50 Books like Working in Public

The Wealth of Networks

by Yochai Benkler • 2006

Free, voluntary collaboration now rivals the firm, upending the old rules of economy and democracy.

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🌐 Digital Commons 👥 Mass Collaboration 💻 Open Source Culture 📡 Networked Economy 📰 Media Disruption

The Wealth of Networks 96%

Free, voluntary collaboration now rivals the firm, upending the old rules of economy and democracy.

by Yochai Benkler 2006

3.96

2k+ ratings

🌐 Digital Commons 👥 Mass Collaboration 💻 Open Source Culture 📡 Networked Economy 📰 Media Disruption

The People's Platform

by Astra Taylor • 2012

Digital abundance set culture free and made it cheap. Platforms got rich; creators got precarious.

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610

🖥️ Internet Culture 🏭 Platform Capitalism 👁️ Attention Economy ⚖️ Copyright Reform 📉 Digital Inequality

The People's Platform 96%

Digital abundance set culture free and made it cheap. Platforms got rich; creators got precarious.

by Astra Taylor 2012

4.04

610 ratings

🖥️ Internet Culture 🏭 Platform Capitalism 👁️ Attention Economy ⚖️ Copyright Reform 📉 Digital Inequality

Move Fast and Break Things

by Jonathan Taplin • 2017

How three digital monopolies gutted music and news, and why democracy is their next casualty.

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🏢 Platform Capitalism 🔗 Tech Monopolies 🎨 Creative Economy 📡 Surveillance Advertising ©️ Digital Copyright

Move Fast and Break Things 95%

How three digital monopolies gutted music and news, and why democracy is their next casualty.

by Jonathan Taplin 2017

3.59

2k+ ratings

🏢 Platform Capitalism 🔗 Tech Monopolies 🎨 Creative Economy 📡 Surveillance Advertising ©️ Digital Copyright

The Cathedral & the Bazaar

by Eric S. Raymond • 1999

Software theory said complexity needs one architect. Linux proved an open bazaar could do it better.

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🐧 Open Source Movement 🏗️ Software Methodology 💻 Hacker Culture 🌐 Decentralized Innovation 🔄 Rapid Iteration

The Cathedral & the Bazaar 95%

Software theory said complexity needs one architect. Linux proved an open bazaar could do it better.

by Eric S. Raymond 1999

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4k+ ratings

🐧 Open Source Movement 🏗️ Software Methodology 💻 Hacker Culture 🌐 Decentralized Innovation 🔄 Rapid Iteration

Cognitive Surplus

by Clay Shirky • 2010

Spare time, once captive to television, is now building public goods at the scale of nations.

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🏭 Peer Production 🎬 Participatory Culture 🧠 Intrinsic Motivation 🤝 Collective Action 💻 Open Source Culture

Cognitive Surplus 95%

Spare time, once captive to television, is now building public goods at the scale of nations.

by Clay Shirky 2010

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6k+ ratings

🏭 Peer Production 🎬 Participatory Culture 🧠 Intrinsic Motivation 🤝 Collective Action 💻 Open Source Culture

Here Comes Everybody

by Clay Shirky • 2008

Forming a group just became free. That doesn't upgrade institutions; it upends them.

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🖥️ Internet Culture 📱 Digital Sociology ✊ Collective Action 🕸️ Network Effects 🤝 Peer Production

Here Comes Everybody 95%

Forming a group just became free. That doesn't upgrade institutions; it upends them.

by Clay Shirky 2008

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7k+ ratings

🖥️ Internet Culture 📱 Digital Sociology ✊ Collective Action 🕸️ Network Effects 🤝 Peer Production

Like, Comment, Subscribe

by Mark Bergen • 2022

Three PayPal coworkers built a dating site. It became the algorithm deciding what the world watches.

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💹 Platform Economics 🏢 Tech Company Histories 🤖 Algorithmic Influence 🛡️ Content Moderation 🎬 Creator Economy

Like, Comment, Subscribe 95%

Three PayPal coworkers built a dating site. It became the algorithm deciding what the world watches.

by Mark Bergen 2022

3.72

1k+ ratings

💹 Platform Economics 🏢 Tech Company Histories 🤖 Algorithmic Influence 🛡️ Content Moderation 🎬 Creator Economy

Coding Freedom

by Gabriella Coleman • 2012

They built a free software revolution while insisting they were not political at all.

