Radical technologies : the design of everyday life
Adam Greenfield (Author)
Provides a field manual to the technologies that are so rapidly changing our lives. Greenfield forces us to reconsider our relationship with the networked objects, services and spaces that define us. How do these technologies reshape the economy, subvert the fundamental terms of our politics, and even redefine what it means to be human? In answering these questions, Greenfield's guide clarifies the scale and nature of the crisis we now confront--and offers ways to reclaim our stake in the future. --Adapted from publisher description
359 pages ; 20 cm
9781784780456, 1784780456
1001446389
Introduction: Paris year zero
Smartphone: the networking of the self
The internet of things: a planetary mesh of perception and response
Augmented reality: an interactive overlay on the world
Digital fabrication: towards a political economy of matter
Cryptocurrency: the computational guarantee of value
Blockchain beyond Bitcoin: a trellis for posthuman institutions
Automation: the annihilation of work
Machine learning: the algorithmic production of knowledge
Artificial intelligence: the eclipse of human discretion
Conclusion: Of tetrapods and tactics: radical technologies and everyday life
"First published by Verso 2017"--Title page verso