Books by Alison Gopnik
Alison Gopnik is Professor of Psychology and Affiliate Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berekley. She is an internationally recognised leader in the study of children’s learning and development, and was the first to argue that children’s minds can help us understand deep philosophical questions. She has written numerous articles and several books on the subject.
“Gopnik makes the case that over millions of years, our lineage doubled and then tripled down on this incredibly long, vulnerable, flexible childhood, because it conferred evolutionary advantages in terms of our ability to create tools, to build protections through technology. But she also points out that all this was necessarily bound up with an incredible capacity for mutual care, compassion, and for nurture. These traits are the absolute fundamentals for human survival and thriving. She calls children the R&D department of the human species. It’s a wonderful image; and it captures the entwined capacities for care and change that underpin technology and culture alike.” Read more...
The best books on The Ethics of Technology
Tom Chatfield, Journalist
Interviews with Alison Gopnik
The best books on Children and their Minds, recommended by Alison Gopnik
Author and psychology professor, Alison Gopnik, tells us what’s going on in children’s minds – and that it’s a lot more than we may think
Interviews where books by Alison Gopnik were recommended
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The Fourth Revolution: How the Infosphere is Reshaping Human Reality
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The Philosophical Baby: What Children's Minds Tell Us About Truth, Love, and the Meaning of Life
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Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control
by Stuart Russell -
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Privacy Is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data
by Carissa Véliz -
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Transcendence: How Humans Evolved Through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time
by Gaia Vince
The best books on The Ethics of Technology, recommended by Tom Chatfield
The best books on The Ethics of Technology, recommended by Tom Chatfield
We are building ever more powerful machines that will compute answers to any questions we care to ask them, says Tom Chatfield, the author and tech philosopher. But are we asking the right questions? Here, he selects five of the best books on the ethics of technology—thoughtful explorations of how our newly-made tools might remake us.
