50 Books like The Right to Oblivion

Privacy is Power

by Carissa Véliz • 2020

Your data is not the product; it's the toxic spill that's eroding your freedom.

4.02

1k+

🔒 Digital Privacy 💰 Data Economy 📹 Mass Surveillance 🧠 Online Manipulation ⚖️ Data Ethics

Privacy is Power 97%

Your data is not the product; it's the toxic spill that's eroding your freedom.

by Carissa Véliz 2020

4.02

1k+ ratings

🔒 Digital Privacy 💰 Data Economy 📹 Mass Surveillance 🧠 Online Manipulation ⚖️ Data Ethics

Liquid Surveillance

by Zygmunt Bauman • 2012

Surveillance has gone from prison tower to loyalty card: fluid, seductive, and nearly invisible.

3.80

490

👁️ Surveillance Studies 🔒 Digital Privacy 🏛️ Post-Panoptic Theory 📊 Social Sorting ⚙️ Technological Determinism

Liquid Surveillance 96%

Surveillance has gone from prison tower to loyalty card: fluid, seductive, and nearly invisible.

by Zygmunt Bauman 2012

3.80

490 ratings

👁️ Surveillance Studies 🔒 Digital Privacy 🏛️ Post-Panoptic Theory 📊 Social Sorting ⚙️ Technological Determinism

Nothing to Hide

by Daniel J. Solove • 2011

Sacrificing privacy for security is a false bargain; the real cost is liberty itself.

3.85

182

🔒 Digital Privacy 👁️ Government Surveillance ⚖️ Privacy Law 📊 Data Mining 📜 Fourth Amendment

Nothing to Hide 95%

Sacrificing privacy for security is a false bargain; the real cost is liberty itself.

by Daniel J. Solove 2011

3.85

182 ratings

🔒 Digital Privacy 👁️ Government Surveillance ⚖️ Privacy Law 📊 Data Mining 📜 Fourth Amendment

The Right to Privacy

by Ellen Alderman • 1995

Privacy: the fundamental right the Constitution never names, and the court cases that invented it.

3.96

339

📜 Privacy Law 🏛️ Constitutional Law 🗽 Civil Liberties 📹 Digital Surveillance 🏢 Corporate Surveillance

The Right to Privacy 95%

Privacy: the fundamental right the Constitution never names, and the court cases that invented it.

by Ellen Alderman 1995

3.96

339 ratings

📜 Privacy Law 🏛️ Constitutional Law 🗽 Civil Liberties 📹 Digital Surveillance 🏢 Corporate Surveillance

The Anarchist In The Library

by Siva Vaidhyanathan • 2004

The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.

3.50

175

🛡️ Digital Rights ⚖️ Copyright Politics 🏛️ Cultural Commons 🌐 Network Society 💻 Digital Counterculture

The Anarchist In The Library 95%

The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.

by Siva Vaidhyanathan 2004

3.50

175 ratings

🛡️ Digital Rights ⚖️ Copyright Politics 🏛️ Cultural Commons 🌐 Network Society 💻 Digital Counterculture

The Internet of Us

by Michael Patrick Lynch • 2016

Why the age of unlimited data is making it harder, not easier, to agree on what counts as evidence.

3.50

545

🔍 Epistemology 💻 Digital Culture 📚 Information Overload 🌀 Echo Chambers 📉 Truth Decay

The Internet of Us 95%

Why the age of unlimited data is making it harder, not easier, to agree on what counts as evidence.

by Michael Patrick Lynch 2016

3.50

545 ratings

🔍 Epistemology 💻 Digital Culture 📚 Information Overload 🌀 Echo Chambers 📉 Truth Decay

"I Have Nothing to Hide"

by Heidi Boghosian • 2021

Mass surveillance survives on one belief: privacy is for wrongdoers. Twenty myths keep it expanding.

3.64

191

🛰️ Mass Surveillance 🔒 Digital Privacy 🏢 Corporate Surveillance 👮 Predictive Policing 🔐 Encryption Politics

"I Have Nothing to Hide" 95%

Mass surveillance survives on one belief: privacy is for wrongdoers. Twenty myths keep it expanding.

by Heidi Boghosian 2021

3.64

191 ratings

🛰️ Mass Surveillance 🔒 Digital Privacy 🏢 Corporate Surveillance 👮 Predictive Policing 🔐 Encryption Politics

The Quantified Self

by Deborah Lupton • 2016

Your fitness tracker feeds a digital economy that profits from your body's data.

