Blown to Bits:Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion
by: Hal Abelson(Author),Ken Ledeen(Author),Harry Lewis(Author),Wendy Seltzer(Author)
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Edition:2nd
Publication Date: 28 Nov. 2019
Language: English
Print Length: 336 pages
ISBN-10: 0134850017
ISBN-13: 9780134850016
Book Description
What you must know to protect yourself today The digital technology explosion has blown everything to bits–and the blast has provided new challenges and opportunities. This second edition of Blown to Bits delivers the knowledge you need to take greater control of your information environment and thrive in a world that’s coming whether you like it or not. Straight from inteationally respected Harvard/MIT experts, this plain-English bestseller has been fully revised for the latest controversies over social media, “fake news,” big data, cyberthreats, privacy, artificial intelligence and machine leaing, self-driving cars, the Inteet of Things, and much more. Discover who owns all that data about you―and what they can infer from itLea to challenge algorithmic decisionsSee how close you can get to sending truly secure messagesDecide whether you really want always-on cameras and microphonesExplore the realities of Inteet free speechProtect yourself against out-of-control technologies (and the powerful organizations that wield them) You will find clear explanations, practical examples, and real insight into what digital tech means to you–as an individual, and as a citizen.
About the Author
About the Author Hal Abelson is Class of 1922 Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at MIT, and an IEEE Fellow. He has helped drive innovative educational technology initiatives such MIT OpenCourseWare, co-founded Creative Commons and Public Knowledge, and was founding director of the Free Software Foundation. Ken Ledeen, Chairman/CEO of Nevo Technologies, is a serial entrepreneur who has served on the boards of numerous technology companies. Harry Lewis, former Dean of Harvard College and of Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, is Gordon McKay Research Professor of Computer Science at Harvard and Faculty Associate of the Berkman Klein Center for Inteet and Society. He is author of Excellence Without a Soul:Does Liberal Education Have a Future? and editor of Ideas that Created the Future:Classic Papers of Computer Science. Wendy Seltzer is Counsel and Strategy Lead at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), based at MIT. She founded Lumen Database, the pioneering transparency report for online content removals.
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