{"product_id":"book-g1bc","title":"Blood in the Machine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \"rich and gripping\" true story of the first time machines came for human jobs—and how the Luddite uprising explains the power, threat, and toll of big tech and AI today (Naomi Klein)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The most urgent story in modern tech begins not in Silicon Valley but two hundred years ago in rural England, when workers known as the Luddites rose up rather than starve at the hands of factory owners who were using automated machines to erase their livelihoods.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Luddites organized guerrilla raids to smash those machines—on punishment of death—and won the support of Lord Byron, enraged the Prince Regent, and inspired the birth of science fiction. This all-but-forgotten class struggle brought nineteenth-century England to its knees.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Today, technology imperils millions of jobs, robots are crowding factory floors, and artificial intelligence will soon pervade every aspect of our economy. How will this change the way we live? And what can we do about it?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The answers lie in \u003ci\u003eBlood in the Machine\u003c\/i\u003e. Brian Merchant intertwines a lucid examination of our current age with the story of the Luddites, showing how automation changed our world—and is shaping our future.","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49348520837424,"sku":"BDg1bc","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49348520870192,"sku":"ZEg1bc","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/446712-g1bc-Square.jpg?v=1734225697","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-g1bc","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}