3.81

📊 Digital Self-Tracking 👁️ Data And Surveillance 🔍 Critical Data Studies 🏛️ Biopolitics 🤖 Sociology Of Technology

The Quantified Self 95%

Your fitness tracker feeds a digital economy that profits from your body's data.

by Deborah Lupton 2016

3.81

86 ratings

📊 Digital Self-Tracking 👁️ Data And Surveillance 🔍 Critical Data Studies 🏛️ Biopolitics 🤖 Sociology Of Technology

Dragnet Nation

by Julia Angwin • 2014

A journalist tried to opt out of digital surveillance for a year. The system refused.

3.68

659

🛡️ Digital Surveillance 🔒 Data Privacy 👁️ Mass Surveillance 📰 Investigative Journalism 🛠️ Digital Self-Defense

Dragnet Nation 95%

A journalist tried to opt out of digital surveillance for a year. The system refused.

by Julia Angwin 2014

3.68

659 ratings

🛡️ Digital Surveillance 🔒 Data Privacy 👁️ Mass Surveillance 📰 Investigative Journalism 🛠️ Digital Self-Defense

To Save Everything, Click Here

by Evgeny Morozov • 2013

Silicon Valley promised a world without friction. Friction, mess, and dissent are what keep us free.

3.67

1k+

💻 Tech Criticism 🗳️ Internet Politics ⚖️ Algorithms And Bias ⚙️ Technological Determinism 🪓 Neo-Luddism

To Save Everything, Click Here 94%

Silicon Valley promised a world without friction. Friction, mess, and dissent are what keep us free.

by Evgeny Morozov 2013

3.67

1k+ ratings

💻 Tech Criticism 🗳️ Internet Politics ⚖️ Algorithms And Bias ⚙️ Technological Determinism 🪓 Neo-Luddism

Your Face Belongs to Us

by Kashmir Hill • 2023

A startup scraped 3 billion faces, sold the tool to police, and public anonymity may never recover.

4.11

2k+

👤 Facial Recognition 🏢 Corporate Surveillance ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 👁️ Surveillance Studies 📜 Privacy Law

Your Face Belongs to Us 94%

A startup scraped 3 billion faces, sold the tool to police, and public anonymity may never recover.

by Kashmir Hill 2023

4.11

2k+ ratings

👤 Facial Recognition 🏢 Corporate Surveillance ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 👁️ Surveillance Studies 📜 Privacy Law

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

by Shoshana Zuboff • 2018

Your private moments are now raw data, harvested without consent to predict and sell your future.

4.05

14k+

👁️ Corporate Surveillance 📊 Data Economy 🔍 Tech Industry Critique 🛡️ Data Privacy ⚙️ Algorithmic Control

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism Summary

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism 94%

Your private moments are now raw data, harvested without consent to predict and sell your future.

by Shoshana Zuboff 2018

4.05

14k+ ratings

👁️ Corporate Surveillance 📊 Data Economy 🔍 Tech Industry Critique 🛡️ Data Privacy ⚙️ Algorithmic Control

AI Ethics

by Mark Coeckelbergh • 2020

Your phone, your hospital, your job: AI is already there. The ethics have barely begun.

3.63

903

🤖 Ai Ethics 🏛️ Technology Policy ⚖️ Machine Learning Bias 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 👁️ Privacy And Surveillance

AI Ethics 94%

Your phone, your hospital, your job: AI is already there. The ethics have barely begun.

by Mark Coeckelbergh 2020

3.63

903 ratings

🤖 Ai Ethics 🏛️ Technology Policy ⚖️ Machine Learning Bias 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 👁️ Privacy And Surveillance

Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology

by Edward H. Spence • 2021

We're building superintelligence without a control plan. Stoicism has one.

4.50

🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🤖 Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment 👀 Attention Economy 🏢 Big Tech Critique

Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology Summary

Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology 94%

We're building superintelligence without a control plan. Stoicism has one.

by Edward H. Spence 2021

4.50

2 ratings

🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🤖 Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment 👀 Attention Economy 🏢 Big Tech Critique

Mindmasters

by Sandra Matz • 2025

Algorithms read personality from digital traces. The fix isn't privacy; it's collective ownership.

