Recs if you like Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas...
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
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Ologies Podcast Suggestions
Ologies is a weekly science podcast hosted by Alie Ward. Each episode, Ward interviews an expert from a distinct scientific field.
This unofficial list contains book suggestions made by the host or by her guests. I avoided extremely technical books or papers. Currently from episode 1 to 525 More details on these books and their associated episodes in my ever evolving spreadsheet.
In the spreadsheet there are also books not found on Goodreads and general book recommendations (like the entire bibliography of a specific author or group of people)
anthropology reads
general anthropology books! i haven’t read a good chunk of these, but they’ve been recommended for the list!!
humans in their natural environment
Ethnography is a research method primarily used in social and behavioral sciences to gain a deeper understanding of human behaviors, motivations, cultures, and interactions. This list contains only ethnographies written by anthropologists/sociologists covering multiple sub-disciplines. Also included are meta books discussing ethnographic research itself.
read 'em and weep!
nonfiction works on the wild world of high rollers, gambling, cards, and casinos
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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