Bibliograph

Virtual unreality, the new era of digital deception, Charles Seife

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Virtual unreality, the new era of digital deception, Charles Seife

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Virtual unreality

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

893895257

Responsibility statement

Charles Seife

Sub title

the new era of digital deception

Summary

"In Virtual Unreality, mathematician, science reporter, and journalist watchdog Charles Seife takes us deep into the information jungle and cuts a path through the trickery, fakery, and cyber skullduggery that the Internet enables. Providing a much-needed toolkit to help separate fact from fiction, Seife addresses the problems that face us every time we turn on our computers and Google our most recent medical symptoms, read a politician's tweet, fact-check something on Wikipedia, or start an online relationship"--, provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Catching the stupid bug -- Appeal to authority -- An army of one -- Telling fake people from real -- The loneliness of the interconnected -- Copy, right? -- Scarcity -- All hat, no cattle -- White noise and the red queen -- Artificial unintelligence -- Make money fast -- Companies: private, public, and shady -- This is your brain ... -- Living in the raw

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New era of digital deception

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