3.96

399

💻 Digital Psychology ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🏭 Surveillance Capitalism 📊 Behavioral Data 🔒 Data Privacy

Mindmasters 94%

Algorithms read personality from digital traces. The fix isn't privacy; it's collective ownership.

by Sandra Matz 2025

3.96

399 ratings

💻 Digital Psychology ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🏭 Surveillance Capitalism 📊 Behavioral Data 🔒 Data Privacy

Alone Together

by Sherry Turkle • 2011

Robots comfort the elderly, screens raise children. What we lose when machines mediate intimacy.

3.62

6k+

🤖 Social Robotics 📱 Digital Isolation 🎭 Online Identity 💌 Mediated Intimacy 🔔 Always On Culture

Alone Together 94%

Robots comfort the elderly, screens raise children. What we lose when machines mediate intimacy.

by Sherry Turkle 2011

3.62

6k+ ratings

🤖 Social Robotics 📱 Digital Isolation 🎭 Online Identity 💌 Mediated Intimacy 🔔 Always On Culture

Radical Technologies

by Adam Greenfield • 2017

Eight technologies that run your day: the invisible tradeoffs reshaping power, work, and identity.

4.02

1k+

⚡ Tech Criticism 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism ⚖️ Ethics Of Technology 🤖 Automation Anxiety 🖨️ Digital Fabrication

Radical Technologies 94%

Eight technologies that run your day: the invisible tradeoffs reshaping power, work, and identity.

by Adam Greenfield 2017

4.02

1k+ ratings

⚡ Tech Criticism 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism ⚖️ Ethics Of Technology 🤖 Automation Anxiety 🖨️ Digital Fabrication

You Are Not a Gadget

by Jaron Lanier • 2010

The internet reduces people to data points. The people who built it call that wisdom.

3.57

6k+

🖥️ Digital Criticism 🧑‍💻 Tech Humanism 🤔 Technoskepticism 💼 Creative Economy ⚙️ Technological Determinism

You Are Not a Gadget 94%

The internet reduces people to data points. The people who built it call that wisdom.

by Jaron Lanier 2010

3.57

6k+ ratings

🖥️ Digital Criticism 🧑‍💻 Tech Humanism 🤔 Technoskepticism 💼 Creative Economy ⚙️ Technological Determinism

How Data Happened

by Chris Wiggins • 2023

Data was never neutral. How statistics went from serving kings to fueling the attention economy.

3.54

467

🧮 History Of Statistics 🏛️ Data And Society ⚖️ Data Ethics 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 📊 Algorithmic Bias

How Data Happened 94%

Data was never neutral. How statistics went from serving kings to fueling the attention economy.

by Chris Wiggins 2023

3.54

467 ratings

🧮 History Of Statistics 🏛️ Data And Society ⚖️ Data Ethics 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 📊 Algorithmic Bias

How to Fix the Future

by Andrew Keen • 2017

The digital revolution feels unprecedented. It isn't. The fix is the same as last time.

3.36

273

🌐 Digital Society ⚖️ Tech Policy 🔮 Technological Determinism ✋ Digital Humanism 🏙️ Smart Cities

How to Fix the Future 94%

The digital revolution feels unprecedented. It isn't. The fix is the same as last time.

by Andrew Keen 2017

3.36

273 ratings

🌐 Digital Society ⚖️ Tech Policy 🔮 Technological Determinism ✋ Digital Humanism 🏙️ Smart Cities

Privacy in the Age of Big Data

by Theresa Payton • 2014

Your devices watch everything you do. Here is what they collect and how to stop it.

3.56

112

🔒 Digital Privacy 👁️ Data Surveillance 📊 Personal Data 🏢 Corporate Surveillance 🕵️ Surveillance State

Privacy in the Age of Big Data 94%

Your devices watch everything you do. Here is what they collect and how to stop it.

by Theresa Payton 2014

3.56

112 ratings

🔒 Digital Privacy 👁️ Data Surveillance 📊 Personal Data 🏢 Corporate Surveillance 🕵️ Surveillance State

The People Vs Tech

by Jamie Bartlett • 2018

Liberal democracy rests on a few fragile pillars; the internet is dismantling every one.

