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La historia de cómo unas minorías visibles en la red cambiaron la política mundial y redefinieron el poder de nuestras democracias.Desde Chiapas hasta Silicon Valley, de las protestas en Leipzig a las burbujas de TikTok, este ensayo revela como internet ha cambiado el poder y la politica. Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon y Jordi Perez Colome desmontan los mitos sobre los algoritmos y muestran que son las minorias activas no la tecnologia en si quienes influyen en lo que vemos, creemos y compartimos. Con una mirada critica y vibrante, El vuelco explica como las plataformas amplifican voces, distorsionan realidades y redefinen nuestras democracias.

Data built empires. Now its shaping our future.Breathtaking in its scope and enormously fulfilling in its depth, this book is profoundly fascinatingLewis Dartnell, author of Being HumanEssential reading for understanding the opportunities and dangers of the technological revolution now transforming our worldJonathan Kennedy, author of PathogenesisWe live in an era when trading our information for access can feel harmless or inevitable yet from targeted advertising to mass surveillance, data shapes the course of our lives. How did it gain the power it now holds over us? Long before writing existed, at the dawn of civilisation in Mesopotamia, rulers pressed marks into clay to keep track of land, people and grain. To rule, they had to keep count. It is no accident, then, that the first written name in human history was neither a god nor a king, but an accountant. As ships and navigation expanded our horizons, a new age of European empires took control of more than 80 per cent of the worlds surface, using colonial censuses, maps and ledgers to decide who belonged, who owed, and who could be sacrificed. Today, a handful of private brokers increasingly define what we see and what is real.Taking readers from ancient cave markings and knotted strings to the algorithmic state, Dartmouth professor Roopika Risam reveals how data has always been the seed of power: a technology of control that has shaped civilizations and upheld empires. Provocative, humane and sweeping in scope, Data Empire challenges us to decide whether we will allow a new set of data empires to hardwire inequality into the next century, or fight for systems that work for the benefit of all.This groundbreaking 11,000 year history argues that empire was never just about weapons or ships - it was built on collecting information on us, to rule us. Perfect for readers of Nexus and The Age of Surveillance Capitalism.This brilliant, readable book offers a striking new historical perspectiveCorinne Fowler, author of Our Island StoriesWhat if the story of data is the story of humanity? In a work of enormous erudition, Risam guides readers across continents and centuries to reach a sobering conclusion: data is us our societies, our cultures, our futures and we are ceding control to an unaccountable few. Dan Bouk, author of Democracys Data

In this thrilling and utterly unique work of narrative non-fiction, Katherine Dunn explores the acute vulnerability of the GPS satellite system in a book that lifts the lid on the invisible connections of the globe, from the space race to the phone in our pockets This is the story of the Global Positioning System, the network of U.S. government satellites that encircle the earth: a vast web that, in a matter of decades, has transformed the way we understand space and time, making us critically dependent on vulnerable technology we often forget is even there. It is a system that was conceived of as a military product designed for war, but which has since evolved into a vital everyday tool that tells us where we are and when at any given point. But its use doesnt stop there: GPS has transformed our navigation systems and our global trade, our farms and our supermarkets, our stop lights, banking networks, and our energy systems. It overturned online dating, exercise regimens, travel planning and takeaways. It reshaped our daily lives, and then it transformed us. When GPS took away our familiarity with getting lost, it also stripped us of our ability to hide turning our place in the world into a mappable, knowable entity, and put us, a blinking blue dot on a screen, at its centre. In this thrilling, page-turning work of narrative non-fiction that touches on tech, geopolitics, international relations and economics Katherine Dunn explores the acute vulnerability of an essential global system that touches all our lives. With echoes of Kleptopia, The Fifth Risk and Prisoners of Geography, as well as echoes of Islands of Abandonment by Cal Flynn and Entangled Life by Merlion Sheldrake in the way it exposes a hidden, esoteric system that we all rely on this is a book that lifts the lid on the invisible connections of the globe, from the space race to the phone in our pockets.

