{"product_id":"ghost-in-the-brussels-paperback","title":"Ghost in the Brussels - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAntonio Ai Ieranò\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGhost in the Brussels: Understanding European Cybersecurity through Anime\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Antonio \"AI\" Ieranò\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEurope once dreamed of regulating the Internet. Then Artificial Intelligence. Then - inevitably - humans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGhost in the Brussels\u003c\/em\u003e is a dazzling, satirical journey through the labyrinth of European digital law, where bureaucracy meets philosophy and anime meets compliance. With wit as sharp as a regulation's footnote, Antonio \"AI\" Ieranò translates the dense world of EU directives into a philosophical saga told through the lens of iconic anime worlds - from \u003cem\u003eGhost in the Shell\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eSerial Experiments Lain\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eErgo Proxy\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePatlabor\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter reimagines a cornerstone of European regulation as a cyber-epic, where cyberpunk heroines, malfunctioning robots, and weary bureaucrats struggle over the same question: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCan a system built to preserve humanity ever understand it?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book takes readers through the major regulatory odyssey of the European Union: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNIS2\u003c\/strong\u003e becomes a cyber-noir tale of networked consciousness and overzealous control;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGDPR\u003c\/strong\u003e reemerges as a psychological drama of consent and identity;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe AI Act\u003c\/strong\u003e transforms into a theological debate about machine morality;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)\u003c\/strong\u003e explodes into a mecha war between firmware and accountability;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDORA\u003c\/strong\u003e descends into the chaos of digital resilience and existential outages;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eeIDAS 2.0\u003c\/strong\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eDigital Wallet of Theseus\u003c\/em\u003e ponder what remains of the self once every credential has been verified.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending European politics, speculative fiction, and a biting sense of humour, \u003cem\u003eGhost in the Brussels\u003c\/em\u003e turns the arcane into the absurdly relatable. Ieranò's narrative voice oscillates between Oscar Wilde's irony and Masamune Shirow's futuristic melancholy, crafting a book that is both a critique and a love letter to the European dream of order through legislation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith its mix of satire, philosophy, and cyber-aesthetics, this work transcends genres - appealing to technologists, legal scholars, and anime fans alike. Whether you're a compliance officer surviving your twentieth risk assessment or an otaku wondering how Brussels became the final boss of cyberspace, this book offers a mirror to our collective digital anxiety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Because, after all - the real high-risk system is us.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tone oscillates between humour and elegy: one moment you're laughing at a robot waving an \u003cem\u003eAI Conformity Certificate\u003c\/em\u003e, the next you're struck by the quiet tragedy of a law trying to legislate consciousness. Every page brims with Easter eggs for those who live between the technical and the philosophical - engineers, lawyers, artists, dreamers - those who know that \"data subject rights\" sound suspiciously like \"character arcs.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eGhost in the Brussels\u003c\/em\u003e, Antonio \"AI\" Ieranò achieves what few dare attempt: transforming European regulatory frameworks into an act of storytelling. The result is a strange, beautiful hybrid - half cyber-comedy, half bureaucratic odyssey - where compliance becomes poetry and irony becomes survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers of speculative nonfiction, cybersecurity satire, or anyone fascinated by how humanity endlessly rewrites its own code, this book will make you question whether the real singularity has already happened - not in machines, but in policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 164\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 28, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":71744006422781,"sku":"9798232249151","price":47.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/wwKGlqlMd79798232249151.webp?v=1793299897","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/ghost-in-the-brussels-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}