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Last week, UC Press author David Deamer spoke about his book First Life: Discovering the Connections between Stars, Cells, and How Life Began as part of Google’s forum for authors, Authors@Google. Deamer is a Research Professor in the Department of Biomolecular Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz. First Life explores how life can [more...]  Siva Vaidhyanathan, author of The Googlization of Everything, appeared on CNN’s Reliable Sources last weekend to talk about some of the red flags he sees coming up as Google finds new ways to organize ever more aspects of our lives. He takes on questions like whether Google’s search engine helps or hurts news organizations, and what [more...] In the latest UC Press Podcast, Siva Vaidhyanathan, author of The Googlization of Everything (And Why We Should Worry), examines the way our culture has used and embraced Google, and explains the insidious effects of Googlization on the way we think. Vaidhyanathan, a professor of Media Studies and Law at the University of Virginia, [more...] We tracked down a clip of UC Press author Siva Vaidhyanathan‘s appearance on The Daily Show from a few years back. This classic Trendspotting piece by Demitri Martin follows the “youth phenomenon” of social networking, proclaiming, “Besides candy, online networking is the thing young people like the most.” Martin brags about his 9,000 friends on [more...] |
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