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💻 Hacker Culture 🐧 Free Software Movement 🌐 Digital Ethnography 📜 Intellectual Property 👥 Online Communities

Coding Freedom 95%

They built a free software revolution while insisting they were not political at all.

by Gabriella Coleman 2012

3.82

280 ratings

💻 Hacker Culture 🐧 Free Software Movement 🌐 Digital Ethnography 📜 Intellectual Property 👥 Online Communities

Intention Economy

by Doc Searls • 2012

Customers are worth more unowned. The missing half of the web: tools that make sellers compete.

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🎯 Attention Economy 🏗️ Platform Economy 🔐 Data Ownership 📢 Advertising Critique 🌐 Internet Governance

Intention Economy 95%

Customers are worth more unowned. The missing half of the web: tools that make sellers compete.

by Doc Searls 2012

3.71

177 ratings

🎯 Attention Economy 🏗️ Platform Economy 🔐 Data Ownership 📢 Advertising Critique 🌐 Internet Governance

Who Owns the Future?

by Jaron Lanier • 2013

Free services enter the internet. Middle-class jobs leave. A plan to reverse the pump.

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💻 Digital Economy 🔍 Big Tech Critique 🔐 Data Ownership 🤖 Technological Unemployment 🌐 Decentralization

Who Owns the Future? 95%

Free services enter the internet. Middle-class jobs leave. A plan to reverse the pump.

by Jaron Lanier 2013

3.77

4k+ ratings

💻 Digital Economy 🔍 Big Tech Critique 🔐 Data Ownership 🤖 Technological Unemployment 🌐 Decentralization

Read Write Own

by Chris Dixon • 2024

The architecture for internet networks no single company can control: ownership built into the code.

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🌐 Internet History 🔑 Digital Ownership 🪙 Token Economics 🔗 Network Effects ⛓️ Decentralization

Read Write Own 95%

The architecture for internet networks no single company can control: ownership built into the code.

by Chris Dixon 2024

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2k+ ratings

🌐 Internet History 🔑 Digital Ownership 🪙 Token Economics 🔗 Network Effects ⛓️ Decentralization

Program or Be Programmed

by Douglas Rushkoff • 2010

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

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

Program or Be Programmed 95%

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

by Douglas Rushkoff 2010

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2k+ ratings

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

WTF?

by Tim O'Reilly • 2017

The economy is now an algorithm, and nobody wrote human well-being into its code.

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🏗️ Platform Economy 🤖 Algorithmic Management 💼 Future Of Work 🌱 New Economics 🧠 Collective Intelligence

WTF? 94%

The economy is now an algorithm, and nobody wrote human well-being into its code.

by Tim O'Reilly 2017

4.08

2k+ ratings

🏗️ Platform Economy 🤖 Algorithmic Management 💼 Future Of Work 🌱 New Economics 🧠 Collective Intelligence

Chokepoint Capitalism

by Rebecca Giblin • 2022

A few corporations hold the gates between artists and audiences. The plan to pry them open.

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🧠 Creative Industries 💻 Digital Platforms 🏢 Corporate Power ⚖️ Copyright Reform 🤝 Collective Bargaining

Chokepoint Capitalism 94%

A few corporations hold the gates between artists and audiences. The plan to pry them open.

by Rebecca Giblin 2022

4.25

1k+ ratings

🧠 Creative Industries 💻 Digital Platforms 🏢 Corporate Power ⚖️ Copyright Reform 🤝 Collective Bargaining

Filterworld

by Kyle Chayka • 2024

Your Netflix queue reshapes what artists make: the global aesthetic is now algorithm-friendly.

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🔄 Algorithmic Curation 🏛️ Cultural Homogenization 👀 Attention Economy 🎥 Creator Economy 📡 Media Ecology

Filterworld 94%

Your Netflix queue reshapes what artists make: the global aesthetic is now algorithm-friendly.

by Kyle Chayka 2024

3.62

5k+ ratings

🔄 Algorithmic Curation 🏛️ Cultural Homogenization 👀 Attention Economy 🎥 Creator Economy 📡 Media Ecology

The Exponential Age

by Azeem Azhar • 2021

Tech accelerates exponentially; institutions crawl. The gap is reshaping wealth, work, and war.

