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  A Hacker's Mind - How the...

  Bruce Schneier

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  It’s not just computers—hacking is everywhere. 
   
  A hack is any means of subverting a system’s rules in unintended ways. The tax code isn’t computer code, but a series of complex formulas. It has vulnerabilities; we call them “loopholes.” We call exploits “tax avoidance strategies.” And there is an entire industry of “black hat” hackers  
  intent on finding exploitable loopholes in the tax code. We call them accountants and tax attorneys. 
   
  In A Hacker’s Mind, Bruce Schneier takes hacking out of the world of computing and uses it to analyze the systems that underpin our society: from tax laws to financial markets to politics. He reveals an array of powerful actors whose hacks bend our economic, political, and legal  
  systems to their advantage, at the expense of everyone else. 
   
  Once you learn how to notice hacks, you’ll start seeing them everywhere—and you’ll never look at the world the same way again. Almost all systems have loopholes, and this is by design. Because if you can take advantage of them, the rules no longer apply to you. 
   
  Unchecked, these hacks threaten to upend our financial markets, weaken our democracy, and even affect the way we think. And when artificial intelligence starts thinking like a hacker—at inhuman speed and scale—the results could be catastrophic. 
   
  But for those who would don the “white hat,” we can understand the hackingmindset and rebuild our economic, political, and legal systems to counter those who would exploit our society. And we can harness artificial intelligence to improve existing systems, predict and defend  
  against hacks, and realize a more equitable world.

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  Why Trust Science?

  Naomi Oreskes, Marc Lange,...

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  This provocative audiobook reveals why the social character of scientific knowledge makes it trustworthy
  
  Featuring narration by Kelly Burke, John Chancer, Nancy Crane, Richard Lyddon, and Kerry Shale
  
  Do doctors really know what they are talking about when they tell us vaccines are safe? Should we take climate experts at their word when they warn us about the perils of global warming? Why should we trust science when our own politicians don't? In this landmark book, Naomi Oreskes offers a bold and compelling defense of science, revealing why the social character of scientific knowledge is its greatest strength—and the greatest reason we can trust it.
  
  Tracing the history and philosophy of science from the late nineteenth century to today, Oreskes explains that, contrary to popular belief, there is no single scientific method. Rather, the trustworthiness of scientific claims derives from the social process by which they are rigorously vetted. This process is not perfect—nothing ever is when humans are involved—but she draws vital lessons from cases where scientists got it wrong. Oreskes shows how consensus is a crucial indicator of when a scientific matter has been settled, and when the knowledge produced is likely to be trustworthy.
  
  Based on the Tanner Lectures on Human Values at Princeton University, this timely and provocative book features critical responses by climate experts Ottmar Edenhofer and Martin Kowarsch, political scientist Jon Krosnick, philosopher of science Marc Lange, and science historian Susan Lindee, as well as a foreword by political theorist Stephen Macedo.

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  The Social Life of Information

  John Seely Brown, Paul Duguid

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  "Should be read by anyone interested in understanding the future," The Times Literary Supplement raved about the original edition of The Social Life of Information. We're now living in that future, and one of the seminal books of the Internet Age is more relevant than ever. The future was a place where technology was supposed to empower individuals and obliterate social organizations. Pundits predicted that information technology would spell the end of almost everythingfrom mass media to bureaucracies, universities, politics, and governments. Clearly, we are not living in that future. The Social Life of Information explains why. John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid show us how to look beyond mere information to the social context that creates and gives meaning to it. Arguing elegantly for the important role that human sociability plays, evenperhaps especiallyin the digital world, The Social Life of Information gives us an optimistic look beyond the simplicities of information and individuals. It shows how a better understanding of the contribution that communities, organizations, and institutions make to learning, working, and innovating can lead to the richest possible use of technology in our work and everyday lives. With a new introduction by David Weinberger and reflections by the authors on developments since the book's first publication, this new edition is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the human place in a digital world.

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  Urban Lowlands - A History of...

  Steven T. Moga

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  Interrogates the connections between a city’s physical landscape and the poverty and social problems that are often concentrated at its literal lowest points.In Urban Lowlands, Steven T. Moga looks closely at the Harlem Flats in New York City, Black Bottom in Nashville, Swede Hollow in Saint Paul, and the Flats in Los Angeles, to interrogate the connections between a city’s actual landscape and the poverty and social problems that are often concentrated at its literal lowest points. Taking an interdisciplinary perspective on the history of US urban development from the nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, Moga reveals patterns of inequitable land use, economic dispossession, and social discrimination against immigrants and minorities. In attending to the landscapes of neighborhoods typically considered slums, Moga shows how physical and policy-driven containment has shaped the lives of the urban poor, while wealth and access to resources have been historically concentrated in elevated areas—truly “the heights.” Moga’s innovative framework expands our understanding of how planning and economic segregation alike have molded the American city.

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  The Art of Statistics

  Dwayne Franco

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  The Art of Statistics: The Ultimate Guide to Online Statistics. Get a Better Understanding on How Online Statistics Work to Help Boost Your BusinessIt’s safe to say that most people who are making the change to move out of the cubicle and into the world of online entrepreneurship have little background in marketing or technology. All they know is that they are tired of the rat race and want to be in charge of their own business. That’s great! There’s never been a better time to be an entrepreneur! And you really don’t need a marketing or business degree to be successful in the online business game.But still, you need to learn certain things to ensure the success of your online business. Many online businesses fail and it’s because they don’t have a handle on This audiobook will cover the following topics:- How Can Measuring Help?- Google Analytics- Google Search Console - Retargeting- Social Media ROI Tracking- Facebook Pixels- And many more!If you want to learn more, scroll up and click “add to cart” now!

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  Cybernetics

  Introbooks Team

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  Cybernetics is one of the most famous Technologies which have been widely used across the globe. This technology has made a lot of things easier for the mankind. The domain of cybernetics is used in a variety of areas and Fields, which vary from the study of the living organism to the study of latest, improvised and more enhanced types of Machines. There are a lot of uses of cybernetics which is why this technology is popular in all types of areas of study. Since it is extended to almost each and every type of field cybernetics has certain objectives on the basis of which it gives performance and task. One of the most important priorities of the cybernetics technology is the processing of knowledge and information in an efficient way so that the processed information can be useful and effective in terms of future use. This is definitely something which everyone should know about, and a lot of answers of a number of different activities are found in cybernetics.

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