Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion
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"Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion" is a non-fiction book that explores how the digital revolution transforms privacy, security, freedom, and everyday life in the information age.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion canonical | 2 |
| Blown to Bits | 1 |
| Blown to Bits, 2nd edition | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion Context triple: [Hal Abelson, notableWork, Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion]
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A.
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires is a nonfiction book that examines the recurring cycle of openness and monopolistic control in communications and information industries throughout modern history.
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B.
Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free
"Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free" is a nonfiction book by Cory Doctorow that critiques modern copyright and digital rights regimes while advocating for open culture and user freedoms in the digital age.
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C.
Dot Complicated: Untangling Our Wired Lives
"Dot Complicated: Untangling Our Wired Lives" is a nonfiction book by Randi Zuckerberg that explores the impact of digital technology and social media on modern life and offers guidance on achieving a healthier tech-life balance.
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D.
The Age of Spiritual Machines
The Age of Spiritual Machines is a futurist book by Ray Kurzweil that predicts the evolution of artificial intelligence and its profound impact on human society and consciousness.
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E.
The Future of Ideas
The Future of Ideas is a book by legal scholar Lawrence Lessig that examines how excessive intellectual property regulation threatens innovation, creativity, and the openness of the digital commons.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion Target entity description: "Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion" is a non-fiction book that explores how the digital revolution transforms privacy, security, freedom, and everyday life in the information age.
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A.
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires is a nonfiction book that examines the recurring cycle of openness and monopolistic control in communications and information industries throughout modern history.
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B.
Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free
"Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free" is a nonfiction book by Cory Doctorow that critiques modern copyright and digital rights regimes while advocating for open culture and user freedoms in the digital age.
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C.
Dot Complicated: Untangling Our Wired Lives
"Dot Complicated: Untangling Our Wired Lives" is a nonfiction book by Randi Zuckerberg that explores the impact of digital technology and social media on modern life and offers guidance on achieving a healthier tech-life balance.
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D.
The Age of Spiritual Machines
The Age of Spiritual Machines is a futurist book by Ray Kurzweil that predicts the evolution of artificial intelligence and its profound impact on human society and consciousness.
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E.
The Future of Ideas
The Future of Ideas is a book by legal scholar Lawrence Lessig that examines how excessive intellectual property regulation threatens innovation, creativity, and the openness of the digital commons.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book about digital technology
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author |
Hal Abelson
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Harry Lewis ⓘ Ken Ledeen ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| explores |
how digital information is created, stored, and analyzed
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how digital technology affects personal freedom ⓘ how digital technology affects privacy ⓘ how digital technology affects public policy ⓘ risks and benefits of the digital explosion ⓘ |
| genre |
computer science
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information policy ⓘ technology ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Blown to Bits, 2nd edition
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| hasTopic |
censorship
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data retention ⓘ digital footprints ⓘ encryption ⓘ identity and anonymity online ⓘ intellectual property ⓘ search engines ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.bitsbook.com/ ⓘ |
| influenced | public discussions of digital privacy and policy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| license | freely available online ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
civil liberties
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data mining ⓘ digital data ⓘ digital revolution ⓘ freedom of expression ⓘ information age ⓘ internet ⓘ privacy ⓘ security ⓘ social implications of computing ⓘ surveillance ⓘ |
| mediaType |
e-book
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print ⓘ |
| notableFor | accessible explanation of technical issues for non-specialists ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Addison-Wesley
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Pearson ⓘ
surface form:
Pearson Education
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| targetAudience |
general audience
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policy makers ⓘ students ⓘ |
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Hal Abelson
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Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion
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Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion
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Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion
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Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion
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this entity surface form:
Blown to Bits, 2nd edition
Harry Lewis
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Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion
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this entity surface form:
Blown to Bits