Monday, August 26, 2019

Eyes in the Sky: The Secret Rise of Gorgon Stare and How It Will Watch Us All

Holland Michel Arthur
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The fascinating history and unnerving future of high-tech aerial surveillance, from its secret military origins to its growing use on American citizens

Eyes in the Sky is the authoritative account of how the Pentagon secretly developed a godlike surveillance system for monitoring America's enemies overseas, and how it is now being used to watch us in our own backyards. Whereas a regular aerial camera can only capture a small patch of ground at any given time, this system—and its most powerful iteration, Gorgon Stare—allow operators to track thousands of moving targets at once, both forwards and backwards in time, across whole city-sized areas. When fused with big-data analysis techniques, this network can be used to watch everything simultaneously, and perhaps even predict attacks before they happen.

In battle, Gorgon Stare and other systems like it have saved countless lives, but when this technology is deployed over American cities—as it already has been, extensively and largely in secret—it has the potential to become the most nightmarishly powerful visual surveillance system ever built. While it may well solve serious crimes and even help ease the traffic along your morning commute, it could also enable far more sinister and dangerous intrusions into our lives. This is closed-circuit television on steroids. Facebook in the heavens.

Drawing on extensive access within the Pentagon and in the companies and government labs that developed these devices, Eyes in the Sky reveals how a top-secret team of mad scientists brought Gorgon Stare into existence, how it has come to pose an unprecedented threat to our privacy and freedom, and how we might still capitalize on its great promise while avoiding its many perils.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

讚爭: 按讚已成為武器, 中國、俄羅斯、川普、恐怖組織、帶風向者、內容農場,如何操縱社群媒體, 甚至……不知不覺統治了你 (LikeWar)

P.W. 辛格 (P. W. Singer), 艾默生.T.布魯金 (Emerson T. Brooking)
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這就是21世紀最新的戰爭型態:讚爭。
不需要任何武器,只要你曾在網路上按了讚+分享,你就參戰了。
不管你對這個「讚」是真有興趣或出自好玩,
有心人就是會一直對你「感興趣」。

本書作者P.W.辛格(P. W. Singer)和艾默生.T.布魯金(Emerson T. Brooking),是智庫機構「新美國」的戰略專家,以及美國外交關係協會研究員,他們親自走訪社群媒體公司、美國國防部與情報系統,了解「網路戰」到底怎麼進行?酸民如何養成?為什麼一開始的單純小摩擦,最後卻演變成「砲轟」、「找碴」,甚至是槍殺?有人該為此負責嗎? 中國、俄羅斯、川普、恐怖組織、帶風向者、內容農場,又是如何操縱社群媒體?

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)


Monday, August 19, 2019

Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet

Claire L. Evans
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Amazon.com Review
An Amazon Best Book of March 2018: Fascinating and often moving, Broad Band sheds light on the true stories of women who pioneered crucial technological and social leaps throughout the history of computing. Much like the dedicated female mathematicians in Hidden Figures, the women in Broad Band solved new and complex technical problems while also dealing with stifling social mores that kept them marginalized in the writing of the “official” history. Author and VICE reporter Claire L. Evans relates these stories with a candor and humor that matches the relentless spirit of the subjects. Broad Band is an inspiring and timely read for anyone interested in the digital world. --Matt Fyffe

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最高休息法 : 經耶魯大學精神醫療研究實證 (The Neuroscience of Mindfulness)

久賀谷亮
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★一出版即蟬聯Amazon.jp「商業類」暢銷榜TOP1

擁有不受困於「疲勞感」的人生!
腦部的疲勞一旦慢性化,
不論在工作或生活上的表現只會越來越差。
與肉體的疲勞不同,即使有讓身體好好休息,
大腦的疲勞依舊會在不知不覺中不斷累積,
嚴重時,甚至會導致心理疾病。

累的不是身體,是大腦。
大腦休息法=冥想正念!
既不必花錢,也不需要特殊工具,
只要有「累積了疲勞的腦袋」+「短短10分鐘的時間」
任何人都能立刻做到的簡單又具威力的方法。
實行過的人都一定會異口同聲地說:「腦袋超清爽!」

每天只要10分鐘,腦袋就能馬上重新活過來!
本書收錄了「消除腦部疲勞的七個休息法」,
還有腦科學研究最前線之醫師監製的特別音檔。
此外,針對「飲食」、「美容與健康」、「運動」、「育兒」、「年老」等生活情境,收錄與正念相關的知識專欄。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Monday, August 12, 2019

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

Mark Manson
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In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be positive all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.

For decades we've been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F*ck positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let's be honest, shit is f*cked, and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn't sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is - a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck is his antidote to the coddling, let's-all-feel-good mind-set that has infected modern society and spoiled a generation, rewarding them with gold medals just for showing up.

Manson makes the argument, backed by both academic research and well-timed poop jokes, that improving our lives hinges not on our ability to turn lemons into lemonade but on learning to stomach lemons better. Human beings are flawed and limited - "not everybody can be extraordinary; there are winners and losers in society, and some of it is not fair or your fault". Manson advises us to get to know our limitations and accept them. Once we embrace our fears, faults, and uncertainties, once we stop running and avoiding and start confronting painful truths, we can begin to find the courage, perseverance, honesty, responsibility, curiosity, and forgiveness we seek.

There are only so many things we can give a f*ck about, so we need to figure out which ones really matter, Manson makes clear. While money is nice, caring about what you do with your life is better, because true wealth is about experience. A much-needed grab-you-by-the-shoulders-and-look-you-in-the-eye moment of real talk, filled with entertaining stories and profane, ruthless humor, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck is a refreshing slap for a generation to help them lead contented, grounded lives.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

心靈地圖 : 追求愛和成長之路 (The Road Less Traveled)

史考特.派克 (M. Scott Peck, M.D.)
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我們對現實的種種看法,交織成一張心靈地圖。要能安然走完人生中美好卻又艱辛的長路,最大的挑戰在於它需要不斷的修訂;然而修訂的工作往往艱苦,令人卻步。

派克博士 (M. Scott Peck, M.D.)是哈佛大學及凱斯西方保留大學醫學博士。曾服務於陸軍醫療部隊、擔任精神科開業醫師,協助無數的組織建立真誠共識團體。他在本書中娓娓道來生命的本質,唯有靠「愛」與「紀律」,藉由真愛的動力、擴充滋養自我與他人的視野,達至心靈的成長。

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