Your Computer Is on Fire

Description

Technology scholars declare an emergency: attention must be paid to the inequality, marginalization, and biases woven into our technological systems.

This book sounds an alarm: we can no longer afford to be lulled into complacency by narratives of techno-utopianism, or even techno-neutrality. We should not be reassured by such soothing generalities as “human error,” “virtual reality,” or “the cloud.” We need to realize that nothing is virtual: everything that “happens online,” “virtually,” or “autonomously” happens offline first, and often involves human beings whose labor is deliberately kept invisible. Everything is IRL. In Your Computer Is on Fire, technology scholars train a spotlight on the inequality, marginalization, and biases woven into our technological systems.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ The MIT Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 9, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 026253973X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0262539739
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.44 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.8 x 9 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #1,164,300 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #221 in Computing Industry History #417 in Human-Computer Interaction (Books) #490 in History of Engineering & Technology
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