Technology Justice

Evan Cole thought he knew exactly what automation would cost him — until a lying green light on a kitchen display line cost strangers their health, and cost him everything he believed about his own judgment. Within a year, Evan, his partner Lora, and his oldest friend Drew have built something the world has no name for yet: an underground treasury that quietly punishes the companies profiting from displaced workers, and redistributes what it takes to the people automation left behind. No one gets hurt. That's the rule. That's the whole rule. Rules don't survive contact with scale. As ...

Gray Wolf LEGACY has handled a lot of strange cases in their day but this one is completely out of the realm of their understanding. It requires skills that only a select few possess. When an A.I. machine is created by a man who wants vengeance, even he doesn’t realize how powerful it really is. As it grows, developing into something beyond their comprehension, the world is at a standstill. Anything run by a computer is compromised. The more you attempt to stop the machine, the more it records and remembers. Now, the machine has killed its developer and the geniuses of LEGACY must ban ...

A riveting exploration of how visual media has shifted the narrative on race and reignited the push towards justice by the author of the “worthy and necessary” (The New York Times) Nobody Marc Lamont Hill and the bestselling author and acclaimed journalist Todd Brewster. With his signature...

"John Wick" meets "The Day of the Jackal" in a deadly game of espionage and murder. Burke’s Hit Man is Book #9 in the Bob Burke thriller series, with 4.6 stars on Amazon and 4.7 stars from Goodreads. The Kremlin must have America's top-secret mega-laser weapon to avoid a humiliating defeat in Ukraine and to shore up its fading power. To steal the Laser prototype and the plans, they send their deadliest assassin—a fearless Georgian killer named Zuran Gelashvili. He's left a wispy trail from one end of Europe to the other of poisoned dissidents, mysterious bombings, and traffic accidents,...

Some weapons should never exist. This one is already on the road. When a military convoy is ambushed on a lonely stretch of high-plains highway, the killers leave nothing behind — no witnesses, no tracks, and no trace of DEEP LANCE, a prototype weapon the government swears isn't real. Frank Kane has seen the ambush site. He knows professional work when he's standing in it. The trail leads to The Well — a facility that appears on no map, answerable to no law, where an illegal country keeps its worst mistake buried. But the man they've been holding in the dark has been waiting years for ...

Artificial intelligence will transform law. That does not mean it will produce justice. Courts are backlogged. Legal help remains unaffordable for billions of people. Rules designed for an earlier age are struggling to keep pace with modern life. AI now gives us an extraordinary opportunity, not...

In 1901, Nikola Tesla proved there is energy in every object in the universe: the air, a rock, a tree, or a living being. Now, over a hundred years later and with much more technology at man’s disposal, science has achieved the unthinkable: radiant energy for all captured from thin air. No need to burn coal, drill for oil, or fracture the atom for power. The atmosphere is now energized, free power broadcast for all through radiant energy receivers and oscillators. Social upheaval exploded across the world as massive industries are now useless. This was anticipated by the powers that be. ...

What happens when there is enough for everyone—but the world is still built around not having enough? Amos Cray sells machines. They harvest faster. They waste less. They can do in hours what once took a field full of people days to accomplish. To Amos, the logic seems simple: if human beings can produce more with less labor, surely life should become easier. But everywhere he goes, someone has a reason it cannot. A farmer who owns his workers has no reason to replace them. A decent man cannot afford to risk the livelihoods of the people who depend on him. A preacher comforts his ...

AI and other high-tech tools embed and reinforce America’s history of prejudice and exclusion — even when they are used with the best intentions. Patrick K. Lin’s Machine See, Machine Do: How Technology Mirrors Bias in Our Criminal Justice System takes a deep and thorough look into the use of technology in the criminal justice system, and investigates the instances of coded bias present at every level.

Evelyn Manchester was at the top of her profession—until an autonomous vehicle ran a red light and shattered her life. A brilliant San Francisco defense attorney, Evelyn survives the crash that kills her career but leaves her permanently blind. The police call it a tragic malfunction. A glitch in the system. Case closed. Evelyn knows better. Autonomous vehicles don’t accelerate through red lights. They don’t ignore obstacles. And they don’t just “fail” at the exact moment a powerful enemy needs someone silenced. As Evelyn fights to rebuild her life in a world without sight, she ...

