區塊鏈革命 : 比特幣技術如何影響貨幣、商業和世界運作 (Blockchain Revolution)

唐．泰普史考特 (Don Tapscott) , 亞力士．泰普史考特 (Alex Tapscott)
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未來十年全球最值得關注的科技趨勢
改變世界與經濟舊有秩序的新力量──區塊鏈

如果……
• 你是躍躍欲試的創業家，想要找到新平台大展身手。
• 你熱愛音樂，希望創作者不被層層剝削，確實靠自己的作品謀生。
• 你關心食安，想知道超市商品的真正來源。
• 你有定期投資的習慣，但微薄的投資利潤，總是被交易手續費吃掉。
• 你是Airbnb的房客，除了租金，還得多付6%～12%的服務費。

有沒有一項技術，可以解決像這樣機會不均、過程不透明、中介機構過多的類似問題，帶給人們更便利的生活，實現更公平的財富分配與社會正義？全球50大管理思想家唐．泰普史考特說：「有，那就是區塊鏈。」

「區塊鏈是資訊科學史上最具決定性的關鍵發明之一，閱讀本書，將可以讓你了解它影響力深遠的運用方式。」──馬克．安德森（Marc Andreessen），網景共同創辦人

「泰普史考特父子的這本書，揭露了如何在下一波科技推動的巨變中求生與發展，很有機會成為我們這個世代最具代表性的作品之一。」──克雷頓．克里斯汀生（Clayton Christensen），《創新的兩難》作者

「只要是思慮周密的人，都試圖了解這項革命性的科技，以及它對於世界的影響，而泰普史考特父子卻已經站上時代的浪頭，為我們帶來這期盼已久的一部作品。」──丹．舒爾曼（Dan Schulman），PayPal執行長

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Bit by Bit : Social Research in the Digital Age

Matthew J. Salganik
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An innovative and accessible guide to doing social research in the digital age

In just the past several years, we have witnessed the birth and rapid spread of social media, mobile phones, and numerous other digital marvels. In addition to changing how we live, these tools enable us to collect and process data about human behavior on a scale never before imaginable, offering entirely new approaches to core questions about social behavior. Bit by Bit is the key to unlocking these powerful methods―a landmark book that will fundamentally change how the next generation of social scientists and data scientists explores the world around us.

Bit by Bit is the essential guide to mastering the key principles of doing social research in this fast-evolving digital age. In this comprehensive yet accessible book, Matthew Salganik explains how the digital revolution is transforming how social scientists observe behavior, ask questions, run experiments, and engage in mass collaborations. He provides a wealth of real-world examples throughout and also lays out a principles-based approach to handling ethical challenges.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

你該殺死那個胖子嗎? 為了多數人幸福而犧牲少數人權益是對的嗎? 我們今日該如何看待道德哲學的經典難題 (Would You Kill the Fat Man?)

大衛‧愛德蒙茲 (David Edmonds)
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榮獲美國專業與學術傑出哲學出版獎（The PROSE awards）

道德哲學是在我們的日常生活中最常遇見的哲學。小至欺騙撒謊、大至殺人放火，我們不斷用心中那把尺檢視自己與他人，但那把尺卻不會始終如一，甚至有時還會自我矛盾，這把尺究竟該長什麼樣子，正是道德哲學家苦心孤詣想找出來的。

大衛‧愛德蒙茲在本書中從一個倫理學中著名的思想實驗「電車難題」出發，不僅用饒富趣味的生動文字討論電車難題的源流以及種種變形，更介紹近十年來社會學、心理學、神經科學等對電車困境的熱情與解釋。因為這個看似極端的「一或五」情境，背後代表了生活中大大小小的道德選擇，愛德蒙茲用各種精彩的真實案例來挑戰我們的道德直覺，更試圖在許多哲學家絞盡腦汁想出的電車場景中，讓我們不禁反思這個大哉問：道德到底是什麼？我到底該怎麼做才是對的？

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Travelling to Infinity : My Life with Stephen

