The Death Algorithm and Other Digital Dilemmas, by Roberto Simanowski

Our personal environment faces profound changes as a consequence of technology, says John Gilbey

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February 7, 2019

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February 7, 2019

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‘Smartphone zombies’: the author wants readers to see that ‘the changes facing our personal environment are profound’

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