# The Smartness Mandate

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- Book: [The Smartness Mandate](https://www.bookquiver.com/orit-halpern/the-smartness-mandate) ([The Smartness Mandate.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/orit-halpern/the-smartness-mandate.md))
- Authors: [Orit Halpern](https://www.bookquiver.com/orit-halpern), [Robert Mitchell](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-mitchell)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6254-451-1
- Pages: 336
- Published: 2023-01-10
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Over the last half century, " smartness"—the drive for ubiquitous computing—has become a mandate: a new mode of managing and governing politics, economics, and the environment. Smart phones....