A groundbreaking critique of the philosophical foundations of computing.Computational Reflections is a wholly original investigation into the philosophical foundations of computing. The authors lifetime of work is distilled into this volume, which explores what it means to compute.The standard theoretical foundations of computer science address the fundamental concept of mechanism but almost completely ignore the crucial role of meaning in any computational practice. Cantwell Smith takes the reader through these missing foundational gaps, including a historical analysis of why the field has reached its current state.Despite its lack of treatment of semantics (meaning), computer science has borrowed and adopted semantic vocabulary to refer to mechanistic concepts, thus aggravating confusion within and without the field, especially so in philosophy, cognitive science, and contemporary artificial intelligence. This books arguments help to illustrate why computer science theory has almost nothing to say about computation in the wildor the real-world practice of programmers and engineers who design the software and devices that we all use. The author argues that a true account of computation must do justice to the incredible complexity juggled by programmers in creating software that works, and he offers not only criticism but also directions for a successor account of computing.

This view from the other side of the search box is both charming and insightful, tapping into a deep well of curiosity.Tim Harford, author of How to Make the World Add UpEver wondered what goes through other peoples minds our silly questions, inner anxieties, hopes and dreams?In this hopeful and inspiring book, Google Data Editor Simon Rogers explores insights from the worlds biggest dataset: an epic snapshot, two decades long and counting, of our collective brain. What it reveals about us might surprise you.In June the UK sees a spike in searches for how to help a beeLondon is the top place on earth searching for tell the time drunkAround the world, its 2am when parents want to know how to get their baby to sleepSearches for how to help are at an all-time highBrimming with insights that vary from the playful to the profound, What We Ask Google delves into the momentous and the mundane secrets of what we ask when we get the chance to ask anything, offering a surprisingly hopeful picture of humankind.

Historys Greatest Cyberattacks is narrative nonfiction about modern system failure. Through a series of real-world cyber attacks, the book shows how trusted digital systems quietly broke downand how governments, businesses, and ordinary people only realized it once real life stopped working. Written in a clear, story-driven style, it reads like true crime for the digital age.The internet rarely fails all at once. It frays quietly, behind the scenes, through small mistakes, misplaced trust, and delayed decisionsuntil the consequences spill into everyday life.Historys Greatest Cyberattacks tells the true stories of the cyber attacks that exposed the fragility of modern systems. From ransomware shutting down fuel pipelines to spyware unraveling lives at the highest levels of power, each chapter reconstructs how an attack unfolded, why it worked, and what finally made the damage impossible to ignore.Rather than focusing on technical exploits, the book centers on human judgment, institutional blind spots, and cascading failure. These attacks did not succeed because attackers were superhuman, but because organizations were slow, siloed, or unprepared to recognize weak signals. The result is a gripping, accessible history that helps readers understand how cyber incidents escape the screen and reshape the real world.

An illustrated bestiary of malware creatures, drawn with charm and precision by a security professional.Discover the (Un)Natural history of malware through the eyes of a slightly obsessive Victorian naturalist who has wandered straight into cyberspace.In this lavishly illustrated volume, malware strains are reimagined as creatures in a digital ecosystem. Each Malmon (Malware Monster) is cataloged like a rare specimen: given a Latin-style name, described in formal field notes with anatomical notes, habitats, and behavioral quirks, and rendered in intricate black-and-white plates that echo 19th-century natural history engravings. Readers meet iconic creatures such as ILOVEYOU, Nimda, SQL Slammer, Stuxnet, WannaCry, TrickBot, Gh0st RAT, Raspberry Robin, and Industroyer, not as blobs of code but as invasive species, parasites, predators, and swarming colonies.Instead of explaining APIs and tools, the book follows the life histories of these organisms: where they live, how they spread, what they feed on, and how they evolve. The result is a unique hybrid of pop science, security history, and Victorian natural history that is accessible to curious general readers, yet grounded enough for security professionals and students.