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“Whatever Being”
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“Enlightenment: It's What's For Dinner”
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“Forgetting Dorothy Wrinch: Science and the Culture of Correctness”
“The God That Failed: Evgeny Morozov’s “To Save Everything, Click Here””
“Getting Happier: Three Books on Happiness”
“The Invisible Playground: Phone Phreaking and the Criminalization of Curiosity”
“Bot Like Me: Illah Reza Nourbakhsh’s “Robot Futures””
“"The Pie Hole Is Mine": Mary Roach's "Gulp"”
“Going the Distance: Michelle Orange's "This is Running for Your Life"”
“Silicon Gospel: Byron Reese's "Infinite Progess"”
“Fair Warning: Julian Assange's "Cypherpunks"”
“The Evolving Virgin: Sexual Treaties, Gaga Procreation and the “Facts of Life””
“Devourer of Encyclopedias: Stanislaw Lem's "Summa Technologiae"”
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“Delusions of Progress: Psychiatry's Diagnostic Manual”
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