{"product_id":"9781682301357","title":"The Resistance: Digital Dissent in the Age of Machines","description":"\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e reporter Joel Achenbach explores our relationship with technology—frequently beneficial, occasionally adversarial, and rapidly changing in a world growing more connected by the minute.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the second decade of this new millennium, we are more connected than we have ever been, and digital utopians speak of the new wonders ahead—artificial intelligence and augmented intelligence, a merger of humans and machines, and a coming era of transhumanism that we cannot possibly imagine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But there are dissenters. They see the rise of a surveillance state. They see personal data turned into a commodity. They see profits swirling to a few huge corporations. They see basic human interactions impaired by gadgetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The most apocalyptic thinkers fear that machines will soon escape our control. They believe artificial intelligence will be our most catastrophic invention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e These people do not form a coherent movement. But if they share a common message, it's that technology should serve humans and not the other way around.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Joel Achenbach explores his own relationship with the digital revolution, as well as its future, in this eye-opening, intelligent, and entertaining look at how we connect today.","brand":"Diversion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152063348976,"sku":"9781682301357","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781682301357_p0.jpg?v=1769889886","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781682301357","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}