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We're filling up the world with technology and devices, but we've lost sight of an important question: What is this stuff for? What value does it add to our lives? So asks author John Thackara in his
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This NBER series presents current academic research in the areas of taxation and government spending. The papers included provide important background information for policy analysis without making sp
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In New Philosophy for New Media Mark Hansen defines the image in digital art in terms that go beyond the merely visual. Arguing that the "digital image" encompasses the entire process by which informa
