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10/23/2025

"Right now, it feels as if Big Tech is throwing general-purpose A.I. spaghetti at the wall and hoping that nothing truly terrible sticks."

Gary Marcus, the author of "Taming Silicon Valley," writes on the race toward artificial general intelligence for The New York Times:

Generative A.I. can do many things human beings can do. But that misses the point about how A.I. can truly benefit us.

10/22/2025

For over 50 years, the "Graphic Artists Guild Handbook" has been an indispensable resource for graphic arts, communication design, and illustration professionals, including industry luminary Debbie Millman.

Updated and expanded for graphic artists navigating today's fast-changing landscape, the 17th edition of the "Graphic Artists Guild Handbook" is the definitive guide to running a successful creative business and getting paid what you’re worth.

New content includes addressing generative AI and ways to protect your work, a section on non-fungible tokens (NFTs), a QR code for access to future updates that will be available on the Graphic Artists Guild website, and more!

Learn what else this new edition has to offer and pre-order on our website: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262551830/graphic-artists-guild-handbook/

10/21/2025

🗣️ CALL FOR PAPERS!

PRESENCE, a journal devoted to research on teleoperation & virtual environments, is seeking papers for its special issue "Immersed into the Metaverse: Ethnographies of Presence & Embodiment in Virtual Reality."

This special issue aims to show how particular mechanisms of immersive technology both differentiate and align virtual experience with broader sociocultural practices.

Deadline: Feb. 1, 2026.
Learn more: https://direct.mit.edu/pvar

10/20/2025

In celebration of Open Access Week, we’re shining a spotlight on influential and award-winning MIT Press books that are freely available for all to read and share: https://bit.ly/3JdCkIa

We're proud to expand the scope and diversity of open access scholarship by partnering with Duke University Press to bring their distinguished catalog in the humanities and social sciences to Direct to Open (D2O). Join us later this week on Wednesday, October 22nd, at 1 pm for a webinar with Duke University Press to introduce their collection within D2O: https://bit.ly/4qlionh

10/19/2025

Join former Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tom Frieden, this Friday to learn an approach that can protect your health and prevent the next pandemic.

A Ca****la Books and Georgia Center for the Book at DCPL co-host Dr. Frieden to celebrate his book, "The Formula for Better Health: How to Save Millions of Lives—Including Your Own."

📍 Holy Trinity Parish Episcopal Church
515 E. Ponce de Leon Avenue | Decatur, Georgia
📆 Friday, Oct 24
🕖 7:00 PM

This event is free and open to the public: https://bit.ly/48oHn2w

10/17/2025

"Ando’s art reflects the natural world in its most elemental form and, in doing so, captures the marvelous mystery of its simplest phenomenon." — Kirkus Reviews

Out this November, "Water of the Sky" is an elegant visual dictionary of 2000 Japanese words for rain, with 100 drawings in indigo by artist Miya Ando: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262049863/water-of-the-sky/

10/16/2025

The world of gender is evolving, and, while it's somehow become a controversial stance, we think it's important for communities to embrace and support LGBTQ youth so they can thrive as their authentic selves. This , we've curated a collection of books that celebrate the plurality of gender, and also serve as educational resources for empathy, understanding, and self-exploration. Find these books at your local library, favorite bookseller, or The MIT Press Bookstore!

📚 "Rethinking Gender" — An illustrated guide exploring the multiplicity of answers to "What even is gender?"

📚 "Butch Heroes" — Pairing portraits with text, Ria Brodell recovers lost q***r history through the lives of gender nonconforming people from the 15th through 20th centuries.

📚 "More Butch Heroes" — The sequel continues Brodell's celebration of q***r subjects from around the world.

📚 "Gender(s)" — In this Essential Knowledge book, Kathryn Bond Stockton presents an accessible, witty examination of the true q***rness of genders and gendering.

📚 "Dis...Miss Gender?" — A celebration of gender bending through a bold mix of photographs and short essays from artists, writers, and gender theorists.

10/15/2025

"Voters and politicians alike should recognize that AI is no longer just an outside influence on elections. It’s not an uncontrollable natural disaster raining deepfakes down on a sheltering electorate. It’s more like a fire: a force that political actors can harness and manipulate for both mechanical and symbolic purposes."

Nathan Sanders and Bruce Schneier, the authors of "Rewiring Democracy," write for TIME on the role AI technologies could play in the 2026 midterm elections:

One side is poised to exploit the tech, creating a systematic advantage in personalized messaging and campaign strategy.

10/14/2025

Harvard Book Store and the Cambridge Public Library welcome internationally renowned security technologist Bruce Schneier and data scientist Nathan E. Sanders to launch their new book, "Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship."

Join the authors at 6:00 PM on Wednesday, October 22nd, for an informative discussion on how AI will alter every facet of democracy and how to harness the technology to distribute power rather than concentrate it. Link to register: https://bit.ly/4ntRdVB

presenting Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship

10/13/2025

Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day! On this day, we honor the rich history, culture, and contributions of Native communities. In an excerpt from "Reckonings," anthropologist Stephen Chrisomalis examines the nearly forgotten numerical system invented by Cherokee polymath Sequoyah:

Nearly consigned to oblivion, Sequoyah’s numerals can be seen as evidence for the ongoing capacity and tendency for humans to develop new numerical notations.

10/12/2025

🎉 Congratulations to authors Richard Cytowic, Ravin Jesuthasan, and Tanuj Kapilashrami, whose books were shortlisted for the 2025 getAbstract International Book Award! Winners will be announced on Wednesday, October 15th, during the Frankfurt Book Fair. Best of luck from all of us at MIT Press!

10/10/2025

The fields of psychiatry and psychology have come a long way to get to what they are today. For World Mental Health Day, we’re highlighting books that offer insight into the rich & complex history of these evolving disciplines: https://mitpress.mit.edu/a-reading-list-for-world-mental-health-day-2025/