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🤖 Technology And Society ⚡ Digital Disruption 🐌 Institutional Lag 🏆 Winner-Takes-All Markets 💻 Platform Economy

The Exponential Age 94%

Tech accelerates exponentially; institutions crawl. The gap is reshaping wealth, work, and war.

by Azeem Azhar 2021

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1k+ ratings

🤖 Technology And Society ⚡ Digital Disruption 🐌 Institutional Lag 🏆 Winner-Takes-All Markets 💻 Platform Economy

Dignity in a Digital Age

by Ro Khanna • 2022

Five cities captured 90% of tech job growth. The case for creating digital opportunity everywhere.

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⚙️ Tech Policy 🌐 Digital Divide 🗺️ Economic Geography ⚖️ Internet Regulation 🔒 Data Privacy

Dignity in a Digital Age 94%

Five cities captured 90% of tech job growth. The case for creating digital opportunity everywhere.

by Ro Khanna 2022

3.71

149 ratings

⚙️ Tech Policy 🌐 Digital Divide 🗺️ Economic Geography ⚖️ Internet Regulation 🔒 Data Privacy

What Would Google Do?

by Jeff Jarvis • 2009

The internet's most successful company wrote a playbook, and it has nothing to do with search.

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🌐 Internet Business 🏗️ Platform Economics 🔓 Open Systems 👥 Crowd Wisdom 🆓 Freeconomics

What Would Google Do? 94%

The internet's most successful company wrote a playbook, and it has nothing to do with search.

by Jeff Jarvis 2009

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11k+ ratings

🌐 Internet Business 🏗️ Platform Economics 🔓 Open Systems 👥 Crowd Wisdom 🆓 Freeconomics

Subprime Attention Crisis

by Tim Hwang • 2020

The internet's ad economy is a bubble of fake clicks, hidden fees, and bad incentives.

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🌐 Internet Economy 👀 Attention Economy 💥 Market Bubbles ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🕵️ Advertising Fraud

Subprime Attention Crisis 94%

The internet's ad economy is a bubble of fake clicks, hidden fees, and bad incentives.

by Tim Hwang 2020

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1k+ ratings

🌐 Internet Economy 👀 Attention Economy 💥 Market Bubbles ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🕵️ Advertising Fraud

The Big Switch

by Nicholas Carr • 2008

What electrification did to factories, cloud computing is doing to business, labor, and your mind.

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⚡ History Of Technology ☁️ Cloud Computing 🔄 Digital Transformation 💰 Winner-Take-All Economics 👁️ Attention Economy

The Big Switch 94%

What electrification did to factories, cloud computing is doing to business, labor, and your mind.

by Nicholas Carr 2008

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3k+ ratings

⚡ History Of Technology ☁️ Cloud Computing 🔄 Digital Transformation 💰 Winner-Take-All Economics 👁️ Attention Economy

Web 2.0

by Amy Shuen • 2007

Your users are your best asset: why giving products away builds billion-dollar businesses.

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149

🏗️ Platform Economics 🔗 Network Effects 🆓 Freemium Models 🔓 Open Innovation 📊 Data-Driven Strategy

Web 2.0 94%

Your users are your best asset: why giving products away builds billion-dollar businesses.

by Amy Shuen 2007

3.32

149 ratings

🏗️ Platform Economics 🔗 Network Effects 🆓 Freemium Models 🔓 Open Innovation 📊 Data-Driven Strategy

TikTok Boom

by Chris Stokel-Walker • 2021

China built the world's most addictive app. The algorithm knows you better than your friends do.

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191

🏛️ Tech Geopolitics 💰 Creator Economy 🤖 Algorithmic Curation 👀 Attention Economy 🔒 Data Privacy

TikTok Boom 94%

China built the world's most addictive app. The algorithm knows you better than your friends do.

by Chris Stokel-Walker 2021

3.72

191 ratings

🏛️ Tech Geopolitics 💰 Creator Economy 🤖 Algorithmic Curation 👀 Attention Economy 🔒 Data Privacy

You Are Not a Gadget

by Jaron Lanier • 2010

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

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🖥️ 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

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6k+ ratings

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

The Zero Marginal Cost Society

by Jeremy Rifkin • 2014

When everything costs nearly nothing to produce, what happens to an economy built on scarcity?

