{"product_id":"9781350377318","title":"Power of Maybes Machines, Uncertainty and Design Futures","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBeyond the Modern\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003ePower of Maybes\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eMachines, Uncertainty and Design Futures\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBetti Marenko | Clive Dilnot | Eduardo Staszowski | Virginia Tassinari\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDesign \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a world of endless predictions and precision algorithms, \u003ci\u003eThe Power \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eof Maybes \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a daring new way forward. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat if uncertainty isn't a problem to solve, but a gift? This book reclaims hesitation, ambiguity and not-knowing as powerful tools to resist the rigid control of digital systems. Where machines seek to lock down knowledge, capture potential, dictate futures and foreclose possibilities, \u003ci\u003eThe Power of \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaybes\u003c\/i\u003e presents the radical idea that embracing uncertainty is essential in our age of planetary computation and offers ways of cultivating it as a form of resistance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy reframing the unknown as a powerful resource, Marenko offers a bold approach to living and thinking alongside machines without surrendering to their grip. Blending philosophy, design and critical tech studies, it challenges dystopian fears and utopian hopes about technology, and champions new ways of being-open, ungridded, unscaled. It's a call to cultivate the unknown and nurture potential. For those ready to reclaim their agency in an algorithmic age, \u003ci\u003eThe Power of \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaybes\u003c\/i\u003e is a guide to living with oceanic uncertainty-and finding power in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBetti Marenko\u003c\/b\u003e is Reader in Design and Techno-Digital Futures at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, UK. She is a transdisciplinary theorist working at the intersection of process philosophies, design theory and critical technologies studies. She co-edited \u003ci\u003eDeleuze and Design\u003c\/i\u003e (2015) and \u003ci\u003eDesigning Smart Objects in Everyday Life\u003c\/i\u003e (2021), and her work has been published in\u003ci\u003e New Formations, Design and Culture, Design Studies, Digital Creativity, Leonardo\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Technophany.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e03 September 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Visual Arts\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350377318\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e176\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11.2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51196772876428,"sku":"9781350377318","price":22.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_4ea70c4a-c311-49ee-a10f-73e38bffa55b.jpg?v=1782962112","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350377318","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}