David J. Gunkel is Presidential Teaching Professor of Communication Technology at Northern Illinois University (USA). He is the author of three books: Hacking Cyberspace (Westview Press, 2001), Thinking Otherwise: Philosophy, Communication, Technology (Purdue University Press, 2007), and The Machine Question: Critical Perspectives on AI, Robots, and Ethics (MIT Press, 2012). He is the founding co-editor of the International Journal of iek Studies, co-editor of the book Transgression 2.0: Media, Culture, and the Politics of a Digital Age (Continuum, 2011), and the founding co-editor of the Indiana University Press book series Digital Game Studies. He has lectured widely in the US, Europe, and South America and won numerous awards for excellence in teaching. Information available at http://gunkelweb.com