Recs if you like Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age...

Did y'all know that Google removed "don't be evil" from its code of conduct?

"Technological progress" is not some magic solution that will benefit all of humanity, but rather a tool to accelerate accumulation of wealth for billonaires, environmental destruction, and intensification of surveillance and control. Is your life better because students don't learn to write essays anymore, incels can make deepfake nudes of anyone, and impoverished communities lose access to water and power?

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*.

a collection of nonfiction works either not written by americans or not concerning america. from memoirs to more traditional historical/factual nonfiction, this list ties the world together through the lens of non-american stories.

recommendations welcome!

The human brain is programmed for the needs of a prehistoric world, and the constant information and stimulation of the 'Screen Age' easily overwhelms us. These books discuss the science of how we're affected and how to protect our sanity and push back through the tidal wave of the digital age.

Books by people who use artificial intelligence in the writing and/or publishing process. Sources are linked in the comments.

Books from Belletrist Book Club and some extra reccos from their IG account (I.e stacked or YA spotlight)