Blockchain Chicken Farm: And Other Stories of Tech in China's Countryside (FSG Originals x Logic)
by Xiaowei Wang
From $11.40 / copy at 20+ copies; lower per-copy prices at higher quantities (see Volume pricing) As low as $9.31 at 1,000+
Total $228.00
Format
The more copies, the less each one costs
Applied automatically in your cart. No code needed.
Turn this order into a program
Groups that order together often pair the copies with something more. We handle the extras so you don't have to.
Branded cover stickers on paperbacks from 100 copies, plus bookplates, inserts and belly bands. Your specialist confirms what fits your title.
Customization options Ship to every readerOne address, many sites or individual recipients' homes, in the US and abroad.
Fulfillment options Pair it with a branded journalJournals with your logo or each reader's name, for the same group.
Branded journals
Bring in a speaker
BookPal is partnering with Talezo to help you find and book authors, speakers and performers for your event.
BookPal × TalezoBlockchain Chicken Farm
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. Selected for the 2023 National Book Foundation's Science + Literature Program.
"A brilliant and empathetic guide to the far corners of global capitalism." --Jenny Odell, author of How to Do Nothing
From FSGO x Logic: stories about rural China, food, and tech that reveal new truths about the globalized world
In Blockchain Chicken Farm, the technologist and writer Xiaowei Wang explores the political and social entanglements of technology in rural China. Their discoveries force them to challenge the standard idea that rural culture and people are backward, conservative, and intolerant. Instead, they find that rural China has not only adapted to rapid globalization but has actually innovated the technology we all use today.
From pork farmers using AI to produce the perfect pig, to disruptive luxury counterfeits and the political intersections of e-commerce villages, Wang unravels the ties between globalization, technology, agriculture, and commerce in unprecedented fashion. Accompanied by humorous “Sinofuturist” recipes that frame meals as they transform under new technology, Blockchain Chicken Farm is an original and probing look into innovation, connectivity, and collaboration in the digitized rural world.
FSG Originals × Logic dissects the way technology functions in everyday lives. The titans of Silicon Valley, for all their utopian imaginings, never really had our best interests at heart: recent threats to democracy, truth, privacy, and safety, as a result of tech’s reckless pursuit of progress, have shown as much. We present an alternate story, one that delights in capturing technology in all its contradictions and innovation, across borders and socioeconomic divisions, from history through the future, beyond platitudes and PR hype, and past doom and gloom. Our collaboration features four brief but provocative forays into the tech industry’s many worlds, and aspires to incite fresh conversations about technology focused on nuanced and accessible explorations of the emerging tools that reorganize and redefine life today.
Details
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Author
- Xiaowei Wang
- Format
- Paperback
- Published
- Oct 13, 2020
- ISBN-13
- 9780374538668
- ISBN-10
- 0374538662
- Pages
- 256
- Carton quantity
- 32 copies
Blockchain Chicken Farm for groups: pricing
Volume pricing applies automatically in your cart. No codes, no account needed.
| Copies | Price per copy | You save |
|---|---|---|
| 20 – 99 | $11.40 | 40% off list |
| 100 – 249 | $11.02 | 42% off list |
| 250 – 499 | $10.07 | 47% off list |
| 500 – 999 | $9.69 | 49% off list |
| 1,000+ | $9.31 | 51% off list |
Popular for
A copy for every member, on one order.
A book for every attendee, delivered to your venue.
For clients, staff, members or volunteers.
Where can I buy 100 copies of Blockchain Chicken Farm?
BookPal sells Blockchain Chicken Farm in quantity. At 100 copies the price is $11.02 a copy, against a list price of $19.00, and the cart applies the volume tier automatically. Free shipping on most orders over $95 in the contiguous US. A specialist can quote a larger or mixed order.
- New books only, straight from the publisher
- Volume prices apply automatically in the cart, with no code needed
- Order at least 10 business days before you need the books (11 from mid-November through December)
What does Blockchain Chicken Farm cost when I buy for a group?
Volume pricing applies automatically in your cart, with no code needed. Price per copy: 20 to 99 copies, $11.40 (40% off list); 100 to 249 copies, $11.02 (42% off list); 250 to 499 copies, $10.07 (47% off list); 500 to 999 copies, $9.69 (49% off list); 1,000+ copies, $9.31 (51% off list). Need a different quantity, or a quote to forward for approval? Ask a specialist and we will confirm pricing before you pay.
How fast can I get copies of Blockchain Chicken Farm?
Need them by a specific date? Request a quote and we'll confirm timing before you pay.
Can you ship to several locations or people's homes?
Yes. We ship group orders to one address, to multiple sites, or to individual recipients, in the US and internationally. See fulfillment options.
Can I get a formal quote for approval before ordering?
Yes. Request a quote and we'll send a PDF you can forward for approval.
Do you accept purchase orders and tax-exempt orders?
Yes. We accept purchase orders upon approval, as well as cards, PayPal, ACH, wire transfers and checks. BookPal is a tax-exempt supplier in all 50 states. See purchase orders and sales tax exemption.
What if I find a lower price?
Send us the link. We match prices from other booksellers and distributors on a new copy in the same edition, available to ship in the quantity you need. Clearance sales and pricing errors are the exception, and we'll tell you quickly if that's the case. Start a price match.
Write a Review
Blockchain Chicken Farm: And Other Stories of Tech in China's Countryside (FSG Originals x Logic)
Groups also order
A colleague asked you to approve this order
Your quote list
Add books as you browse, then request one quote for all of them.