3.90

2k+

🗳️ Digital Politics 🏛️ Tech Monopolies 🎭 Political Tribalism 🫧 Filter Bubbles 🤖 Ai And Society

The People Vs Tech 94%

Liberal democracy rests on a few fragile pillars; the internet is dismantling every one.

by Jamie Bartlett 2018

3.90

2k+ ratings

🗳️ Digital Politics 🏛️ Tech Monopolies 🎭 Political Tribalism 🫧 Filter Bubbles 🤖 Ai And Society

Code Dependent

by Madhumita Murgia • 2024

Behind every AI is an exploited, invisible workforce. A reporter traces the human supply chain.

4.03

3k+

⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🤖 Ai Ethics 👷 Digital Labor 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🛡️ Content Moderation

Code Dependent 94%

Behind every AI is an exploited, invisible workforce. A reporter traces the human supply chain.

by Madhumita Murgia 2024

4.03

3k+ ratings

⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🤖 Ai Ethics 👷 Digital Labor 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🛡️ Content Moderation

Targeted

by Brittany Kaiser • 2019

87 million stolen Facebook profiles, two elections, and one whistleblower's confession.

3.58

1k+

📊 Data-Driven Campaigning 🕵️ Surveillance Capitalism ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🎯 Behavioral Targeting 🗳️ Election Interference

Targeted 94%

87 million stolen Facebook profiles, two elections, and one whistleblower's confession.

by Brittany Kaiser 2019

3.58

1k+ ratings

📊 Data-Driven Campaigning 🕵️ Surveillance Capitalism ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🎯 Behavioral Targeting 🗳️ Election Interference

Team Human

by Douglas Rushkoff • 2019

Technology promised connection but atomized us. The fix is not code; it is reclaiming our humanity.

3.83

1k+

📱 Digital Criticism ⚠️ Algorithmic Bias 🧬 Social Creatures 🤝 Collective Action 🏘️ Localism

Team Human 94%

Technology promised connection but atomized us. The fix is not code; it is reclaiming our humanity.

by Douglas Rushkoff 2019

3.83

1k+ ratings

📱 Digital Criticism ⚠️ Algorithmic Bias 🧬 Social Creatures 🤝 Collective Action 🏘️ Localism

In the Long Run

by Jonathan White • 2024

The future made democracy possible. Calculated, secret, and algorithmic futures are dismantling it.

3.78

🗳️ Democratic Theory 📜 Intellectual History 💭 Political Imagination ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 🤖 Algorithmic Governance

In the Long Run 94%

The future made democracy possible. Calculated, secret, and algorithmic futures are dismantling it.

by Jonathan White 2024

3.78

85 ratings

🗳️ Democratic Theory 📜 Intellectual History 💭 Political Imagination ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 🤖 Algorithmic Governance

System Error

by Rob Reich • 2021

Tech companies optimized for growth and broke democracy. The cure is political, not digital.

3.82

608

⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🔒 Data Privacy 🤖 Automation And Labor 🧑‍💻 Tech Criticism 💰 Venture Capital

System Error 94%

Tech companies optimized for growth and broke democracy. The cure is political, not digital.

by Rob Reich 2021

3.82

608 ratings

⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🔒 Data Privacy 🤖 Automation And Labor 🧑‍💻 Tech Criticism 💰 Venture Capital

Nexus

by Yuval Noah Harari • 2024

The history of information is the history of power. The next chapter has no human author.

4.16

52k+

🕸️ Information Networks 🏛️ Macro-History 📖 Shared Myths ⚠️ Ai Safety 📋 Bureaucracy And Power

Nexus 94%

The history of information is the history of power. The next chapter has no human author.

by Yuval Noah Harari 2024

4.16

52k+ ratings

🕸️ Information Networks 🏛️ Macro-History 📖 Shared Myths ⚠️ Ai Safety 📋 Bureaucracy And Power

Too Big to Know

by David Weinberger • 2012

Knowledge on paper was settled and scarce. Online, it is abundant, linked, and never finished.

3.80

2k+

🕸️ Networked Knowledge 📚 Information Overload 🏛️ Authority And Expertise 🔬 Open Science 🐝 Collective Intelligence

Too Big to Know 94%

Knowledge on paper was settled and scarce. Online, it is abundant, linked, and never finished.

by David Weinberger 2012

3.80

2k+ ratings

🕸️ Networked Knowledge 📚 Information Overload 🏛️ Authority And Expertise 🔬 Open Science 🐝 Collective Intelligence

Tech Agnostic

by Greg Epstein • 2024

Technology sold you a faith: saints, sacraments, apocalypse. The humanist case for walking away.

