Adrian Hon
New History of the Future in 100 Objects Paperback Book
“Refund was approved and back in my account the same day.” - Deliver+ customer
Imagining the history of the twentyfirst century through its artifacts, from silent messaging systems to artificial worlds on asteroids.In the year 2082, a curator looks back at the twentyfirst century, offering a history of the era through a series of objects and artifacts. He reminisces about the power of connectivity, which was reinforced by such technologies as silent messagingwearable computers that relay subvocal communication recalls the Fourth Great Awakening, when a regimen of pills could make someone virtuous and notes disapprovingly the use of locked interrogation, which delivers enhanced interrogation simulations via virtual reality. The unnamed curator quotes from a selfhelp guide to making friends with posthumans, describes the establishment of artificial worlds on asteroids, and recounts prodemocracy movements in epistocratic states. In A New History of the Future in 100 Objects, Adrian Hon constructs a possible future by imagining the things it might leave in its wake.Many of these things are just an update or two away improved ankle monitors, for example, and deliverbots. Others may be the logical conclusions of current trendsdownvote networks that identify and erase undesirables, and Glyphish, an emoticonbased language that supersedes the written word. More benign are Braid Collective, which provides financial support for artists, and Rechartered Cities, which invites immigrants to revitalize urban areas hollowed out by changing demographics. With this...
Binding: Paperback;384 pages; Publisher: MIT Press Ltd; Classification: FA; Weight: 644 g; Dimensions: 228 x 152 x 32
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Imagining the history of the twentyfirst century through its artifacts, from silent messaging systems to artificial worlds on asteroids.In the year 2082, a curator looks back at the twentyfirst century, offering a history of the era through a series of objects and artifacts. He reminisces about the power of connectivity, which was reinforced by such technologies as silent messagingwearable computers that relay subvocal communication recalls the Fourth Great Awakening, when a regimen of pills could make someone virtuous and notes disapprovingly the use of locked interrogation, which delivers enhanced interrogation simulations via virtual reality. The unnamed curator quotes from a selfhelp guide to making friends with posthumans, describes the establishment of artificial worlds on asteroids, and recounts prodemocracy movements in epistocratic states. In A New History of the Future in 100 Objects, Adrian Hon constructs a possible future by imagining the things it might leave in its wake.Many of these things are just an update or two away improved ankle monitors, for example, and deliverbots. Others may be the logical conclusions of current trendsdownvote networks that identify and erase undesirables, and Glyphish, an emoticonbased language that supersedes the written word. More benign are Braid Collective, which provides financial support for artists, and Rechartered Cities, which invites immigrants to revitalize urban areas hollowed out by changing demographics. With this...
Binding: Paperback;384 pages; Publisher: MIT Press Ltd; Classification: FA; Weight: 644 g; Dimensions: 228 x 152 x 32
Extended returns Orders placed after 29th October 2026 can be returned until 5th January 2027
Something not quite right? You have 21 days from the day you receive it, to send something back. When you purchase Debenhams Deliver+, you will have an extra 14 days on top of our standard 21-day window to initate a return.
Please note, we cannot offer refunds on fashion face masks, cosmetics, pierced jewellery, adult toys, and swimwear or lingerie if the hygiene seal is not in place or has been broken.
Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.
Click here to view our full Returns Policy.
Adrian Hon
New History of the Future in 100 Objects Paperback Book
“Refund was approved and back in my account the same day.” - Deliver+ customer
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