Recs if you like Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy...
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*.
Nonfiction that's actually fun to read
These are some of my favorites and books I want to read--nonfiction that reads like fiction or is otherwise compelling. If you're intimidated by books on history, science, memoir, or other subgenres in nonfiction, start here.
Digital Geographies
Investigating the physical reality of the internet. This reading list explores the material spaces, energy demands, and unseen infrastructure that make digital connectivity possible.
AI, Technofeudalism, Big Data, & Algorithmic Landscapes
girl math or how numbers won’t fool me
Great books about misuse and misrepresentation of numbers, statistics and algorithms
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.
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.
AI AWARENESS
Credits to Catharina Doria, an Ai ethicist for the recommendations on this list! (@cahdoria on instagram) NOT MY RECOMMENDATIONS
Critical AI
Books with a critical, ethical view on AI hype
Digital Minimalism Reading List
Digital minimalism reading list taken from r/nosurf. Plus recently released books relevant to the topic.
Critical reads on technology and the tech industry
A list for us who see right through the bullshit of the Broligarchy
Design for Social Change
Required reading in undergraduate design for social good. List curated from my class readings. Topics in design, philosophy, fashion, games, and more!
Tech, Techlash and refusal, AI and Algorithms
If you want to learn more about how algorithms and Artificial Intelligence work, and what they mean for society
keep your enemies close (ai version)
This is a list of books about AI and the rise of The Algorithm. Use this list to get informed!! please be aware that some may fear-monger and some may not describe the issues as they are!
Demokratie + Authoritarismus
2026
