Beyond the Valley
- 424 pages
- 15 hours of reading
How to repair the disconnect between designers and users, producers and consumers, and tech elites and the rest of us: toward a more democratic internet.
Ramesh Srinivasan Books
Ramesh Srinivasan is a leading thinker on the intersection of technology, culture, and society. He explores how digital tools shape our understanding of ourselves and the world around us, urging a more critical and conscious engagement with the technologies we use daily. His work encourages readers to consider the profound impact of the digital age on human connection and collective action. Srinivasan's insights offer a vital perspective for navigating our increasingly technologically mediated lives.
After the Internet
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
Whether in imagination or practice, the promise of networked digital technology has great appeal. With the expansion of Internet access worldwide it seemed that the economic and political playing field would be leveled. Any user across the world would be able to share his or her own voice.
Whose Global Village?
- 288 pages
- 11 hours of reading
1. Technology myths and histories -- 2. Digital stories from the developing world -- 3. Native Americans, networks, and technology -- 4. Multiple voices : performing technology and knowledge -- 5. Taking back our media.
Adam Fish examines how the use of drones in ocean conservation—such as using them to check the vitality of whales, seals, turtles, and coral reefs—can help create an ocean whose flourishing both depends upon and escapes the control of technologies.