LEADER 03950nam 2200385 450 001 9910510499403321 005 20230822175131.0 024 7 $a10.1145/1460764 035 $a(CKB)5280000000243635 035 $a(NjHacI)995280000000243635 035 $a(EXLCZ)995280000000243635 100 $a20230822d1961 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAFIPS '61 (Eastern) $eProceedings of the December 12-14, 1961, eastern joint computer conference: computers - key to total systems control /$fWillis H. Ware 210 1$aNew York :$cAssociation for Computing Machinery,$d1961. 215 $a1 online resource (396 pages) 311 $a1-4503-7873-0 330 $aOn behalf of the Board of Governors of the American Federation of Information Processing Societies, it is my pleasure to welcome you to this conference, the first to be sponsored by the Federation rather than the National Joint Computer Committee. In May of this year, the AFIPS was created by the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the Institute of Radio Engineers, to be the unified national voice for the information processing and computer profession in the United States. Since then, there has been an orderly transfer of business from the NJCC to the AFIPS. As a society of societies, the AFIPS differs from the NJCC in that it can accept into membership other professional societies which are interested in information processing, and it is expected that it will grow significantly. As stated in our constitution, the goals of AFIPS "shall be the advancement and diffusion of knowledge of the information processing sciencesa?€¦for literary and scientific purposesa?€¦To this end, it is part of the purposes of the Federationa?€¦to serve the public by making available to journals, newspapers, and other channels of public information reliable communications as to information processing and its progress; to cooperate with local, national, and international organizations or agencies on matters pertaining to information processing; to serve as representative of the United States of America in international organizations with like interests; to promote unity and effectiveness of effort among all those who are devoting themselves to information processing by research, by application of its principles, by teaching or by study; and to foster the relations of the sciences of information processing to other sciences and to the arts and industries." Some of these items we are well started on---others we will inaugurate soon. We represent the United States to the International Federation of Information Processing Societies and contribute financially to IFIPS in behalf of this country. We have assumed sponsorship and financial responsibility of the Joint Computer Conferences. We have accepted applications for membership from other societies. We have made our existence known to other professional societies. We a re an active and growing organization acting to promote the interchange of information among information processing specialists through sponsorship of greater cooperative efforts between their professional societies. The American Federation of Information Processing Societies promises to be an instrument of tremendous utility to American technology in the exciting and dynamic years ahead. 517 $aProceedings of the December 12-14, 1961, eastern joint computer conference 606 $aComputer science$vCongresses 606 $aElectronic data processing$vCongresses 615 0$aComputer science 615 0$aElectronic data processing 676 $a004 700 $aWare$b Willis H.$01236036 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910510499403321 996 $aAFIPS '61 (Eastern)$93431634 997 $aUNINA LEADER 04082nam 22005175 450 001 9911061789403321 005 20260209140543.0 010 $a3-11-138992-8 035 $a(CKB)36232738600041 035 $a(DE-B1597)672871 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783111389929 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31727646 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31727646 035 $a(OCoLC)1457220641 035 $a(EXLCZ)9936232738600041 100 $a20240918h20242024 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSelf-Help in the Digital Age $eTED Talks, Speculative Fiction, and the Role of Reading /$fLoredana Filip 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aBerlin ;$aBoston :$cDe Gruyter,$d[2024] 210 4$d2024 215 $a1 online resource (VIII, 317 p.) 225 0 $aVigilanzkulturen / Cultures of Vigilance ,$x2749-8913 ;$v12 311 08$a3-11-139009-8 311 08$a3-11-138826-3 327 $aIntro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction: What Do We Expect? -- I Happy Confessions: Context, Theory, Approach -- Introduction -- 2 Confessional Culture and American Self-Help -- 3 Confessions and Science Communication -- 4 Confessions and Reading: From Self-Writing to Life Writing -- II Self-Improvement: Finding Success in a Digital Age -- Introduction -- 5 TED Talks on "How to Be a Better You" and Social Media Influencers -- 6 Gary Shteyngart's Super Sad True Love Story and the Privilege of "Merely Existing" -- 7 Literature and Scanning: "A Burble of Warm White Spray" -- III Mindfulness and Self-Vigilance in the Anthropocene -- Introduction -- 8 TED Talks on Mindfulness and the "Second Sight" -- 9 Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam Trilogy and the "Insight of Interbeing" -- 10 Literature and Storytelling: "These Stories Are Real as Kitchens" -- IV Self-Transcendence in the Age of Empathy -- Introduction -- 11 TED Talks on "What Makes You Happy?" and the Science of Happiness -- 12 Richard Powers' Generosity: An Enhancement and the "Small Shared Joy" of Reading -- 13 Literature and Compositing: "The Secret Quickening in the Hands" -- 14 Conclusion: A Kinship of Posthumanity -- Bibliography -- List of Figures -- Index. 330 $aIn an age where science and technology hold sway and the humanities face a crisis, this book explores the evolving role of literature. It delves into how American self-help culture shapes contemporary ideals of success, mindfulness, and happiness, with a particular focus on its influence in science communication, notably in TED talks. Moreover, it underscores the enduring relevance of literature in the digital era by analyzing speculative novels that challenge established norms, including those propagated by TED. These novels include Richard Powers? Generosity: An Enhancement, Margaret Atwood?s MaddAddam trilogy and Gary Shteyngart?s Super Sad True Love Story. They question the Western preference for visual perception, which perpetuates a human-centric worldview. By focusing on literary synesthesia in the readings, this book emphasizes sensory experiences and human-nonhuman interactions. It adopts the concept of research as assemblage and uses a diverse range of theories and approaches, while it foregrounds critical posthumanism and new materialism. 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