Your Computer Is on Fire

By: Thomas Mullaney and Benjamin Peters and Mar Hicks and Kavita Philip

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Synopsis: Techno-utopianism is dead: Now is the time to pay attention to the inequality, marginalization, and biases woven into our technological systems.This book sounds an alarm: after decades of being lulled into complacency by narratives of technological utopianism and neutrality, people are waking up to the large-scale consequences of Silicon Valley-led technophilia. This book trains a spotlight on the inequality, marginalization, and biases in our technological systems, showing how they are not just minor bugs to be patched, but part and parcel of ideas that assume technology can fix--and control--society.ContributorsJanet Abbate, Ben Allen, Paul N. Edwards, Nathan Ensmenger, Mar Hicks, Halcyon M. Lawrence, Thomas S. Mullaney, Safiya Umoja Noble, Benjamin Peters, Kavita Philip, Sarah T. Roberts, Sreela Sarkar, Corinna Schlombs, Andrea Stanton, Mitali Thakor, Noah Wardrip-Fruin

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 416 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780262360784
Related ISBNs:: 9780262539739
Publisher:: MIT Press
Date of Addition:: 03/09/21
Copyrighted By:: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Computers and Internet, Technology, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Thomas S. Mullaney
Edited by:: Benjamin Peters
Edited by:: Mar Hicks
Edited by:: Kavita Philip