3.49

156

🕉️ Digital Religion ⚙️ Technology Criticism 🤔 Techno-Skepticism 🤖 Algorithmic Bias 📱 Phone Addiction

Tech Agnostic 94%

Technology sold you a faith: saints, sacraments, apocalypse. The humanist case for walking away.

by Greg Epstein 2024

3.49

156 ratings

🕉️ Digital Religion ⚙️ Technology Criticism 🤔 Techno-Skepticism 🤖 Algorithmic Bias 📱 Phone Addiction

Doppelganger

by Naomi Klein • 2023

Mistaken for her alt-right double, a leftist author maps the mirror world devouring our politics.

4.19

37k+

🗳️ Political Memoir 🕳️ Conspiracy Theories 🎭 Digital Identity 📰 Media Criticism 🛡️ Information Warfare

Doppelganger 94%

Mistaken for her alt-right double, a leftist author maps the mirror world devouring our politics.

by Naomi Klein 2023

4.19

37k+ ratings

🗳️ Political Memoir 🕳️ Conspiracy Theories 🎭 Digital Identity 📰 Media Criticism 🛡️ Information Warfare

Tools and Weapons

by Brad Smith • 2019

Tech weaponized your data, your vote, your face. An insider's plan to take them back.

3.85

2k+

🏛️ Tech Policy 🔒 Privacy Rights 🛡️ Cybersecurity 🤖 Ai Ethics 🌐 Digital Divide

Tools and Weapons 94%

Tech weaponized your data, your vote, your face. An insider's plan to take them back.

by Brad Smith 2019

3.85

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Tech Policy 🔒 Privacy Rights 🛡️ Cybersecurity 🤖 Ai Ethics 🌐 Digital Divide

Mindf*ck

by Christopher Wylie • 2019

Fifty million profiles. Two elections. One whistleblower who built the weapon and then broke it.

4.36

8k+

🔒 Data Privacy 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🗳️ Electoral Interference 🎯 Microtargeting 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Mindf*ck 94%

Fifty million profiles. Two elections. One whistleblower who built the weapon and then broke it.

by Christopher Wylie 2019

4.36

8k+ ratings

🔒 Data Privacy 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🗳️ Electoral Interference 🎯 Microtargeting 🧠 Cognitive Biases

The Smart Enough City

by Ben Green • 2019

Smart cities dress up political problems as engineering ones. The fix is governance, not gadgets.

4.12

208

🏙️ Smart Cities 🏛️ Urban Policy 💻 Technology Criticism ⚙️ Techno-Solutionism ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

The Smart Enough City 93%

Smart cities dress up political problems as engineering ones. The fix is governance, not gadgets.

by Ben Green 2019

4.12

208 ratings

🏙️ Smart Cities 🏛️ Urban Policy 💻 Technology Criticism ⚙️ Techno-Solutionism ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

The Ethical Algorithm

by Michael Kearns • 2019

Algorithms don't do ethics by default. Making them fair takes math, and the math demands trade-offs.

4.10

671

⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🔒 Data Privacy 🤖 Ai Ethics 🎲 Game Theory 🔬 Reproducibility Crisis

The Ethical Algorithm 93%

Algorithms don't do ethics by default. Making them fair takes math, and the math demands trade-offs.

by Michael Kearns 2019

4.10

671 ratings

⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🔒 Data Privacy 🤖 Ai Ethics 🎲 Game Theory 🔬 Reproducibility Crisis

Digital Empires

by Anu Bradford • 2023

Three powers are battling to govern the internet, and the prize is the future of democracy.

3.91

151

🌐 Internet Governance ⚖️ Regulatory Competition 🇨🇳 Techno-Nationalism 🔒 Data Privacy 🏛️ Political Economy

Digital Empires 93%

Three powers are battling to govern the internet, and the prize is the future of democracy.

by Anu Bradford 2023

3.91

151 ratings

🌐 Internet Governance ⚖️ Regulatory Competition 🇨🇳 Techno-Nationalism 🔒 Data Privacy 🏛️ Political Economy

Flatline Constructs

by Mark Fisher • 2018

Reality flatlined into the undead where cybernetics, gothic horror, and theory-as-fiction converge.

