Girl Decoded

Rana el Kaliouby

ISBN 10: 0241451566 / ISBN 13: 9780241451564

Published by PENGUIN GROUP Apr 2020, 2020

About this Item

Neuware - A chronicling of Rana el Kaliouby's efforts to fix the ways people today use technology to communicate by imbuing these forms of expression with emotional nuance and non-verbal cues. A captivating tech memoir for readers of 'Let It Go' and 'Lab Girl'.

Seller Inventory # 9780241451564

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Girl Decoded
• Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP Apr 2020
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241451566
• ISBN 13: 9780241451564
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 240W x 156H x 32D millimeters 240 millimeters width by 156 millimeters height by 32 millimeters depth
• Weight: 752 grams

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Synopsis

We are entering an empathy crisis. So much of our communication is conveyed through non-verbal cues - facial expressions, tone of voice, body language - nuances that are completely lost when we interact through our smartphones and other technology. The result is a digital universe that's emotion-blind - a society lacking in empathy.

Rana el Kaloubi discovered this when she left Cairo, a newly-married, Muslim woman, to take up her place at Cambridge University to study computer science. Many thousands of miles from home, she began to develop systems to help her better connect with her family. She started to pioneer the new field of Emotional Intelligence (EI). She now runs her company, Affectiva (the industry-leader in this emerging field) that builds EI into our technology and develops systems that understand humans the way we understand one another.
In a captivating memoir, Girl Decoded chronicles el Kaliouby's mission to humanise technology and what she learns about humanity along the way.