Recs if you like New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future...
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*.
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.
The BBLL: @teddydee's Greatest Hits
A more tightly-curated spinoff of The Big Bad Luddite List. If you like the original list but are (understandably) overwhelmed, these are my faves so far! I will keep adding titles I personally feel are worth recommending as I continue reading my way through the original list. 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*
Digital Minimalism Reading List
Digital minimalism reading list taken from r/nosurf. Plus recently released books relevant to the topic.
Luddite
Books discussing the potential impacts of modern technologies on our everyday lives, including the way we interact with one another and the world.
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