Books like Techno-fix by Michael Huesemann

Walter Isaacson chronicles the minds that forged the digital age, from Ada Lovelace to Larry Page, showing how vision, collaboration, and engineering transformed abstract ideas into the computers, Internet, and technology we use today.

Technically Wrong examines how hidden biases and design shortcuts in modern technology products create systemic failures that have real, often damaging, effects on everyday users.

Kelly blends social insight and technological foresight to explore how modern tools shape humanity, inviting readers to see technology as a catalyst for opportunity, purpose, and a more connected future.

Erik Brynjolfsson explores how digital technologies are reshaping work, productivity, and society—highlighting both the opportunities and the disruptions—and offers strategies for education, collaboration, and policy in the emerging economy.

Neil Postman warns of the growing dominance of technology—its impact on politics, intellect, religion, history, privacy, and truth—in his critical examination of the late twentieth‑century “Technopoly.”

Alvin Toffler forecasts the rapid flood of environmental change in the next thirty years and explores how individuals and societies must adapt, plan, and psychologically adjust to endure the upheavals of modern civilization.

James Barrat’s Our Final Invention examines how the rapid growth of artificial intelligence—present in phones, cars, finance, and infrastructure—could soon outpace human intellect and threaten humanity’s future.

The rapid pace of change in computing demands a continuous review of our defensive strategies, and a strong ethical framework in our computer science education.This fully revised and enhanced fifth edition of Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age examines the ethical, social, and policy challenges stemming from the convergence of computing and telecommunication, and the proliferation of mobile information-enabling devices. This accessible and engaging text surveys thought-provoking questions about the impact of these new technologies.Topics and features:Establishes a philosophical framework and analytical tools for discussing moral theories and problems in ethical relativismOffers pertinent discussions on privacy, surveillance, employee monitoring, biometrics, civil liberties, harassment, the digital divide, and discriminationExamines the new ethical, cultural and economic realities of computer social network ecosystems (NEW)Reviews issues of property rights, responsibility and accountability relating to information technology and softwareDiscusses how virtualization technology informs our ethical behavior (NEW)Introduces the new frontiers of ethics: virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and the InternetSurveys the social, moral and ethical value systems in mobile telecommunications (NEW)Explores the evolution of electronic crime, network security, and computer forensicsProvides exercises, objectives, and issues for discussion with every chapterThis comprehensive textbook incorporates the latest requirements for computer science curricula. Both students and practitioners will find the book an invaluable source of insight into computer ethics and law, network security, and computer crime investigation.