💻 History Of Computing

The fascinating chronicle of how machines learned to think, from Babbage's engines to Silicon Valley garages, told through the visionaries and accidents that built the digital world.

The Maniac

by Benjamín Labatut • 2023

Tormented minds of the twentieth century build the machine intelligence that could eclipse humanity.

4.33

28k+

🔬 Novelized Science History ⭐ Scientific Obsession 🧠 Tortured Genius 🤖 Rise Of AI ⚔️ Man Vs. Machine

The Maniac

Tormented minds of the twentieth century build the machine intelligence that could eclipse humanity.

by Benjamín Labatut 2023

4.33

28k+ ratings

🔬 Novelized Science History ⭐ Scientific Obsession 🧠 Tortured Genius 🤖 Rise Of AI ⚔️ Man Vs. Machine

The Eye of the Master

by Matteo Pasquinelli • 2023

AI was never about thinking machines. It was built to measure, rank, and control workers.

4.06

292

🧠 Critical AI Studies 🏭 Division Of Labor 🐝 Collective Intelligence 📏 Psychometric History ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

The Eye of the Master

AI was never about thinking machines. It was built to measure, rank, and control workers.

by Matteo Pasquinelli 2023

4.06

292 ratings

🧠 Critical AI Studies 🏭 Division Of Labor 🐝 Collective Intelligence 📏 Psychometric History ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

Machines of Loving Grace

by John Markoff • 2015

Silicon Valley split between replacing humans and upgrading them. The fight isn't over.

3.67

627

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🖱️ Human-Computer Interaction 🏭 Automation And Labor ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🌉 Silicon Valley History

Machines of Loving Grace

Silicon Valley split between replacing humans and upgrading them. The fight isn't over.

by John Markoff 2015

3.67

627 ratings

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🖱️ Human-Computer Interaction 🏭 Automation And Labor ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🌉 Silicon Valley History

12 Bytes

by Jeanette Winterson • 2021

AI has a history: female, literary, and older than electricity. A novelist connects the dots.

3.90

2k+

🤖 Ai Ethics 👩‍💻 Tech Feminism 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🧬 Transhumanism

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AI has a history: female, literary, and older than electricity. A novelist connects the dots.

by Jeanette Winterson 2021

3.90

2k+ ratings

🤖 Ai Ethics 👩‍💻 Tech Feminism 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🧬 Transhumanism

How Data Happened

by Chris Wiggins • 2023

Data was never neutral. How statistics went from serving kings to fueling the attention economy.

3.54

467

🧮 History Of Statistics 🏛️ Data And Society ⚖️ Data Ethics 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 📊 Algorithmic Bias

How Data Happened

Data was never neutral. How statistics went from serving kings to fueling the attention economy.

by Chris Wiggins 2023

3.54

467 ratings

🧮 History Of Statistics 🏛️ Data And Society ⚖️ Data Ethics 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 📊 Algorithmic Bias

Computational Thinking

by Peter J. Denning • 2019

It is a 4,500-year-old practice that built modern science, yet most confuse it with just coding.

3.63

304

💭 Computational Thinking 🎨 Design Thinking ⚙️ Software Engineering 🧠 Algorithmic Thinking 🔬 Scientific Computing

Computational Thinking

It is a 4,500-year-old practice that built modern science, yet most confuse it with just coding.

by Peter J. Denning 2019

3.63

304 ratings

💭 Computational Thinking 🎨 Design Thinking ⚙️ Software Engineering 🧠 Algorithmic Thinking 🔬 Scientific Computing

Models of My Life

by Herbert A. Simon • 1991

He taught computers to think, then used them to reveal how human minds actually work.

3.77

437

🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 💰 Behavioral Economics 📖 Scientific Memoir 🧩 Bounded Rationality

Models of My Life

He taught computers to think, then used them to reveal how human minds actually work.

by Herbert A. Simon 1991

3.77

437 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 💰 Behavioral Economics 📖 Scientific Memoir 🧩 Bounded Rationality

The Little Book of Mathematical Principles, Theories & Things

by Robert Solomon • 2008

A compact tour through math's biggest ideas: zero, infinity, and the proof that broke mathematics.

3.97

438

🏛️ History Of Mathematics 📐 Math Primers 🧱 Mathematical Foundations 🔢 Number Theory 🧮 Mathematical Logic

The Little Book of Mathematical Principles, Theories & Things

A compact tour through math's biggest ideas: zero, infinity, and the proof that broke mathematics.

by Robert Solomon 2008

3.97

438 ratings

🏛️ History Of Mathematics 📐 Math Primers 🧱 Mathematical Foundations 🔢 Number Theory 🧮 Mathematical Logic

Forbidden Science

by Jacques F. Vallée • 1993

A classified memo proved the UFO inquiry was a front. The real mystery predates the space age.

4.35

116

🛸 Government Ufo Secrecy 🧚 Folklore And Ufos 🏛️ Scientific Dogmatism 🔭 Scientific Ufology 🧠 Consciousness And Ufos

Forbidden Science

A classified memo proved the UFO inquiry was a front. The real mystery predates the space age.

by Jacques F. Vallée 1993

4.35

116 ratings

🛸 Government Ufo Secrecy 🧚 Folklore And Ufos 🏛️ Scientific Dogmatism 🔭 Scientific Ufology 🧠 Consciousness And Ufos

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