Your computer is on fire / edited by Thomas S. Mullaney, Benjamin Peters, Mar Hicks, and Kavita Philip.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mullaney, Thomas S. (Thomas Shawn), editor.

Peters, Benjamin, 1980- editor.

Hicks, Mar, editor.

Philip, Kavita, 1964- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computers--Social aspects.

Computers.

Information technology--Social aspects.

Information technology.

Physical Description:

vi, 409 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Collection of arguments about STEM fields' blind spots in computing and a deliberately provocative underscoring of humanists' appeals for a "wake up call" in computing culture"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Your Computer Is On Fire / Thomas S. Mullaney

When Did The Fire Start? / Mar Hicks

pt. I NOTHING IS VIRTUAL

1. The Cloud Is A Factory / Nathan Ensmenger

2. Your Ai Is A Human / Sarah T. Roberts

3. A Network Is Not A Network / Benjamin Peters

4. The Internet Will Be Decolonized / Kavita Philip

5. Capture Is Pleasure / Mitali Thakor

pt. II THIS IS AN EMERGENCY

6. Sexism Is A Feature, Not A Bug / Mar Hicks

7. Gender Is A Corporate Tool / Corinna Schlombs

8. Siri Disciplines / Halcyon M. Lawrence

9. Your Robot Isn't Neutral / Safiya Umoja Noble

10. Broken Is Word / Andrea Stanton

11. You Can't Make Games About Much / Noah Wardrip-Fruin

pt. III WHERE WILL THE FIRE SPREAD?

12. Coding Is Not Empowerment / Janet Abbate

13. Source Code Isn't / Ben Allen

14. Skills Will Not Set You Free / Sreela Sarkar

15. Platforms Are Infrastructures On Fire / Paul N. Edwards

16. Typing Is Dead / Thomas S. Mullaney

AFTERWORDS

How To Stop Worrying About Clean Signals And Start Loving The Noise / Kavita Philip

How Do We Live Now? In The Aftermath Of Ourselves / Benjamin Peters.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780262539739

026253973X

OCLC:

1143643150

Publisher Number:

99987130017