Barcode (Paperback)

1. The little black lines that changed the world 2. How we almost ended up with a bullseye barcode 3. An early bridge between the digital and the physical 4. Consumer protests, labor rights, and automation 5. The Mark of the Beast 6. The cultural imaginary of the barcode 7. Barcodes inscribed on skin 8. The long and winding road of the QR Code 9. Barcodes and 50 years of misplaced eulogies Index