Human Speech

What makes us human? Why are we the only animals who wear clothes, drive cars, trawl the internet, and fly helicopters on Mars? It’s all because we’ve learnt to talk, yet remarkably, we still don’t know how we did it. Speech! suggests an answer that’s been hiding in plain sight - the simple yet radical shift that turned our analog grunts and shrieks into words. But, its consequences are far from simple: being able to share ideas through language was an evolutionary tipping point - it allowed us to link up our minds.

Can free speech coexist with an inclusive campus environment? Hardly a week goes by without another controversy over free speech on college campuses. On one side, there are increased demands to censor hateful, disrespectful, and bullying expression and to ensure an inclusive and nondiscriminatory learning environment. On the other side are traditional free speech advocates who charge that recent demands for censorship coddle students and threaten free inquiry.

Our modern conceptions of press and speech liberty, Dabhoiwala shows, were invented in Britain around 1700. The real history of freedom of expression is a story of countless fascinating men and women whose lives have shaped its principles and practices over the past 300 years – slaves and imperialists, poets and philosophers, plutocrats and revolutionaries. Ranging across Europe, North America and South Asia, and not neglecting other parts of the world, Dabhoiwala rejects celebratory platitudes about the past and present of free expression.

Introducing "Revolutionizing Human-Computer Interaction through Speech and Audio Processing" - a groundbreaking eBook that dives deep into the world of human-computer interaction, providing a comprehensive and insightful guide to the history, science, and future possibilities of speech and audio technologies. Ever wondered how the voice controls on your smartphone work? Curious about the technology that allows us to communicate, work, and connect with ease? This incredible resource explores the evolution and development of speech and audio processing, setting the stage for an immersive, ...

Saving Free Speech…from Itself sets the tone for the fractious discussion of how the First Amendment should be interpreted in today’s society and how the free speech aspect of it should not be weaponized by individuals and groups whose agenda includes causing harm to innocent people. In an era of political correctness, race-baiting, terrorist incitement, the "Danish" cartoons, the shouting down of speakers, and, of course, "fake news", liberals and conservatives are up in arms both about speech and its excesses, and what the First Amendment means. Speech has been weaponized.

Hailed as the 'first freedom', free speech is the bedrock of democracy. But it is a challenging principle, subject to erosion in times of upheaval. Today, in democracies and authoritarian states around the world, it is on the retreat. In Free Speech, Jacob Mchangama traces the riveting legal, political and cultural history of this idea. Through captivating stories of free speech's many defenders, Mchangama demonstrates how the free exchange of ideas underlies all intellectual achievement and has enabled the advancement of both freedom and equality worldwide.

Immerse yourself in the cutting-edge world of artificial intelligence with the engrossing eBook, "Connected Conversations". This enlightening journey is bound to fascinate the tech-curious reader as it unfolds the intricacies of AI communication, from the simplest chatbots to the most advanced digital assistants. The journey begins by setting the stage, introducing you to human-machine communication. As you delve deeper, you'll begin to realize just how closely our world is moving from sci-fi to reality. Step by step, the complexities of AI are revealed, serving as an eye-opener to the ...

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