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🏚️ Post-Capitalism 🤝 Sharing Economy 🤖 Technological Unemployment 🌐 Commons Thinking 🛠️ Maker Movement

The Zero Marginal Cost Society 94%

When everything costs nearly nothing to produce, what happens to an economy built on scarcity?

by Jeremy Rifkin 2014

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2k+ ratings

🏚️ Post-Capitalism 🤝 Sharing Economy 🤖 Technological Unemployment 🌐 Commons Thinking 🛠️ Maker Movement

The Anarchist In The Library

by Siva Vaidhyanathan • 2004

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

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

The Anarchist In The Library 94%

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

by Siva Vaidhyanathan 2004

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175 ratings

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

Behind the Screen

by Sarah T. Roberts • 2019

The open internet is a myth: a hidden workforce decides what you see, for a hidden price.

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168

🛡️ Content Moderation ⚖️ Platform Governance 🖥️ Digital Labor 👻 Invisible Labor 🩹 Vicarious Trauma

Behind the Screen 94%

The open internet is a myth: a hidden workforce decides what you see, for a hidden price.

by Sarah T. Roberts 2019

3.65

168 ratings

🛡️ Content Moderation ⚖️ Platform Governance 🖥️ Digital Labor 👻 Invisible Labor 🩹 Vicarious Trauma

No Filter

by Sarah Frier • 2020

Facebook bought Instagram for a billion dollars, promised independence, then slowly took everything.

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🏙️ Silicon Valley 🚀 Tech Startups 📸 Influencer Culture 📱 Social Media History 🏗️ Platform Capitalism

No Filter 94%

Facebook bought Instagram for a billion dollars, promised independence, then slowly took everything.

by Sarah Frier 2020

4.11

11k+ ratings

🏙️ Silicon Valley 🚀 Tech Startups 📸 Influencer Culture 📱 Social Media History 🏗️ Platform Capitalism

The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It

by Jonathan L. Zittrain • 2008

Wikipedia and malware share one cause: an open internet. The locked-down alternative kills both.

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🌐 Internet Governance ⚖️ Cyberlaw 🕸️ Decentralized Networks 👥 Peer Production 🔓 Open Systems

The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It Summary

The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It 94%

Wikipedia and malware share one cause: an open internet. The locked-down alternative kills both.

by Jonathan L. Zittrain 2008

3.86

1k+ ratings

🌐 Internet Governance ⚖️ Cyberlaw 🕸️ Decentralized Networks 👥 Peer Production 🔓 Open Systems

The Inevitable

by Kevin Kelly • 2016

Twelve forces are bending civilization in one direction, and we have just left the gate.

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🔄 Digital Economy 🔮 Technological Forecasting 📊 Information Economy 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🌐 Networked Society

The Inevitable 94%

Twelve forces are bending civilization in one direction, and we have just left the gate.

by Kevin Kelly 2016

3.89

12k+ ratings

🔄 Digital Economy 🔮 Technological Forecasting 📊 Information Economy 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🌐 Networked Society

Free

by Chris Anderson • 2009

Free is not a price point; it's a business model built on attention, trust, and the new scarcities.

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💻 Digital Economics 💰 Pricing Strategy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 👁️ Attention Economy 🎁 Gift Economy

Free 94%

Free is not a price point; it's a business model built on attention, trust, and the new scarcities.

by Chris Anderson 2009

3.88

18k+ ratings

💻 Digital Economics 💰 Pricing Strategy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 👁️ Attention Economy 🎁 Gift Economy

Machine, Platform, Crowd

by Andrew McAfee • 2018

Machines outthink experts, platforms own customers, and outsiders solve what insiders cannot.

