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Publisher's Summary
In this volume of the MIT Press's Essential Knowledge series, Nick Montfort argues that the future is something to be made, not predicted.
Montfort offers what he considers essential knowledge about the future, as seen in the work of writers, artists, inventors, and designers (mainly in Western culture) who developed and described the core components of the futures they envisioned. Montfort's approach is not that of futurology or scenario planning; instead, he reports on the work of making the future - the thinkers who devoted themselves to writing pages in the unwritten book. Douglas Engelbart, Alan Kay, and Ted Nelson didn't predict the future of computing, for instance. They were three of the people who made it.
Montfort focuses on how the development of technologies - with an emphasis on digital technologies - has been bound up with ideas about the future. Listeners learn about kitchens of the future and the vision behind them; literary utopias, from Plato's Republic to Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Herland; the Futurama exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair; and what led up to Tim Berners-Lee's invention of the World Wide Web.
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- The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series
- By: Moheb Costandi
- Narrated by: Tim Andres Pabon
- Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 95
Fifty years ago, neuroscientists thought that a mature brain was fixed like a fly in amber, unable to change. Today, we know that our brains and nervous systems change throughout our lifetimes. This concept of neuroplasticity has captured the imagination of a public eager for self-improvement - and has inspired countless Internet entrepreneurs who peddle dubious "brain training" games and apps. In this book, Moheb Costandi offers a concise and engaging overview of neuroplasticity for the general listener.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A great introductory read on the brain.
- By Brent Rossman on 06-15-17
By: Moheb Costandi
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The Book
- MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series
- By: Amaranth Borsuk
- Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8
In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Amaranth Borsuk considers the history of the book, the future of the book, and the idea of the book. Tracing the interrelationship of form and content in the book's development, she bridges book history, book arts, and electronic literature to expand our definition of an object we thought we knew intimately. Contrary to the many reports of its death (which has been blamed at various times on newspapers, television, and e-readers), the book is alive.
By: Amaranth Borsuk
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The Mind-Body Problem
- The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series
- By: Jonathan Westphal
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 5 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4 out of 5 stars 27
In this book the philosopher Jonathan Westphal examines the mind-body problem in detail, laying out the reasoning behind the solutions that have been offered in the past and presenting his own proposal. The sharp focus on the mind-body problem, a problem that is not about the self or consciousness or the soul or anything other than the mind and the body, helps clarify both problem and solutions. Westphal outlines the history of the mind-body problem, beginning with Descartes.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Multiple chapters without a point
- By J. A. Schroeder on 07-01-17
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Spaceflight
- A Concise History
- By: Michael J. Neufeld
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
Spaceflight is one of the greatest human achievements of the 20th century. The Soviets launched Sputnik, the first satellite, in 1957; less than 12 years later, the American Apollo astronauts landed on the moon.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Read it twice
- By Rebecca Clarkson on 11-12-20
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Memes
- In Digital Culture
- By: Limor Shifman
- Narrated by: Karen Saltus
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
In this audiobook, Limor Shifman investigates Internet memes and what they tell us about digital culture. Shifman discusses a series of well-known Internet memes - including "Leave Britney Alone", the pepper-spraying cop, LOLCats, Scumbag Steve, and Occupy Wall Street's "We Are the 99 Percent". She offers a novel definition of Internet memes: digital content units with common characteristics, created with awareness of each other, and circulated, imitated, and transformed via the Internet by many users.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Overview of Critical Studies on Meme Culture
- By Steven E. Frost on 03-28-18
By: Limor Shifman
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Deep Learning
- MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series
- By: John D. Kelleher
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, computer scientist John Kelleher offers an accessible and concise but comprehensive introduction to the fundamental technology at the heart of the artificial intelligence revolution. Kelleher explains some of the basic concepts in deep learning, presents a history of advances in the field, and discusses the current state of the art.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Yikes
- By Elliot Blanford on 10-27-19
By: John D. Kelleher
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2 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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very basic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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