4.13

345

📖 Critical Theory 🧠 Continental Philosophy 🤖 Cybernetic Systems 📺 Media Theory 🔀 Deleuze Studies

Flatline Constructs 93%

Reality flatlined into the undead where cybernetics, gothic horror, and theory-as-fiction converge.

by Mark Fisher 2018

4.13

345 ratings

📖 Critical Theory 🧠 Continental Philosophy 🤖 Cybernetic Systems 📺 Media Theory 🔀 Deleuze Studies

Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

by Jaron Lanier • 2018

Social media is a behavior-modification machine. The only sane answer: delete your accounts.

3.58

18k+

📱 Social Media Critique ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🧠 Behavior Modification 👁️ Attention Economy 🔗 Digital Addiction

Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now Summary

Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now 93%

Social media is a behavior-modification machine. The only sane answer: delete your accounts.

by Jaron Lanier 2018

3.58

18k+ ratings

📱 Social Media Critique ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🧠 Behavior Modification 👁️ Attention Economy 🔗 Digital Addiction

Program or Be Programmed

by Douglas Rushkoff • 2010

Digital tools have biases. If you can't read their code, someone else writes your behavior.

3.72

2k+

🌐 Media Ecology ⚖️ Technological Bias 🎮 Digital Agency ⏰ Attention Economy 💻 Code Literacy

Program or Be Programmed 93%

Digital tools have biases. If you can't read their code, someone else writes your behavior.

by Douglas Rushkoff 2010

3.72

2k+ ratings

🌐 Media Ecology ⚖️ Technological Bias 🎮 Digital Agency ⏰ Attention Economy 💻 Code Literacy

The Future of Violence

by Benjamin Wittes • 2014

The state's monopoly on violence is ending. Networked technology handed individuals strategic power.

3.42

318

🔒 Cybersecurity 🛡️ National Security 💻 Technology Policy 🏛️ State Sovereignty ⚔️ Asymmetric Warfare

The Future of Violence 93%

The state's monopoly on violence is ending. Networked technology handed individuals strategic power.

by Benjamin Wittes 2014

3.42

318 ratings

🔒 Cybersecurity 🛡️ National Security 💻 Technology Policy 🏛️ State Sovereignty ⚔️ Asymmetric Warfare

The Big Nine

by Amy Webb • 2019

Nine companies control AI's future. Their blind spots are becoming everyone's problem.

3.75

2k+

🏢 Big Tech ⚖️ Ai Ethics 📊 Algorithmic Bias 🛡️ Ai Safety 🏛️ Ai Governance

The Big Nine 93%

Nine companies control AI's future. Their blind spots are becoming everyone's problem.

by Amy Webb 2019

3.75

2k+ ratings

🏢 Big Tech ⚖️ Ai Ethics 📊 Algorithmic Bias 🛡️ Ai Safety 🏛️ Ai Governance

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power

by Rajiv Malhotra • 2021

Two nations race to own AI. The prize: your job, your mind, and the global pecking order.

4.28

217

🌍 Ai Geopolitics 🛡️ Digital Sovereignty 🏭 Job Displacement 📱 Digital Addiction 💰 Surveillance Capitalism

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power Summary

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power 93%

Two nations race to own AI. The prize: your job, your mind, and the global pecking order.

by Rajiv Malhotra 2021

4.28

217 ratings

🌍 Ai Geopolitics 🛡️ Digital Sovereignty 🏭 Job Displacement 📱 Digital Addiction 💰 Surveillance Capitalism

Our Biggest Fight

by Frank H. McCourt • 2024

Your mind is the product, and the price is democracy. A new protocol offers a buyback.

4.15

🌐 Big Tech Critique 💰 Data Monopolies ⏳ Attention Economy 🧠 Addictive Design ⚠️ Algorithmic Harms

Our Biggest Fight 93%

Your mind is the product, and the price is democracy. A new protocol offers a buyback.

by Frank H. McCourt 2024

4.15

27 ratings

🌐 Big Tech Critique 💰 Data Monopolies ⏳ Attention Economy 🧠 Addictive Design ⚠️ Algorithmic Harms

Against the smart city

by Adam Greenfield • 2013

Smart cities sell efficiency but deliver surveillance. The real operating system is people.