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🏢 Technology Strategy 🛒 Platform Economics 📈 Data-Driven Decisions 👥 Crowdsourcing 🤖 Automation And Jobs

Machine, Platform, Crowd 94%

Machines outthink experts, platforms own customers, and outsiders solve what insiders cannot.

by Andrew McAfee 2018

4.04

3k+ ratings

🏢 Technology Strategy 🛒 Platform Economics 📈 Data-Driven Decisions 👥 Crowdsourcing 🤖 Automation And Jobs

The Long Tail

by Chris Anderson • 2006

Digital shelves flip the economics: niche products collectively now outsell blockbusters.

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🖥️ Digital Economics 🎯 Niche Markets 🔍 Algorithmic Curation 🌐 Cultural Fragmentation 📈 Abundance Economics

The Long Tail 94%

Digital shelves flip the economics: niche products collectively now outsell blockbusters.

by Chris Anderson 2006

3.82

30k+ ratings

🖥️ Digital Economics 🎯 Niche Markets 🔍 Algorithmic Curation 🌐 Cultural Fragmentation 📈 Abundance Economics

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 94%

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

Team Human

by Douglas Rushkoff • 2019

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

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📱 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

Radical Technologies

by Adam Greenfield • 2017

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

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⚡ 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

System Error

by Rob Reich • 2021

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

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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

Don't Be Evil

by Rana Foroohar • 2019

The internet promised openness. What arrived was surveillance, addiction, and monopoly.

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🏢 Big Tech Critique 🔒 Data Privacy 🧠 Attention Economy ⚖️ Tech Monopolies 💼 Gig Economy

Don't Be Evil 94%

The internet promised openness. What arrived was surveillance, addiction, and monopoly.

by Rana Foroohar 2019

3.85

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🏢 Big Tech Critique 🔒 Data Privacy 🧠 Attention Economy ⚖️ Tech Monopolies 💼 Gig Economy

The Sharing Economy

by Arun Sundararajan • 2016

Trust between strangers, scaled by smartphones, is building an economy that sidesteps the firm.

3.66

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🤝 Sharing Economy 🔌 Platform Economics 🚗 Gig Economy 🤖 Future Of Work 💼 Independent Work

The Sharing Economy 94%

Trust between strangers, scaled by smartphones, is building an economy that sidesteps the firm.

by Arun Sundararajan 2016

3.66

491 ratings

🤝 Sharing Economy 🔌 Platform Economics 🚗 Gig Economy 🤖 Future Of Work 💼 Independent Work

Get Rich or Lie Trying

by Symeon Brown • 2022

The influencer dream is built on sweatshops, bot farms, and surgical debt the camera never shows.

3.85

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🤑 Influencer Economy 🏗️ Platform Capitalism 👁️ Attention Economy 👗 Fast Fashion 🎣 Internet Scams

Get Rich or Lie Trying 93%

The influencer dream is built on sweatshops, bot farms, and surgical debt the camera never shows.

by Symeon Brown 2022

3.85

922 ratings

🤑 Influencer Economy 🏗️ Platform Capitalism 👁️ Attention Economy 👗 Fast Fashion 🎣 Internet Scams

Virtual Society

by Herman Narula • 2022

Virtual worlds built civilization. The metaverse will fix what it broke: making us feel we matter.

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🎮 Virtual Worlds 💰 Digital Economy 👷 Future Of Work 📊 Virtual Economies 🧠 Intrinsic Motivation

Virtual Society 93%

Virtual worlds built civilization. The metaverse will fix what it broke: making us feel we matter.

by Herman Narula 2022

3.40

288 ratings

🎮 Virtual Worlds 💰 Digital Economy 👷 Future Of Work 📊 Virtual Economies 🧠 Intrinsic Motivation

The People Vs Tech

by Jamie Bartlett • 2018

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

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

The People Vs Tech 93%

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

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.

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273

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

How to Fix the Future 93%

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

Eat People

by Andy Kessler • 2011

Find what gets cheaper every year, waste it prodigiously, and let the market eat the rest.

3.63

393

🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship 💥 Creative Destruction 🏛️ Austrian Economics 🖥️ Platform Economics 📉 Zero Marginal Cost

Eat People 93%

Find what gets cheaper every year, waste it prodigiously, and let the market eat the rest.

by Andy Kessler 2011

3.63

393 ratings

🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship 💥 Creative Destruction 🏛️ Austrian Economics 🖥️ Platform Economics 📉 Zero Marginal Cost

Survival of the Richest

by Douglas Rushkoff • 2022

Tech billionaires build escape pods, not solutions. Rushkoff was invited to help plan one.

