Recs if you like Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It...
AI Ain't Fly
Look, we all know AI is rubbish. Here are some books about why it sucks so hard.
🫵 Books To Radicalize You 🫵
Non-fiction books that should make you: Re-contextualize your place in the world. Reassess the framework of your life. Strive to be radically kind. Pursue positive change. Become an anarchist, anit-capitalist, anti-fascist, anti-racist, etc. || My list is very North American centric and I would love global recommendations ||
The Big Bad Luddite List
ANTI: fascism, ai, nfts, Big Tech, billionaires, surveillance states, optimization, algorithms, bot farms, technofeudalism, enshittification, exploitation, extractionism, planned obsolescence PRO: organized labor, punk, analog, solidarity, free speech, friction, degrowth, experimentation, right to privacy, right to repair, diy, material process, mutual aid, ecological living, the human hand, the human mind
Looking for fiction? Check out The Big Bad Luddite Novel*.
big tech is bad, actually
tools to understand and fight for justice in an online world owned and dominated by the ruling class
anti-capitalism for babies
books to inspire your anti-capitalism; a mix of short introductory economics nonfiction and books that bridge anti-capitalism with your other interests
Expert-Curated Books on Critical AI
‘Critical AI’ is a growing field that examines the societal, ethical, and cultural implications of AI.
It involves evaluating, questioning, and understanding AI's limitations and risks, including power structures, bias, and environmental impacts.
Selected from a collection curated by Prof. Dr. Dagmar Monett, Head of the Computer Science Department at HWR Berlin. Full list here.
Let‘s All Become Anti-Capitalists Together
The BBLL: @teddydee's Greatest Hits
A spinoff of The Big Bad Luddite List. Whereas the original list is huge and sprawling and includes many books I have not yet read, as well as some that weren't my personal favorite, this Greatest Hits version is condensed and more tightly curated. All the titles on this list are books I personally feel are worth recommending. Check the comments for potential caveats or additional contextual information about certain titles.
SISTER LISTS: The Big Bad Luddite List | The Big Bad Luddite Novel*
Good Reads Choice Awards 2025
Nominees and winners of every category of the Good Reads Choice Awards for the year of 2025. Some books overlap so they were only entered once.
big tech survival manual
A list of books, fiction and non-fiction, to help folks think about the machinations of big tech...and what to do about them.
Luizas Bookclub of AI Book Recommendations
Want to dive deeper into AI? Or are you looking for a gift for someone interested in AI? Look no further! Our AI Book Club has just reached over 5,000 members and now includes 32 books. (created by Luiza Jarovsky)
Books I learned about on Democracy Now
https://www.democracynow.org I get such good recommendations from their show!
AI AWARENESS
Credits to Catharina Doria, an Ai ethicist for the recommendations on this list! (@cahdoria on instagram) NOT MY RECOMMENDATIONS
Stories in STEM!
This list focuses on nonfiction books that describe different topics in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math). This list tends to prioritize books that focus more on the whys/hows something works, but occasionally dive into the history of subjects too!
Happy reading! As always open to suggestions!! 🤠🌱
Resisting Big Tech
Books on how and why to resist surveillance, the attention economy, and generative AI.
the internet doesn't have to be like this
non-fic anticapitalist tech reads
“Don’t be so radical”
just take a look around you
Understanding modern life
Pop Culture NonFiction
NonFiction books for those who are interested in what's happening in the world now (or at least, in the last decade) while also being super easy to read for those who don't usually jive with nonfiction.
Challenging Big Tech
Critical thinking on Big Tech’s impact on economy and society. Only putting in good books that I’ve read here, so watch this space!
