# Elena Esposito Artificial Communication **Opening (not a real abstract):** <strong> Ideas Series The <strong> Ideas Series explores the latest ideas about how technology is affecting culture, business, science, and everyday life. Written for general readers by leading technology thinkers and makers, books in this series advance provocative hypotheses about the meaning of new technologies for contemporary society. The <strong> Ideas Series is published with the generous support of the MIT Libraries. Hacking Life: Systematized Living and Its Discontents, Joseph M. Reagle, Jr. The Smart Enough City: Putting Technology in Its Place to Reclaim Our Urban Future, Ben Green Sharenthood: Why We Should Think before We Post about Our Kids, Leah A. Plunkett Data Feminism, Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren Klein Artificial Communication: How Algorithms Produce Social Intelligence, Elena Esposito