{"product_id":"algorithms-of-desire-patt-rogger-9798245150147","title":"Algorithms of Desire: How Artificial Intelligence Shapes Consumption, Identity, and Human Freedom","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlgorithms of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow does what you want come about?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e And above all: \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003edo you still want it\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e?\u003cbr\u003eEvery day you scroll, click, like, choose, buy. It feels like freedom. But behind that freedom there is an invisible infrastructure that observes, calculates, predicts, and guides: \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe algorithm\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eIt doesn't just show you content that is \"in line\" with your tastes: it learns to modify them, reinforces them, weakens them, reorganizes them. It gently guides you toward choices that seem to be your own, but are often more useful to someone else than to you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlgorithms of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is an informative and incisive essay that gets to the heart of the most pressing question of our time: \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003ewhat happens to human desire in the economy of attention, data, and Artificial Intelligence?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou won't find useless technicalities or easy catastrophism. Instead, you will find a clear, cultured, and concrete analysis of how digital platforms and predictive models transform emotions, impulses, identities, and decisions into economic raw material.\u003cbr\u003eThis book guides you in recognizing the mechanisms by which the digital environment \"educates\" your needs, rewrites priorities, amplifies urgency, and reduces the distance between stimulus and action. Above all, it shows you how to reopen a space of freedom: \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003enot against technology, but within technology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this essay, you will discover: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003el why today we no longer compete for the truth, but for \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eyour attention\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003el how the \"gentle push\" that makes what was optional yesterday inevitable works\u003cbr\u003ehow predictive systems transform preferences and fragilities into \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eprofiling and profit\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewhat \"personalization\" really means and why it is often a form of \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003ebehavioral steering\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ehow to defend yourself without disconnecting: digital education, mental hygiene, critical awareness\u003cbr\u003ewhy \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003edesiring\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (truly) can become a cultural and political act\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho is this book for?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFor those who want to understand the present without slogans.\u003cbr\u003eFor those who feel that 'something' is guiding them while they believe they are choosing.\u003cbr\u003eFor parents, students, professionals, teachers, curious readers: anyone who wants tools to interpret the age of algorithms and not just endure it.\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy read it now\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eBecause Artificial Intelligence is not only changing work, communication, or consumption. It is changing the ground on which desire is born.\u003cbr\u003eAnd if desire is no longer yours, \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eeven your freedom becomes negotiable\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eOpen this book as you would open a window: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e to see the invisible, name what passes through you, and return to being the protagonist of your choices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patt Rogger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798245150147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.33d","brand":"Patt Rogger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48743082524927,"sku":"9798245150147","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/algorithms-of-desire-patt-rogger-9798245150147","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}