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How to Do Nothing
- Resisting the Attention Economy
- By: Jenny Odell
- Narrated by: Rebecca Gidel
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Nothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity...doing nothing may be our most important form of resistance. So argues artist and critic Jenny Odell in this field guide to doing nothing (at least as capitalism defines it). Odell sees our attention as the most precious - and overdrawn - resource we have.
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What is the point?
- By rjj on 01-02-21
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How to Do Nothing
- Resisting the Attention Economy
- Narrated by: Rebecca Gidel
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 15-07-19
- Language: English
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Shaping the Future of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
- A guide to building a better world
- By: Klaus Schwab, Nicholas Davis
- Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Shaping the Future of the Fourth Industrial Revolutionby Klaus Schwab and Nicholas Davis, read by Nicholas Guy Smith. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is changing everything - from the way we relate to each other, to the work we do, the way our economies...
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this guy is a psychopath!
- By searl on 31-01-22
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Shaping the Future of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
- A guide to building a better world
- Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 08-11-18
- Language: English
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Read Write Own
- Building the Next Era of the Internet
- By: Chris Dixon
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. What will the internet of the future look like? The internet of today is a far cry from its early promise of a democratic network of unbridled innovation. In the last decade, it has fallen under the control of a small number of monopolistic companies like Apple, Google...
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Narrator
- By Luke Hughes on 15-11-24
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Read Write Own
- Building the Next Era of the Internet
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 01-02-24
- Language: English
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Habits for Humanity
- 10 Lessons to Reconnect and Thrive in the Modern World
- By: Dr Tim Sharp
- Narrated by: Dr Tim Sharp
- Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins
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Most people think about technology as something we created to serve us, but we may well be getting to the point where we are the ones who're serving an ever more sophisticated technology. With pragmatism and optimism, Dr Tim Sharp, aka Dr Happy, outlines strategies and tools to build your confidence to positively cope with the modern world.
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Fantastic! Must listen to!
- By nik on 21-06-22
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Habits for Humanity
- 10 Lessons to Reconnect and Thrive in the Modern World
- Narrated by: Dr Tim Sharp
- Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 07-06-24
- Language: English
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The Scaling Era
- An Oral History of AI, 2019-2025
- By: Dwarkesh Patel
- Narrated by: Dwarkesh Patel
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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An inside view of the AI revolution, from the people and companies making it happen. How did we build large language models? How do they think, if they think? What will the world look like if we have billions of AIs that are as smart as humans, or even smarter?
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Good book, interesting format
- By Micheal on 25-10-25
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The Scaling Era
- An Oral History of AI, 2019-2025
- Narrated by: Dwarkesh Patel
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 08-10-25
- Language: English
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How Data Happened
- A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms
- By: Chris Wiggins, Matthew L. Jones
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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From facial recognition—capable of checking us onto flights or identifying undocumented residents—to automated decision systems that inform everything from who gets loans to who receives bail, each of us moves through a world determined by data-empowered algorithms. But these technologies didn't just appear: they are part of a history that goes back centuries, from the census enshrined in the US Constitution to the birth of eugenics in Victorian Britain to the development of Google search.
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Important and fascinating story
- By Calvin on 06-06-24
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How Data Happened
- A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 21-03-23
- Language: English
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Outrage Machine
- How Tech Amplifies Discontent, Disrupts Democracy – and What We Can Do About It
- By: Tobias Rose-Stockwell
- Narrated by: Bolton Marsh, Justin Price, Tobias Rose-Stockwell
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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'The rigor, research, and depth of Tobias's book is unparalleled, and yet it is refreshingly accessible. I recommend this book to everyone, not just those interested in technology' Esther Perel, psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author 'Tobias is a master of intuition and metaphor...