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💻 Digital Capitalism 🖥️ Tech Criticism 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🏦 Tech Billionaires 💰 Wealth Inequality

Survival of the Richest 93%

Tech billionaires build escape pods, not solutions. Rushkoff was invited to help plan one.

by Douglas Rushkoff 2022

3.83

3k+ ratings

💻 Digital Capitalism 🖥️ Tech Criticism 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🏦 Tech Billionaires 💰 Wealth Inequality

Competing in the Age of AI

by Marco Iansiti • 2020

AI dissolves the old limits of scale, scope, and learning, and demands a new corporate architecture.

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🤖 Ai Business Models 🏗️ Platform Strategy 🔗 Data Network Effects 🔄 Digital Transformation ⚖️ Ai Ethics

Competing in the Age of AI 93%

AI dissolves the old limits of scale, scope, and learning, and demands a new corporate architecture.

by Marco Iansiti 2020

3.82

1k+ ratings

🤖 Ai Business Models 🏗️ Platform Strategy 🔗 Data Network Effects 🔄 Digital Transformation ⚖️ Ai Ethics

Master Switch

by Tim Wu • 2010

Telephone, radio, film, TV: each began open and ended a monopoly. The internet is next.

3.89

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🏢 Media Monopolies 📜 Information History 🔄 Technological Cycles 🏛️ Corporate Consolidation ⚖️ Antitrust

Master Switch 93%

Telephone, radio, film, TV: each began open and ended a monopoly. The internet is next.

by Tim Wu 2010

3.89

8k+ ratings

🏢 Media Monopolies 📜 Information History 🔄 Technological Cycles 🏛️ Corporate Consolidation ⚖️ Antitrust

Technofeudalism

by Yanis Varoufakis • 2023

Capitalism died. Now platforms are private fiefdoms, and your everyday activity is unpaid labor.

4.02

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🏛️ Political Economy 💻 Digital Economy 👁️ Surveillance Economy 💰 Rentier Capitalism 🏗️ Platform Capitalism

Technofeudalism 93%

Capitalism died. Now platforms are private fiefdoms, and your everyday activity is unpaid labor.

by Yanis Varoufakis 2023

4.02

10k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 💻 Digital Economy 👁️ Surveillance Economy 💰 Rentier Capitalism 🏗️ Platform Capitalism

by Michael Lewis • 2001

Amateurs with modems started beating the experts. The market didn't fight back; it invested.

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🌐 Internet Disruption 🔄 Creative Destruction 📚 Democratized Knowledge 🔗 Peer-To-Peer Networks 🕸️ Flattened Hierarchies

Next 93%

Amateurs with modems started beating the experts. The market didn't fight back; it invested.

by Michael Lewis 2001

3.70

2k+ ratings

🌐 Internet Disruption 🔄 Creative Destruction 📚 Democratized Knowledge 🔗 Peer-To-Peer Networks 🕸️ Flattened Hierarchies

Born Digital

by John Palfrey • 2008

When childhood happens online, identity is public, privacy erodes, and creativity becomes remix.

3.62

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🌐 Digital Culture 🔬 Internet And Society 👤 Digital Identity 🔒 Online Privacy 🎨 Remix Culture

Born Digital 93%

When childhood happens online, identity is public, privacy erodes, and creativity becomes remix.

by John Palfrey 2008

3.62

1k+ ratings

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YouthNation

by Matt Britton • 2015

Eighty million young Americans dismantled marketing, work, and ownership. Most brands never noticed.

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🧒 Youth Marketing 💻 Digital Marketing 🔄 Sharing Economy 🎪 Experience Economy 📣 Influencer Marketing

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Eighty million young Americans dismantled marketing, work, and ownership. Most brands never noticed.

by Matt Britton 2015

4.06

18 ratings

🧒 Youth Marketing 💻 Digital Marketing 🔄 Sharing Economy 🎪 Experience Economy 📣 Influencer Marketing

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