Dive into the transformative world of modern penology with The Future of Penology, a groundbreaking eBook that explores the cutting-edge developments revolutionizing the criminal justice system. This compelling book is a must-read for those interested in the future of justice, rehabilitation, and societal reintegration. Starting with an engaging introduction to modern penology, the book provides an essential historical context, evolving philosophies, and key objectives that shape contemporary approaches. Explore how technological innovations are reshaping sentencing with the use of ...

Activists, pundits, politicians, and the press frequently proclaim today's digitally mediated racial justice activism the new civil rights movement. As Charlton D. McIlwain shows in this book, the story of racial justice movement organizing online is much longer and varied than most people know...

Artificial intelligence is no longer just technology; it is a profound shift in political power and algorithmic justice. Perfect for an engaging commute, this thought-provoking deep dive explores who holds authority in our increasingly automated world. Whether you are navigating algorithmic...

Goldston v. Goldston II — Volume II: I–O Identity. Jurisdiction. Litigation. Notice. Orders. And the human consequences hidden between the lines of the law. Volume II: I–O continues Goldston v. Goldston II, an unconventional legal reference, documentary record, and philosophical examination of what happens when law moves from the page into a person’s life. Structured alphabetically, this volume travels from I through O, examining the language that shapes courts, families, evidence, technology, and institutional decision-making. Legal concepts are not treated as isolated definitions....

What if the greatest threat to America's future isn't what we can see—but what we've stopped noticing? Bias rarely announces itself. It hides in assumptions, traditions, institutions, algorithms, classrooms, courtrooms, headlines, and even the technologies we trust every day. In Understanding the Impact of Bias, a U.S. Navy veteran invites readers on a thoughtful journey through the hidden forces that shape American life. Drawing on history, psychology, military leadership, artificial intelligence, and personal reflection, this book challenges readers to examine how invisible assumptions ...

These works by Thoreau and Gandhi consider the best way to promote justice and goodness not in utopia, but in the actual world where we live. The primary goal of Agora Publications is not to answer such controversial questions by taking sides, but to provide access to philosophical works that promote such dialogue.

Earth: a seemingly ordinary planet that hides an extraordinary secret. It is a prison for exiles from advanced civilizations across the galaxy, stripped of their memories and forced to live among humans. But one woman's journey will uncover a profound truth that could reshape the destiny of multiple worlds. Elena Hartman, a gifted software engineer in Seattle, has always been haunted by vivid dreams of alien landscapes and strange beings. These fragments of another life become impossible to ignore when she discovers a mysterious device during a meteor shower. As the device activates, it ...

What happens when the timeless philosophy of Plato encounters the cutting-edge advancements of artificial intelligence? In AI Debates Plato, the latest book in Richard Aragon’s innovative AI Debates series, you’ll witness a groundbreaking experiment that merges ancient wisdom with the future of technology. Imagine a fictional AI engaging in dynamic debates with a simulated version of Plato himself, diving deep into his most influential ideas—from justice and the ideal state to the nature of reality and the pursuit of knowledge. Using real AI models, this book presents a captivating ...

In "A Criminal in Our Midst", a stolen laptop sparks an extraordinary journey into the cutting-edge world of nanotechnology and surveillance. When Joy, a tech-savvy professional, becomes a victim of theft, she channels her frustration into a groundbreaking project that combines artificial intelligence and nanobots to tackle crime. As her team deploys innovative strategies—from manipulating mobile alerts to turning public billboards into digital witnesses—they unravel a criminal's dark underworld and force him to confront his deeds. With a blend of suspense, technology, and ethical ...

In a quiet Texas suburb, a respected man steps out of his front door and never makes it to his car. There is no witness. No gunman. Only a small, unnoticed machine on the lawn and a special tiny bullet delivered with terrifying precision. This is not a mystery about who did it, but why. Doug Larson once had a good life—a loving wife, a young son, and a future that finally felt secure. One reckless act by a drunk driver destroyed it all. The man responsible is convicted and sent to prison, but for Doug, the sentence is not justice. The law closes the case. His grief does not. Years later, ...