Recs if you like The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains...

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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All of his picks since 2008, both summer reading lists and yearly round-ups.

exactly as the title says - i need to spend more time off social media. these books discuss the negative side effects of spending excessive time online, and cover the importance in stopping social media addiction.

Every book mentioned in Hwang Bo-Reum's Every Day I Read: 53 Ways to Get Closer to Books

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.

Digital minimalism reading list taken from r/nosurf. Plus recently released books relevant to the topic.

Books I genuinely enjoy, but likely only read because I thought it would make me look/be smarter

These are books about getting off your phone, switching back to analog media and using the Internet as a tool not an addiction. Now go touch grass!

A list of books mentioned by Timothée Chalamet plus 'Dune' by Frank Herbert cuz I have a feeling he might have read that idk

(or to reduce / reconsider your use.) These books will give you reasons based on privacy, mental health, your ability to focus and the way the social media giants don't have your best interests at heart.