{"product_id":"virus-is-a-language-isbn-9781915983374","title":"Virus Is a Language","description":"\u003cb\u003eOn how Generative AI and cults such as QAnon spread digitally and culturally follow the same rules as biological viruses.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eViruses can be biological, digital, or cultural. All share basic viral properties that can be analyzed as a language (with its own principles, grammar, and vocabulary), which can help us achieve a better understanding of how they propagate and mutate. This is crucial for controlling their impact on human society. Generative AI, the Covid-19 pandemic and QAnon are the case studies. They are used to develop a full theory of Virus as a Language. The goal is to foster a conversation on viruses in various parts of society. And, in some ways, to learn to “speak” virus, so as to better think through such concepts as percentages, exponential growth, infection, immunization, mutation, agency, and extinction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book will help concerned readers understand and navigate our strange, complex world. In particular, it offers new insights on Generative AI, COVID-19 and other pandemics to come, Facebook, QAnon, and similar phenomena that impact almost everyone.Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroducing a Spiraling World\u003cbr\u003eControlling Ourselves\u003cbr\u003eAccelerating History\u003cbr\u003eBeyond Fallacies and Illusions\u003cbr\u003eThe Relentless Calls of the Sirens\u003cbr\u003eA very important note on language\u003cbr\u003e1: Viral Principles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the Necessity of Speaking Virus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Grammar of Virus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eViral Life Cycles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage is a Virus From Outside Space\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e2: Viral Vocabulary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e’Ronaverse Slang\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTechnical Dictionary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRhetorical Variants\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHosts, Vectors, Catalysts and Controls\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e3: Viral Ideas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConspiracies: Burning Books, Bodies, Minds, 5G Towers, Fevers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScience and COVID-19\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpreading Vaccines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDangerous Cultural Contagions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e4: Culturing Cultures\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eViral Evolution and Civilization\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlagues in History\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFashions and Fads, Status and Solidarity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eViolence Begets Violence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e5: Political Contagions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Rise of Algorithmic Intelligence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Politics of Social Media\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQAnon—The Gamification of Alienation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy Black Lives Matter, Matters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e6: Mutational Economies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSacred Hungers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSurveillance Capitalism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGoing Full Circle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpreading Innovations and Digital Proliferations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e7: Speaking Virus—Cyberpunk Style\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Dialect of Cyberpunk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Panoptic Present\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVeillance and Viruses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Affordances of Our Cyberpunk World\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e8: Viral Futures—New Abnormals\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo Normal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeird Lessons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePredictions and Possibilities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiving in Pompeii\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eCited Sources\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations, Figures, and Tables\u003cbr\u003eIndexAn academic in the Cultural Studies of Science and Technology Chris Hable Gray is a well known authority on human-machine systems, especially cyborgs (\u003ci\u003eCyborg Citizen\u003c\/i\u003e, lead editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Cyborg Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eModified: Living as a Cyborg\u003c\/i\u003e). He is also known for his work on how digital technology shapes society, including AI and other computing approaches to war (\u003ci\u003ePostmodern War\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePeace, War and Computers\u003c\/i\u003e). His work includes hundreds of articles—peer reviewed and otherwise—in a dozen disciplines and fields. He has been a guest professor at University College Cork in Ireland, Jan Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic, the University of Toronto in Canada, and has lectured extensively in the Netherlands, the UK, and Spain.","brand":"Goldsmiths Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233822781669,"sku":"NP9781915983374","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781915983374.jpg?v=1767743483","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/virus-is-a-language-isbn-9781915983374","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}