3.96

132

🏙️ Smart Cities 📐 Urban Planning 🔬 Technological Critique 🤖 Algorithmic Control 💰 Neoliberal Urbanism

Against the smart city 93%

Smart cities sell efficiency but deliver surveillance. The real operating system is people.

by Adam Greenfield 2013

3.96

132 ratings

🏙️ Smart Cities 📐 Urban Planning 🔬 Technological Critique 🤖 Algorithmic Control 💰 Neoliberal Urbanism

Young People, Ethics, and the New Digital Media

by Carrie James • 2009

Young people face five ethical tests online every day. No one is teaching them the answers.

3.53

112

🏛️ Digital Citizenship 🧠 Adolescent Development 🎭 Online Identity 🔒 Privacy Ethics 🌐 Participatory Culture

Young People, Ethics, and the New Digital Media Summary

Young People, Ethics, and the New Digital Media 93%

Young people face five ethical tests online every day. No one is teaching them the answers.

by Carrie James 2009

3.53

112 ratings

🏛️ Digital Citizenship 🧠 Adolescent Development 🎭 Online Identity 🔒 Privacy Ethics 🌐 Participatory Culture

The End of Absence

by Michael Harris • 2014

The last generation to know life before the internet reveals what constant connection has hidden.

3.63

2k+

🌐 Internet Criticism 📺 Media Ecology 🧠 Attention Economy 📵 Digital Detox 🧘 Digital Solitude

The End of Absence 93%

The last generation to know life before the internet reveals what constant connection has hidden.

by Michael Harris 2014

3.63

2k+ ratings

🌐 Internet Criticism 📺 Media Ecology 🧠 Attention Economy 📵 Digital Detox 🧘 Digital Solitude

Permanent Record

by Edward Snowden • 2019

He helped build the hidden architecture of mass surveillance. Then he blew it wide open.

4.3

59k+

🕵️ Mass Surveillance 📣 Whistleblowing 🔒 Digital Privacy 🏛️ Intelligence Agencies 💾 Data Permanence

Permanent Record 93%

He helped build the hidden architecture of mass surveillance. Then he blew it wide open.

by Edward Snowden 2019

4.3

59k+ ratings

🕵️ Mass Surveillance 📣 Whistleblowing 🔒 Digital Privacy 🏛️ Intelligence Agencies 💾 Data Permanence

Anatomy of Fake News

by Nolan Higdon • 2020

Censorship backfires against fake news. Tech fixes flop. The only cure is a skill schools abandoned.

4.00

📰 Media Literacy 📋 News Literacy 🔍 Disinformation Studies 📢 Propaganda Analysis 💰 Attention Economy

Anatomy of Fake News 93%

Censorship backfires against fake news. Tech fixes flop. The only cure is a skill schools abandoned.

by Nolan Higdon 2020

4.00

35 ratings

📰 Media Literacy 📋 News Literacy 🔍 Disinformation Studies 📢 Propaganda Analysis 💰 Attention Economy

Rage Inside the Machine

by Robert Elliott Smith • 2019

Algorithms reduce reality to neat categories. Prejudice is not a bug but the predictable exhaust.

3.97

145

🧩 Algorithmic Bias 🤖 AI Ethics 💻 Tech Criticism 🎲 History Of Probability 🕸️ Complex Systems

Rage Inside the Machine 93%

Algorithms reduce reality to neat categories. Prejudice is not a bug but the predictable exhaust.

by Robert Elliott Smith 2019

3.97

145 ratings

🧩 Algorithmic Bias 🤖 AI Ethics 💻 Tech Criticism 🎲 History Of Probability 🕸️ Complex Systems

Bursts

by Albert-László Barabási • 2010

Why your email bursts, your travels repeat, and history rhymes: one hidden law of priority.

3.30

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🕸️ Complex Systems 🔗 Network Science 📉 Power Laws ✅ Task Prioritization 🔐 Data And Privacy

Bursts 93%

Why your email bursts, your travels repeat, and history rhymes: one hidden law of priority.

by Albert-László Barabási 2010

3.30

1k+ ratings

🕸️ Complex Systems 🔗 Network Science 📉 Power Laws ✅ Task Prioritization 🔐 Data And Privacy

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