Little Blue Dot
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In this thrilling and utterly unique work of narrative non-fiction,
Katherine Dunn explores the acute vulnerability of the GPS
satellite system - in a book that lifts the lid on the invisible
connections of the globe, from the space race to the phone in our
pocketsThis is the story of the Global Positioning System, the
network of U.S. government satellites that encircle the earth: a
vast web that, in a matter of decades, has transformed the way we
understand space and time, making us critically dependent on
vulnerable technology we often forget is even there.It is a system
that was conceived of as a military product designed for war, but
which has since evolved into a vital everyday tool that tells us
where we are and when at any given point. But its use doesn't stop
there: GPS has transformed our navigation systems and our global
trade, our farms and our supermarkets, our stop lights, banking
networks, and our energy systems.It overturned online dating,
exercise regimens, travel planning and takeaways. It reshaped our
daily lives, and then it transformed us. When GPS took away our
familiarity with getting lost, it also stripped us of our ability
to hide - turning our place in the world into a mappable, knowable
entity, and put us, a blinking blue dot on a screen, at its
centre.In this thrilling, page-turning work of narrative
non-fiction that touches on tech, geopolitics, international
relations and economics - Katherine Dunn explores the acute
vulnerability of an essential global system that touches all our
lives.With echoes of Kleptopia, The Fifth Risk and Prisoners of
Geography, as well as echoes of Islands of Abandonment by Cal Flynn
and Entangled Life by Merlion Sheldrake in the way it exposes a
hidden, esoteric system that we all rely on - this is a book that
lifts the lid on the invisible connections of the globe, from the
space race to the phone in our pockets.
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HarperCollins Publishers ,
Katherine Dunn
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HarperCollins Publishers,
Katherine Dunn
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Slovart
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