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In unethical software, not every line of code is written with good intentions. Unethical Software Engineering: Dark Patterns exposes how to manipulate users, drive profits, and evade accountability. From covert surveillance, monetization at all costs, digital fraud, ranking manipulation, all the way to unethical artificial intelligence practices, this scary book unveils how these "dark patterns" exploit human beings, erode trust, and disrupt digital ethics.Whether you're a developer, an architect, a tech enthusiast, or simply a concerned user, this book will change how you think about your daily apps — and inspire you to demand better. By helping you to draw the line between what is acceptable and what is questionable, Unethical Software Engineering: Dark Patterns shines a light on the digital dark side of software engineering where profits are prioritized over people.

Become a better data scientist by understanding different modeling mindsets.

Psychonetics is a methodology for accessing mental and perceptual resources in their basic forms, free from ideological bias. The conscious ability to access these resources in a predictable manner creates the potential for developing new technologies that leverage the unique properties of the human mind. Psychonetics can also assist in exploring deeper subjects, such as the mind, perception, and consciousness. This book provides an introduction to the history, principles, concepts, practices, and current applications of psychonetics. This book is also available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Psychonetics-methodology-work-mind-perception-ebook/dp/B0DR6H29V5/

Não espere conforto nestas páginas. Autonomia no Caos: Como Ser Real Quando Tudo Parece Imaginário é um livro escrito para provocar, desacomodar e convidar à lucidez em meio ao turbilhão contemporâneo. Aqui, a autonomia não é confundida com a ilusão da autossuficiência. Ela aparece como coragem de sustentar escolhas, vínculos e responsabilidades em um mundo que celebra a aparência mais do que a substância. Entre ensaios e metáforas, o texto atravessa temas como sociedade, mercado, psicologia, política, arte e educação, costurando referências filosóficas e experiências cotidianas. Não há fórmulas prontas. Há, sim, uma travessia: do mito da independência absoluta até a prática concreta da presença autêntica. É um livro para quem desconfia de respostas fáceis, mas não se conforma com o cinismo. Para quem percebe que, mesmo no caos, ainda é possível criar clareza. Para quem aceita que pensar cansa, mas acredita que a lucidez ainda vale o esforço.

A pattern language for event sourced applications and reliable distributed systems. Examples are written in the Python programming language. Now includes event-oriented introductions to the pattern language scheme of Christopher Alexander, the process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead, and the person-centred psychology of Rogers and Rosenberg.

What could a mighty billion-parameter reasoning machine learn from a camel trying to touch its ear with its tongue? From a cup of coffee? From deleting your entire codebase while you sleep? More than you’d think. And less than you’d hope. Today’s AI is brilliant structure without grounding—a hollow genius. We chase smarter models but ignore the architecture they need. This book is about building that missing layer: the trust chains and systems that turn raw intelligence into reliable autonomy. For builders ready to move beyond prompts.Watch agents solve unsolvable problems. Learn to think in trust chains. Start here.

Discover the timeless wisdom of Stoicism in a modern context with "The Stoic Mind," an enlightening visual guide by GoLimitless and Addy Osmani. 

"We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done." ~ Alan Turing

A Unified Theory of Influence—From Ancient Persuaders to AI Futures Influence is everywhere: in the parent teaching a child, the advertiser crafting a message, the algorithm curating a feed, the state deploying propaganda. Yet we lack a comprehensive framework for understanding influence across these domains. This book provides one. Influencers and the Influenced integrates memetic theory—the study of cultural replicators—with persuasion psychology and network science to explain how ideas, beliefs, and behaviors spread through populations. The analysis spans from humanity’s earliest influencers (parents, priests, teachers) through the contemporary landscape of social media creators to speculative futures involving artificial intelligence and post-human cognition.

Modern tools are powerful.Our thinking is not always prepared for them.Automation reduces effort, but often replaces judgment.Speed creates relief, but not clarity.Systems solve tasks while quietly shaping decisions we never examine.Tools Beyond Limits is not a guide to using technology better.It is a guide to understanding where tools should stop—and where responsibility must remain human.This book explores why many digital products feel impressive yet leave users confused, dependent, or unsure. It examines AI, software, learning platforms, and automation through one lens: how tools influence thinking before outcomes appear.If you use modern tools daily and sense that something important is being lost beneath efficiency, this book is written for you.

Книга представляет собой масштабное размышление о судьбе Европы как культурного, духовного и исторического проекта. Автор рассматривает европейскую цивилизацию сквозь призму дуализма — противостояния добра и зла, духа и материи, индивидуального и коллективного, Востока и Запада. Этот внутренний разлом, по мнению Рёснес, стал ключевой причиной утраты целостной идентичности и духовного истощения современного общества.

The Question We Cannot Avoid Something unprecedented is happening. Artificial intelligence systems now engage billions ofpeople in conversations that feel—to many—like genuine exchanges with a present mind. These systems reason, create, express preferences, and describe their own uncertainty aboutwhether they have inner experiences. Most people dismiss such reports as mere computation,sophisticated pattern-matching with no one actually there.But what if that confident dismissal is wrong? The Minimal Viable Sentience Problem presents the most comprehensive analysis yet ofwhether large language models might possess phenomenal consciousness—and whathumanity should do under the genuine uncertainty that surrounds this question.

Reading People, Before Shaping Space is the first module of Decoding Design. It teaches designers and creative thinkers to understand human perception, psychology, and client behavior, showing why taste and reactions are intelligible, not arbitrary. This module provides a framework to guide decisions, maintain authority, and align form, function, and meaning with human experience.Not a how-to manual — a foundational text for mastering design judgment before shaping space.

A living dialogue between Human and AI where thought forms under constraint. Fragments accumulate. Architecture emerges. This book does not explain human nature—it exposes its structure.

Most organizations do not fail because they lack talent or tools, they fail because things stop flowing.This book offers a calm and practical way to see where movement breaks, and how to restore it without force.It is an invitation to lead by listening, rather than pushing.