Under capitalism we are led to believe in the steady, inevitable march of progress, from the abacus to the iPad. But the historical record tells of innumerable roads not taken, all of which could have led to better worlds, and still can...
Computers--Social aspects
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Author:Hughes, BobSummary: -
Author:Dyer-Witheford, NickSummary:The utopian promise of the internet, much talked about even a few years ago, has given way to brutal realities: coltan mines in the Congo, electronics factories in China, devastated neighborhoods in Detroit. Cyber-Proletariat shows us...
- Author:Gibson, WilliamSummary:
Turner, corporate mercenary, wakes in a reconstructed body, a beautiful woman by his side. Then Hosak Corporation reactivates him for a mission more dangerous than the one he's recovering from.
