere - from the thermostat in our homes and the GPS in our phones to the algorithms of High Frequency Trading and self-driving cars. We now use it to diagnose patients, educate children, evaluate criminal evidence and fight wars. But psychological studies show that we perform best when fully involved in a task, while the principle of automation - that humans are inefficient - is self-fulfilling. The glass cockpit is becoming a glass cage. In this utterly engrossing expos�, bestselling writer Nicholas Carr reveals how automation is affecting our ability to solve problems, forge memories and acquire skills. Rather than rejecting technology, Carr argues that we must urgently rethink its role in our lives, using it to enhance rather than diminish the extraordinary abilities that make us human.
The Glass Cage
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Author : Nicholas Carr
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2015-01-15
The Glass Cage written by Nicholas Carr and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-15 with Automation categories.
In The Glass Cage, Pulitzer Prize nominee and bestselling author Nicholas Carr shows how the most important decisions of our lives are now being made by machines and the radical effect this is having on our ability to learn and solve problems. In May 2009 an Airbus A330 passenger jet equipped with the latest âe~glass cockpitâe(tm) controls plummeted 30,000 feet into the Atlantic. The reason for the crash: the autopilot had routinely switched itself off. In fact, automation is everywhere âe" from the thermostat in our homes and the GPS in our phones to the algorithms of High Frequency Trading and self-driving cars. We now use it to diagnose patients, educate children, evaluate criminal evidence and fight wars. But psychological studies show that we perform best when fully involved in a task, while the principle of automation âe" that humans are inefficient âe" is self-fulfilling. The glass cockpit is becoming a glass cage. In this utterly engrossing exposé, bestselling writer Nicholas Carr reveals how automation is affecting our ability to solve problems, forge memories and acquire skills. Rather than rejecting technology, Carr argues that we must urgently rethink its role in our lives, using it to enhance rather than diminish the extraordinary abilities that make us human.
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Author : Georges Simenon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
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Author : Kenneth Wayne Hassler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
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Author : Rudolf Rickes
language : en
Publisher: Trafford on Demand Pub
Release Date : 2006
The Glass Cage written by Rudolf Rickes and has been published by Trafford on Demand Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Fiction categories.
The Glass Cage describes one of life's problems, which refers to more or less all of us. Who hasn't, as a child, ever caught bugs in a glass jar and watched, fascinated, how they tried unsuccessfully to escape from what for them is a transparent prison? It's the same with people who, also due to fateful circumstances, find themselves in a glass prison. They see and recognize everything that surrounds them, but cannot reach what they desire because invisible walls prevent them from it. On the other side of the glass are the people outside the cage. They fail to recognize that their companion is wrestling with problems, which are invisible to them and are, therefore, very surprised at his strange behavior. Peter, in his early forties, not happy in his present marriage, has come to love the wife of a neighbor. He tells a colleague about it, describing his feelings, his wavering and searching in this hopeless situation. Something out of the ordinary: since his youth, Peter suffers from a speech and hearing defect. As a result, when speaking, he is forced to an unnatural restraint, which gives him the feeling of being in a glass cage. Ever since his youth, he was forced to do without many things, and in the course of the years, to comprehend, understand, tolerate, relinquish, and deny himself too much not to let his successors know about it. The original draft of the book was written in pencil between 1966 and 1969. It was only recently, some thirty years after the described events, and once he acquired a computer and learned to use it, that he re-wrote the text with the insight obtained through the distance of the years gone by. The affected persons were made anonymous, and now, while he is still alive, he wants to tell his children and the public a story, which is certainly out of the ordinary.
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Author : Colin Wilson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
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Author : Paul Illidge
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007-04
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Showing how Canada's first professional theatre was born, flourished, and was ultimately killed by a combination of political controversy, a bitterly jealous theatre critic, and the social and cultural upheaval of the 1960s, this book answers the question What ever happened to the Crest? From January 1954 to April 1966, 152 productions of plays by 110 writers from around the world graced the Crest Theatre stage, a cultural achievement that is unsurpassed even in modern times. The intricacies of theatre production, management, artistic direction, promotion, and fascinating personal anecdotes are all revealed.
The Shallows
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Author : Nicholas Carr
language : en
Publisher: Atlantic Books Ltd
Release Date : 2010-09-01
The Shallows written by Nicholas Carr and has been published by Atlantic Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-01 with Psychology categories.
'Boldly reactionary... What looks like feast, Carr argues, may be closer to famine' Sunday Times 'Chilling' The Economist In this ground-breaking and compelling book, Nicholas Carr argues that not since Gutenberg invented printing has humanity been exposed to such a mind-altering technology. The Shallows draws on the latest research to show that the Net is literally re-wiring our brains inducing only superficial understanding. As a consequence there are profound changes in the way we live and communicate, remember and socialise - even in our very conception of ourselves. By moving from the depths of thought to the shallows of distraction, the web, it seems, is actually fostering ignorance. The Shallows is not a manifesto for luddites, nor does it seek to turn back the clock. Rather it is a revelatory reminder of how far the Internet has become enmeshed in our daily existence and is affecting the way we think. This landmark book compels us all to look anew at our dependence on this all-pervasive technology. This 10th-anniversary edition includes a new afterword that brings the story up to date, with a deep examination of the cognitive and behavioural effects of smartphones and social media.
Utopia Is Creepy And Other Provocations
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Author : Nicholas Carr
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2016-09-06
Utopia Is Creepy And Other Provocations written by Nicholas Carr and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-06 with Technology & Engineering categories.
A freewheeling, sharp-shooting indictment of a tech-besotted culture. With razor wit, Nicholas Carr cuts through Silicon Valley’s unsettlingly cheery vision of the technological future to ask a hard question: Have we been seduced by a lie? Gathering a decade’s worth of posts from his blog, Rough Type, as well as his seminal essays, Utopia Is Creepy is “Carr’s best hits for those who missed the last decade of his stream of thoughtful commentary about our love affair with technology and its effect on our relationships” (Richard Cytowic, New York Journal of Books). Carr draws on artists ranging from Walt Whitman to the Clash, while weaving in the latest findings from science and sociology. Carr’s favorite targets are those zealots who believe so fervently in computers and data that they abandon common sense. Cheap digital tools do not make us all the next Fellini or Dylan. Social networks, diverting as they may be, are not vehicles for self-enlightenment. And “likes” and retweets are not going to elevate political discourse. Utopia Is Creepy compels us to question the technological momentum that has trapped us in its flow. “Resistance is never futile,” argues Carr, and this book delivers the proof.