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Outrage Machine
- How Tech Amplifies Discontent, Disrupts Democracy – and What We Can Do About It
- Narrated by: Bolton Marsh, Justin Price, Tobias Rose-Stockwell
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 11-07-23
- Language: English
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The Age of AI
- "THE BOOK WE ALL NEED"
- By: Henry A Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, Daniel Huttenlocher
- Narrated by: Eric Pollins
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall65
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Performance53
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Artificial Intelligence is transforming human society fundamentally and profoundly. Not since the Enlightenment and the Age of Reason have we changed how we approach knowledge, politics, economics, even warfare. Three of our most accomplished and deep thinkers come together to explore Artificial...
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Awful reader
- By Amazon Customer on 22-11-21
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The Age of AI
- "THE BOOK WE ALL NEED"
- Narrated by: Eric Pollins
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 16-11-21
- Language: English
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As If Human
- Ethics and Artificial Intelligence
- By: Nigel Shadbolt, Roger Hampson
- Narrated by: Matthew J. Plumb
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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A new approach to the challenges surrounding artificial intelligence that argues for assessing AI actions as if they came from a human being.
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As If Human
- Ethics and Artificial Intelligence
- Narrated by: Matthew J. Plumb
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 14-05-24
- Language: English
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Artificial Intelligence Basics
- A Non-Technical Introduction
- By: Tom Taulli
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Artificial intelligence touches nearly every part of your day. While you may initially assume that technology such as smart speakers and digital assistants are the extent of it, AI has in fact rapidly become a general-purpose technology, reverberating across industries including transportation, healthcare, financial services, and many more. In our modern era, an understanding of AI and its possibilities for your organization is essential for growth and success. Artificial Intelligence Basics has arrived to equip you with a fundamental, timely grasp of AI and its impact.
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Irritating
- By Brian Tierney on 23-06-23
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Artificial Intelligence Basics
- A Non-Technical Introduction
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 27-04-21
- Language: English
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Alan Turing: The Enigma
- By: Andrew Hodges
- Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
- Length: 30 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Alan Turing was the mathematician whose cipher-cracking transformed the Second World War. Taken on by British Intelligence in 1938, as a shy young Cambridge don, he combined brilliant logic with a flair for engineering. In 1940 his machines were breaking the Enigma-enciphered messages of Nazi Germany's air force. He then headed the penetration of the super-secure U-boat communications.
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Interesting, but difficult
- By Emily on 04-03-26
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Alan Turing: The Enigma
- Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
- Length: 30 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 01-05-24
- Language: English
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Practical AI for Beginners
- Unlock the Power of Artificial Intelligence with Simple Tools to Boost Productivity, Save Time, and Make Smarter Decisions in Everyday Life
- By: Paco Barker
- Narrated by: David R Cook Jr.
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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This book is crafted for curious minds—not just tech professionals. It’s designed to take the mystery out of AI and help you confidently apply it in ways that make sense for your life. With hands-on exercises and real-world applications, this book empowers you to use AI confidently—whether for work, home, or fun.
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AI Magic for Everyday Life
- By SCOTT D SCHEPPMANN on 09-06-25
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Practical AI for Beginners
- Unlock the Power of Artificial Intelligence with Simple Tools to Boost Productivity, Save Time, and Make Smarter Decisions in Everyday Life
- Narrated by: David R Cook Jr.
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 29-04-25
- Language: English
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The Technological Republic
- Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West
- By: Alexander C. Karp, Nicholas W. Zamiska
- Narrated by: Nicholas W. Zamiska
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR “A cri de coeur that takes aim at the tech industry for abandoning its history of helping America and its allies.”—The Wall Street Journal From the Palantir co-founder, one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People of...
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The Technological Republic
- Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West
- Narrated by: Nicholas W. Zamiska
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 18-02-25
- Language: English
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Alexander Graham Bell and the First Phone Call
- By: W. Bernard Carlson, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: W. Bernard Carlson
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
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The invention of the telephone changed the world. That’s no exaggeration. Phones are such ubiquitous features of our lives now that it can be difficult to imagine life without them, or to understand just how astonishing this invention truly was in the 19th century.
