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Context changes everything :how constraints create coherence
From the influential author of Dynamics in Action , how the concepts of constraints provide a way to rethink relationships, opening the way to intentional, meaningful causation . Grounding her work in the problem of causation, Alicia Juarrero challenges previously held beliefs that only forceful impacts are causes. Constraints, she claims, bring about effects as well, and they enable the emerge…
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Feminist designer :on the personal and the political in design
"Applies feminist theory to design in a meaningful/accessible way; establishes new ways to design for complex social, political & environmental problems; defines guiding principles & values; proposes practical methods for practicing feminist design; demonstrates positive impact of feminist design through case studies and interviews"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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Intrusive thinking :from molecules to free will
"This volume explores the neurological and behavioral mechanisms and processes involved in intrusive thinking and suggests avenues for future clinically relevant research"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262363666
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 455 pages) :illustrations.
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Farm fresh broadband :the politics of rural connectivity
"This study of the political economy of rural broadband combines critical policy analysis with stories of rural Americans and offers solutions for solving the rural-urban digital divide"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262367076
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Reckonings :numerals, cognition, and history
Insights from the history of numerical notation suggest that how humans write numbers is an active choice involving cognitive and social factors. Over the past 5,000 years, more than 100 methods of numerical notation--distinct ways of writing numbers--have been developed and used by specific communities. Most of these are barely known today; where they are known, they are often derided as cogni…
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A citizen's guide to artificial intelligence
"An accessible overview of the threats and opportunities inherent in automated decision making in academia, government, and industry"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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Annotation
"This book explores annotation, defined as a note added to a text, as an important, everyday practice"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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Rethinking environmentalism :linking justice, sustainability, and diversity
A multidisciplinary examination of alternative framings of environmental problems, with using examples from forest, water, energy, and urban sectors. Does being an environmentalist mean caring about wild nature Or is environmentalism synonymous with concern for future human well-being, or about a fair apportionment of access to the earth's resources and a fair sharing of pollution burdens Envir…
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- 9780262349925
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Collaborative society
How networked technology enables the emergence of a new collaborative society. Humans are hard-wired for collaboration, and new technologies of communication act as a super-amplifier of our natural collaborative mindset. This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series examines the emergence of a new kind of social collaboration enabled by networked technologies. This new collaborative s…
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William Kentridge
Includes index.Since the 1970s, the South African artist William Kentridge has charted the turbulent terrain of his homeland in both personal and political terms. With erudition, absurdist humor, and an underlying hope in humankind, Kentridge's artwork has examined apartheid, humanitarian atrocities, aging, and the ambiguities of growing up white and Jewish in South Africa. This October Files v…
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