{"product_id":"strange-weather-culture-science-and-technology-in-the-age-of-limits-by-andrew-ross","title":"'Strange Weather: Culture, Science and Technology in the Age of Limits' by Andrew Ross","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a5d7430-35d8-83ec-8537-639937f3e813-12\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-6a5d7430-35d8-83ec-8537-639937f3e813-12\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a5d7430-35d8-83ec-8537-639937f3e813-12\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-126\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-15 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-conversation-screenshot-content=\"\" class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"bab73449-6850-4457-afc7-df606e5f9552\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-6-thinking\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"88\" data-end=\"648\"\u003eWritten at the point when personal computing, cyberpunk, ecological crisis and New Age spirituality were beginning to occupy the same cultural weather system, \u003cem data-start=\"247\" data-end=\"264\"\u003eStrange Weather\u003c\/em\u003e asks who gets to define science. \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"650\" data-end=\"1182\"\u003eThe book’s argument is not that science is fraudulent, nor that every countercultural challenge is liberatory. It is that science and technology are social formations: shaped by institutions, labour, class, military power and corporate investment rather than delivered untouched from some hygienic kingdom of pure fact. It's particularly interesting on exploring technology as a workplace conflict, widening “hacking” beyond glamorous computer dissidence to include workers attempting to resist automation, deskilling and the theft of their time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1184\" data-end=\"1869\"\u003eSometimes it is very 90's, however, it captures the moment before the internet was fully privatised, climate discourse professionalised and technological inevitability hardened into the ambient religion of modern life. A strange, argumentative precursor to contemporary writing on platforms, AI, climate futures and the politics of expertise—occasionally unruly, but alive in ways cleaner books rarely are. Later commentary has recognised it as an unusually early cultural critique of climate framing, technofutures and the power embedded in scientific prediction. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1896\" data-end=\"2049\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst edition, Verso, 1991. Paperback with moderate rubbing, edge wear and creasing; curled corners and some surface marking. Internally clean and sound.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45860752097363,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-07-24T165011.184.png?v=1784875876","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/strange-weather-culture-science-and-technology-in-the-age-of-limits-by-andrew-ross","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}