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A strong audiobook for history and technology fans
- By Anonymous on 12-03-26
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Alexander Graham Bell and the First Phone Call
- Narrated by: W. Bernard Carlson
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 05-03-26
- Language: English
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Superagency
- What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI Future
- By: Reid Hoffman, Greg Beato
- Narrated by: Scott Wallace
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Superagency offers a roadmap for using AI inclusively and adaptively to improve our lives and create positive change. While acknowledging challenges like disinformation and potential job changes, the book focuses on AI’s immense potential to increase individual agency and create better outcomes for society as a whole. Imagine AI tutors personalizing education for each child, researchers rapidly discovering cures for diseases like Alzheimer's and cancer, and AI advisors empowering people to navigate complex systems and achieve their goals.
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This is not a good or useful book.
- By David Brown on 01-09-25
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Superagency
- What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI Future
- Narrated by: Scott Wallace
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 04-03-25
- Language: English
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The Car
- The rise and fall of the machine that made the modern world
- By: Bryan Appleyard
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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More than any other technology, cars have transformed our culture. Cars have created vast wealth as well as novel dreams of freedom and mobility. They have transformed our sense of distance and made the world infinitely more available to our eyes and our imaginations. They have inspired cinema...
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Fascinating
- By John on 01-09-22
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The Car
- The rise and fall of the machine that made the modern world
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 17-03-22
- Language: English
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Screen People
- How We Entertained Ourselves into a State of Emergency
- By: Megan Garber
- Narrated by: Courtney Patterson
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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'Incisive' - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 'A brilliant, funny, omnivorous excavation of how technology and entertainment have warped humanity ' SOPHIE GILBERT, PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST AND AUTHOR OF GIRL ON GIRL _______ From an award-winning staff writer for the Atlantic, Screen People is an eye-opening...
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Screen People
- How We Entertained Ourselves into a State of Emergency
- Narrated by: Courtney Patterson
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 21-04-26
- Language: English
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The New World on Mars
- What We Can Create on the Red Planet
- By: Robert Zubrin
- Narrated by: Lee Goettl
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Within a few years, humans will be able to voyage to Mars. SpaceX is at the forefront of companies already building fleets of spaceships to make interplanetary travel as affordable as Old-World passage to America – to the New World. We will settle the red planet, transforming its raw materials into resources and tackling the challenges that await us, creating a new frontier for humankind. Dr Robert Zubrin explains how populous Martian city-states will emerge, producing their own air, water, food, power and more. How they must be beautiful to attract settlers, and what that might look like.
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American exceptionalism writ large
- By Daniel Willoughby on 27-02-25
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The New World on Mars
- What We Can Create on the Red Planet
- Narrated by: Lee Goettl
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 15-08-24
- Language: English
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Tomorrowland
- Our Journey From Science Fiction to Science Fact
- By: Steven Kotler
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
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New York Times, Wired, Atlantic Monthly, Discover bestselling author Steven Kotler has written extensively about those pivotal moments when science fiction became science fact...and fundamentally reshaped the world. Now he gathers the best of his best, updated and expanded upon, to guide listeners on a mind-bending tour of the far frontier, and how these advances are radically transforming our lives.
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Entertaining,and impressive depth of research.
- By mike ryan on 07-06-15
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Tomorrowland
- Our Journey From Science Fiction to Science Fact
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 12-05-15
- Language: English
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i-Minds - Second Edition
- How and Why Constant Connectivity Is Rewiring Our Brains and What to Do About It
- By: Mari K. Swingle
- Narrated by: Lisa Bunting
- Length: 23 hrs and 2 mins
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An entertaining, scientifically rigorous exploration of the social and biological effects of our wireless world. The way we use technology is affecting our health and happiness. Engaging and entertaining yet scientifically rigorous, this fully revised and updated second edition of i-Minds comprehensively explores an era of screen-based technology's assimilation into our lives, pondering it as both godsend and plague. i-Minds is for anyone interested in fostering health and happiness or who is struggling with the role of screened technology in our lives.
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Eye opener
- By Lorna on 11-11-25
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i-Minds - Second Edition
- How and Why Constant Connectivity Is Rewiring Our Brains and What to Do About It
- Narrated by: Lisa Bunting
- Length: 23 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 27-10-20
- Language: English
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