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Interception
State Surveillance from Postal Systems to Global Networks
ISBN: 9780262552578
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 27, 2025
A media history of how the UK and US governments have surveilled citizens by intercepting their private communications.
The World According to Military Targeting
The World According to Military Targeting
ISBN: 9780262552349
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 27, 2025
A revealing account of the prevalence—and alarming ubiquity—of military targeting, and how it has become a self-propelling worldview driven by dominance, violence, and power.
The Smoke and the Spoils
Anti-Environmentalism and Class Struggle in the United States
ISBN: 9780262552370
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 20, 2025
The future of our environment lies in the hands of the working class, but what if the future of the working class also lies in environmental political struggles?
Declaring Independence in Cyberspace
Declaring Independence in Cyberspace
Internet Self-Governance and the End of U.S. Control of ICANN
ISBN: 9780262552585
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 13, 2025
How and why the US government gave up its control of ICANN, the global coordinator of internet names, numbers, and protocols—and what the geopolitical consequences were.
Raising AI
An Essential Guide to Parenting Our Future
ISBN: 9780262049764
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 13, 2025
From the pioneer of translation AIs like Google, Yahoo, and Bing translate, an accessible and authoritative guide to AI—as well as a framework of empowerment for a future with our artificial children.
The First and Last Bank
Climate Change, Currency, and a New Carbon Commons
ISBN: 9780262049641
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 13, 2025
A groundbreaking approach to currency and community that may allow us to seize carbon from the atmosphere—and offer a new tool in the fight against climate change.
The Ecology Politic
Power, Law, and Earth in the Anthropocene
ISBN: 9780262552554
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 6, 2025
A compelling proposal for new international law and institutions to address the planetary crisis that improves biodiversity protection, supports Indigenous peoples, and prevents catastrophic climate change.
Good Will Corrupting
Social Norms and the Trouble of Intervention
ISBN: 9780262552301
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 6, 2025
A fascinating investigation of the social norm movement and the implications of a powerful collective pursuing radical social change through contentious interventions across the Global South.
Investable!
When Pandemic Risk Meets Speculative Finance—A Cautionary Tale
ISBN: 9780262549356
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 29, 2025
A critical and sobering look at how international bankers and investors turn pandemics into investment opportunities, and what we stand to lose when we rely on “innovative finance.”
An Abundance of Caution
American Schools, the Virus, and a Story of Bad Decisions
ISBN: 9780262549158
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 22, 2025
A searing indictment of the American public health, media, and political establishments' decision-making process behind pandemic school closures.
Interception
State Surveillance from Postal Systems to Global Networks
ISBN: 9780262552578
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 27, 2025
A media history of how the UK and US governments have surveilled citizens by intercepting their private communications.
The World According to Military Targeting
The World According to Military Targeting
ISBN: 9780262552349
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 27, 2025
A revealing account of the prevalence—and alarming ubiquity—of military targeting, and how it has become a self-propelling worldview driven by dominance, violence, and power.
The Smoke and the Spoils
Anti-Environmentalism and Class Struggle in the United States
ISBN: 9780262552370
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 20, 2025
The future of our environment lies in the hands of the working class, but what if the future of the working class also lies in environmental political struggles?
Declaring Independence in Cyberspace
Declaring Independence in Cyberspace
Internet Self-Governance and the End of U.S. Control of ICANN
ISBN: 9780262552585
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 13, 2025
How and why the US government gave up its control of ICANN, the global coordinator of internet names, numbers, and protocols—and what the geopolitical consequences were.
Raising AI
An Essential Guide to Parenting Our Future
ISBN: 9780262049764
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 13, 2025
From the pioneer of translation AIs like Google, Yahoo, and Bing translate, an accessible and authoritative guide to AI—as well as a framework of empowerment for a future with our artificial children.
The First and Last Bank
Climate Change, Currency, and a New Carbon Commons
ISBN: 9780262049641
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 13, 2025
A groundbreaking approach to currency and community that may allow us to seize carbon from the atmosphere—and offer a new tool in the fight against climate change.
The Ecology Politic
Power, Law, and Earth in the Anthropocene
ISBN: 9780262552554
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 6, 2025
A compelling proposal for new international law and institutions to address the planetary crisis that improves biodiversity protection, supports Indigenous peoples, and prevents catastrophic climate change.
Good Will Corrupting
Social Norms and the Trouble of Intervention
ISBN: 9780262552301
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 6, 2025
A fascinating investigation of the social norm movement and the implications of a powerful collective pursuing radical social change through contentious interventions across the Global South.
Investable!
When Pandemic Risk Meets Speculative Finance—A Cautionary Tale
ISBN: 9780262549356
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 29, 2025
A critical and sobering look at how international bankers and investors turn pandemics into investment opportunities, and what we stand to lose when we rely on “innovative finance.”
An Abundance of Caution
American Schools, the Virus, and a Story of Bad Decisions
ISBN: 9780262549158
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 22, 2025
A searing indictment of the American public health, media, and political establishments' decision-making process behind pandemic school closures.