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Marc Masters, "High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape" (UNC Press, 2023)
An interview with Marc Masters
Guru Madhavan on Wicked Problems and Engineering a Better World
Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with Guru Madhavan, Norman R. Augustine Senior Scholar and Senior Director of Programs at the National Academy of Engineering, about his recent book,Wicked Problems: How to Engineer a Better World(W. W. Norton &
Max Bennett, "A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, Ai, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains" (Mariner Books, 2023)
An interview with Max Bennett
Matthew H. Hersch, "Dark Star: A New History of the Space Shuttle" (MIT Press, 2023)
An interview with Matthew H. Hersch
Robert Willim, "Mundania: How and Where Technologies Are Made Ordinary" (Bristol UP, 2024)
An interview with Robert Willim
Thomas S. Mullaney, "The Chinese Computer: A Global History of the Information Age" (MIT Press, 2024)
An interview with Thomas S. Mullaney
Ignacio Cofone, "The Privacy Fallacy: Harm and Power in the Information Economy" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
An interview with Ignacio Cofone
Anita R. Gohdes, "Repression in the Digital Age: Surveillance, Censorship, and the Dynamics of State Violence" (Oxford UP, 2023)
An interview with Anita R. Gohdes
How Can We Reach International Consensus on AI Regulation?
A Discussion with Gabriele Mazzini
On Bloomsbury's "Object Lessons" Series: A Discussion with Christopher Schaberg
Object Lessonsis a series of concise, collectable, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Each book starts from a specific inspiration: an historical event, a literary passage, a personal narrative, a technological innovati
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