Recs if you like The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource...
your honor, big tech is literally evil
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?
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*.
Barack Obama's favorite books
All of his picks since 2008, both summer reading lists and yearly round-ups.
Our Brains in the Screen Age
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.
Luizas Bookclub of AI Book Recommendations
Want to dive deeper into AI? Or are you looking for a gift for someone interested in AI? Look no further! Our AI Book Club has just reached over 5,000 members and now includes 32 books. (created by Luiza Jarovsky)
Public Health and Infectious Disease - Non-Fiction
Public health: scientific, political, social, cultural, economic…
Pop Culture NonFiction
NonFiction books for those who are interested in what's happening in the world now (or at least, in the last decade) while also being super easy to read for those who don't usually jive with nonfiction.
Listen to another podcast or read another book?
Book recommendations from podcasts I listen to: NPR books, Book Reccos, What Should I Read Next?, Book Off, What Page Are You On?, Book Cheat
A Rebel Yawp Before the Storm Learned
Technology and You
Green Reader
