Recs if you like The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource...

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*.

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?

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

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)

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.

Public health: scientific, political, social, cultural, economic…

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.

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