Future histories : what Ada Lovelace, Tom Paine, and the Paris Commune can teach us about digital technology / Lizzie O'Shea.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Shea, Lizzie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer science--Philosophy.

Computer science.

Automation--Social aspects.

Automation.

Digital communications--Political aspects.

Digital communications.

Technology--History.

Technology.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

vi, 328 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2019.

Contents:

We need a usable past for a democratic future : a Spanish prince's automaton and an American novelist's living history

An internet built around consumption is a bad place to live : cityscapes, as imagined by Sigmund Freud and Jane Jacobs

Digital surveillance cannot make us safe : policing bodies and time on London's docks

Technology is as biased as its makers : exploding cars, racist algorithms, and design beholden to the bottom line

Technological utopianism is dangerous : the tech billionaires have nothing on the Paris Commune

Collaborative work is liberating and effective : poetical philosophy, from Lovelace to Linux

Digital citizenship is a collective endeavor : Tom Paine's revolutionary idea of public participation

Automation can mean less work and more living : downing tools so we can build robots to eat the rich

We need digital self-determination, not just privacy : Frantz Fanon theorizes freedom

The digital world is an environment that needs to be cared for : ancient forms of governance hold relevance for modern infrastructure

Protect the digital commons! : socialize the cows.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781788734301

1788734300

OCLC:

1080554807