A new issue of Human Technology is out. From Culture Machine, a special issue on Digital Humanities: Beyond Computing. The dangers posed by Big Data are real — so is the defense inherent in liberal arts study. Have you heard about Big Data? No? Well, that’s okay, because Big Data has heard about you. From Ars Technica, Casey Johnston on the five technologies that will transform homes of the future. A review of Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom by Rebecca MacKinnon. The most famous name in American innovation today isn’t Apple or Google — it’s DARPA, and here’s why. Where’s -why?: What happened when one of the world’s most unusual, and beloved, computer programmers disappeared. Machine politics: David Kushner on George Hotz, the man who started the hacker wars. A review of Originary Technicity: The Theory of Technology from Marx to Derrida by Arthur Bradley. Bit rot: The world is losing its ability to reconstruct history — better regulation could fix that. A review of The Reputation Society: How Online Opinions Are Reshaping the Offline World.