Jane Hawking
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Professor Stephen Hawking is one of the most famous and remarkable scientists of our age and author of the scientific bestseller "A Brief History of Time", which sold over 25 million copies across the world and will be adapted as a children's book in the Autumn of next year. In this compelling memoir his first wife, Jane Hawking, relates the inside story of their extraordinary marriage. As Stephen's academic renown soared, his body was collapsing under the assaults of motor neurone disease, and Jane's candid account of trying to balance his 24-hour care with the needs of their growing family will be inspirational to anyone dealing with family illness. The inner-strength of the author, and the self-evident character and achievements of her husband, make for an incredible tale that is always presented with unflinching honesty; the author's candour is no less evident when the marriage finally ends in a high-profile meltdown, with Stephen leaving Jane for one of his nurses, while Jane goes on to marry an old family friend. In this exceptionally open, moving and often funny memoir, Jane Hawking confronts not only the acutely complicated and painful dilemmas of her first marriage, but also the faultlines exposed in a relationship by the pervasive effects of fame and wealth. The result is a book about optimism, love and change that will resonate with readers everywhere.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

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時間簡史 : 從大爆炸到黑洞 (A Brief History of Time)

是設計，讓城市更快樂 : 找回以「人」為本的大街小巷，創造人與人的互動連結 (Happy City)

查爾斯‧蒙哥馬利 (Charles Montgomery)
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★ 蟬連亞馬遜都市發展∕都市經濟∕城市規劃排行榜

為何生活在都會裡心情會這麼煩躁？人口太稠密？錯！路邊的攤販太多？錯！因為現代城市的設計就不是要讓你過得好！

以下這些人應該要出來負責：
‧讓車子時速能超過40公里的車商
‧主張「車子最大」的道路規劃
‧建築蓋得超密，害陽光無法照到街道上的建商
‧硬把都市蓋成棋盤狀，結果沒留任何綠地給市民的政府
‧以為要「空間」就得搬去郊區的都市規劃師
‧因為財務危機，就把公車班次減少的公車處
‧把商場蓋在市郊，害你得浪費油開車大老遠去購物的零售商

這些設計讓我們以為生活要過得好，就得遠離都市、搬去郊區：於是我們的道路越蓋越筆直（撞死的行人也越來越多）、住宅區離市中心越來越遠（想購物？要上班？先開一小時車再說）、「路」變成車子走的而非人走的（去哪裡都得開車，所以我們越來越胖）、土地都蓋高樓大廈不見綠地（想去公園玩耍？對不起，你得開車去那個超遠的森林公園）、與鄰居完全沒有互動，不認識彼此。

長期投入城市規劃的得獎記者查爾斯‧蒙哥馬利，透過大量的追蹤訪談，結合環境心理學、行為經濟學等，將影響人快樂／不快樂的元素融合為一個個小故事以及妙味橫生的心理學研究，抽絲剝繭現代都市規劃的利弊，以及我們該如何追求更舒適的居所。他以巴黎、波哥大、紐約、溫哥華等地為例，指出快樂城市應該有充足的人口、完善的大眾運輸、車流量越低越好、道路以步行為主，而每個路口都要一片綠地，並有充足空間讓市民彼此交流。

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Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Max Tegmark
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New York Times Best Seller

How will Artificial Intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology—and there’s nobody better qualified or situated to explore that future than Max Tegmark, an MIT professor who’s helped mainstream research on how to keep AI beneficial.

How can we grow our prosperity through automation without leaving people lacking income or purpose? What career advice should we give today’s kids? How can we make future AI systems more robust, so that they do what we want without crashing, malfunctioning or getting hacked? Should we fear an arms race in lethal autonomous weapons? Will machines eventually outsmart us at all tasks, replacing humans on the job market and perhaps altogether? Will AI help life flourish like never before or give us more power than we can handle?

What sort of future do you want? This book empowers you to join what may be the most important conversation of our time. It doesn’t shy away from the full range of viewpoints or from the most controversial issues—from superintelligence to meaning, consciousness and the ultimate physical limits on life in the cosmos.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)