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A philosophy of madness :the experience of psychotic thinking
Translations of: Filosophie van de waanzin: Fundamentele en grensoverischrijdende inzichten, 2014."A groundbreaking, deeply personal, magnum opus on madness and philosophy from a psychotic patient turned philosopher"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262359634
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The smart enough city :putting technology in Its place to reclaim our urban f…
Why technology is not an end in itself, and how cities can be "smart enough," using technology to promote democracy and equity. Smart cities, where technology is used to solve every problem, are hailed as futuristic urban utopias. We are promised that apps, algorithms, and artificial intelligence will relieve congestion, restore democracy, prevent crime, and improve public services. In The Smar…
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- 9780262352246
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- 1 online resource (240 pages) :illustrations.
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Spontaneous venturing :an entrepreneurial approach to alleviating suffering i…
Identifying a new approach to disaster response: spontaneous, compassionate, and impromptu actions to alleviate suffering. In Spontaneous Venturing , Dean Shepherd and Trenton Williams identify and describe a new approach for responding to disaster and suffering: the local organizing of spontaneous, compassionate, and impromptu actions -- the rapid emergence of a compassionate venture. This app…
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- 0262349590
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- 1 online resource (248 pages).
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What is health? :allostasis and the evolution of human design
An argument that health is optimal responsiveness and is often best treated at the system level.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262356299
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- 1 online resource (240 pages).
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All data are local :thinking critically in a data-driven society
How to analyze data settings rather than data sets, acknowledging the meaning-making power of the local. In our data-driven society, it is too easy to assume the transparency of data. Instead, Yanni Loukissas argues in All Data Are Local , we should approach data sets with an awareness that data are created by humans and their dutiful machines, at a time, in a place, with the instruments at han…
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- 9780262352215
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- 1 online resource (272 pages).
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Making time on Mars
"Making Time on Mars is a book about people, robots, processes and intuitions working together to make time on Mars. In early 2004, for over ninety days NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers mission set their daily work activities on Earth according to "Mars time" clocks. Two local Mars times, one for each of the two Mars rovers, drove work timelines for all mission members. A successful mission that …
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- 9780262358217
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Convergent evolution in stone-tool technology
Scholars from a variety of disciplines consider cases of convergence in lithic technology, when functional or developmental constraints result in similar forms in independent lineages.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262346160
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- 1 online resource (x, 294 pages) :illustrations, maps.
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Virtual menageries :mediologies of animal representation
The close interdependency of animal emissaries and new media from early European colonial encounters with the exotic to today's proliferation of animals in digital networks. From cat videos to corporate logos, digital screens and spaces are crowded with animal bodies. In Virtual Menageries, Jody Berland examines the role of animals in the spread of global communications. Her richly illustrated …
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- 9780262352000
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- 1 online resource (312 pages) :illustrations.
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AI renaissance machines :Inside the new world of machine-created art, literat…
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- 9780262354592
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- 1 online resource (408 pages).
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The genius checklist :nine paradoxical tips on how you can become a creative …
What it takes to be a genius: nine essential and contradictory ingredients.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262347167
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- 1 online resource (xii, 322 pages) :illustrations
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