50 Books like World Without Mind

Our Biggest Fight

by Frank H. McCourt • 2024

Your mind is the product, and the price is democracy. A new protocol offers a buyback.

4.15

🌐 Big Tech Critique 💰 Data Monopolies ⏳ Attention Economy 🧠 Addictive Design ⚠️ Algorithmic Harms

Our Biggest Fight 98%

Your mind is the product, and the price is democracy. A new protocol offers a buyback.

by Frank H. McCourt 2024

4.15

27 ratings

🌐 Big Tech Critique 💰 Data Monopolies ⏳ Attention Economy 🧠 Addictive Design ⚠️ Algorithmic Harms

Don't Be Evil

by Rana Foroohar • 2019

The internet promised openness. What arrived was surveillance, addiction, and monopoly.

3.85

1k+

🏢 Big Tech Critique 🔒 Data Privacy 🧠 Attention Economy ⚖️ Tech Monopolies 💼 Gig Economy

Don't Be Evil 97%

The internet promised openness. What arrived was surveillance, addiction, and monopoly.

by Rana Foroohar 2019

3.85

1k+ ratings

🏢 Big Tech Critique 🔒 Data Privacy 🧠 Attention Economy ⚖️ Tech Monopolies 💼 Gig Economy

System Error

by Rob Reich • 2021

Tech companies optimized for growth and broke democracy. The cure is political, not digital.

3.82

608

⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🔒 Data Privacy 🤖 Automation And Labor 🧑‍💻 Tech Criticism 💰 Venture Capital

System Error 97%

Tech companies optimized for growth and broke democracy. The cure is political, not digital.

by Rob Reich 2021

3.82

608 ratings

⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🔒 Data Privacy 🤖 Automation And Labor 🧑‍💻 Tech Criticism 💰 Venture Capital

Survival of the Richest

by Douglas Rushkoff • 2022

Tech billionaires build escape pods, not solutions. Rushkoff was invited to help plan one.

3.83

3k+

💻 Digital Capitalism 🖥️ Tech Criticism 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🏦 Tech Billionaires 💰 Wealth Inequality

Survival of the Richest 97%

Tech billionaires build escape pods, not solutions. Rushkoff was invited to help plan one.

by Douglas Rushkoff 2022

3.83

3k+ ratings

💻 Digital Capitalism 🖥️ Tech Criticism 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🏦 Tech Billionaires 💰 Wealth Inequality

To Save Everything, Click Here

by Evgeny Morozov • 2013

Silicon Valley promised a world without friction. Friction, mess, and dissent are what keep us free.

3.67

1k+

💻 Tech Criticism 🗳️ Internet Politics ⚖️ Algorithms And Bias ⚙️ Technological Determinism 🪓 Neo-Luddism

To Save Everything, Click Here 97%

Silicon Valley promised a world without friction. Friction, mess, and dissent are what keep us free.

by Evgeny Morozov 2013

3.67

1k+ ratings

💻 Tech Criticism 🗳️ Internet Politics ⚖️ Algorithms And Bias ⚙️ Technological Determinism 🪓 Neo-Luddism

An Ugly Truth

by Sheera Frenkel • 2021

Same data that built Facebook's empire fueled election chaos and a genocide. The leaders knew.

3.96

7k+

🏛️ Big Tech Accountability 🔒 Data Privacy ⚖️ Content Moderation 🗳️ Election Interference 💰 Monopoly Power

An Ugly Truth 97%

Same data that built Facebook's empire fueled election chaos and a genocide. The leaders knew.

by Sheera Frenkel 2021

3.96

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Big Tech Accountability 🔒 Data Privacy ⚖️ Content Moderation 🗳️ Election Interference 💰 Monopoly Power

Radical Technologies

by Adam Greenfield • 2017

Eight technologies that run your day: the invisible tradeoffs reshaping power, work, and identity.

4.02

1k+

⚡ Tech Criticism 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism ⚖️ Ethics Of Technology 🤖 Automation Anxiety 🖨️ Digital Fabrication

Radical Technologies 97%

Eight technologies that run your day: the invisible tradeoffs reshaping power, work, and identity.

by Adam Greenfield 2017

4.02

1k+ ratings

⚡ Tech Criticism 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism ⚖️ Ethics Of Technology 🤖 Automation Anxiety 🖨️ Digital Fabrication

Move Fast and Break Things

by Jonathan Taplin • 2017

How three digital monopolies gutted music and news, and why democracy is their next casualty.

3.59

2k+

🏢 Platform Capitalism 🔗 Tech Monopolies 🎨 Creative Economy 📡 Surveillance Advertising ©️ Digital Copyright

Move Fast and Break Things 96%

How three digital monopolies gutted music and news, and why democracy is their next casualty.

by Jonathan Taplin 2017

3.59

2k+ ratings

🏢 Platform Capitalism 🔗 Tech Monopolies 🎨 Creative Economy 📡 Surveillance Advertising ©️ Digital Copyright

Google Archipelago

by Michael Rectenwald • 2019

Silicon Valley didn't just get political. It built a totalitarian machine and called it progress.

3.84

120

🤖 Big Tech Criticism 🚫 Cancel Culture 🔇 Digital Censorship 🗣️ Free Speech 📹 Digital Surveillance

Google Archipelago 96%

Silicon Valley didn't just get political. It built a totalitarian machine and called it progress.

by Michael Rectenwald 2019

3.84

120 ratings

🤖 Big Tech Criticism 🚫 Cancel Culture 🔇 Digital Censorship 🗣️ Free Speech 📹 Digital Surveillance

The People Vs Tech

by Jamie Bartlett • 2018

Liberal democracy rests on a few fragile pillars; the internet is dismantling every one.

3.90

2k+

🗳️ Digital Politics 🏛️ Tech Monopolies 🎭 Political Tribalism 🫧 Filter Bubbles 🤖 Ai And Society

The People Vs Tech 96%

Liberal democracy rests on a few fragile pillars; the internet is dismantling every one.

by Jamie Bartlett 2018

3.90

2k+ ratings

🗳️ Digital Politics 🏛️ Tech Monopolies 🎭 Political Tribalism 🫧 Filter Bubbles 🤖 Ai And Society

Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

by Jaron Lanier • 2018

Social media is a behavior-modification machine. The only sane answer: delete your accounts.

3.58

18k+

📱 Social Media Critique ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🧠 Behavior Modification 👁️ Attention Economy 🔗 Digital Addiction

Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now Summary

Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now 96%

Social media is a behavior-modification machine. The only sane answer: delete your accounts.

by Jaron Lanier 2018

3.58

18k+ ratings

📱 Social Media Critique ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🧠 Behavior Modification 👁️ Attention Economy 🔗 Digital Addiction

Who Owns the Future?

by Jaron Lanier • 2013

Free services enter the internet. Middle-class jobs leave. A plan to reverse the pump.

3.77

4k+

💻 Digital Economy 🔍 Big Tech Critique 🔐 Data Ownership 🤖 Technological Unemployment 🌐 Decentralization

Who Owns the Future? 96%

Free services enter the internet. Middle-class jobs leave. A plan to reverse the pump.

by Jaron Lanier 2013

3.77

4k+ ratings

💻 Digital Economy 🔍 Big Tech Critique 🔐 Data Ownership 🤖 Technological Unemployment 🌐 Decentralization

Team Human

by Douglas Rushkoff • 2019

Technology promised connection but atomized us. The fix is not code; it is reclaiming our humanity.

3.83

1k+

📱 Digital Criticism ⚠️ Algorithmic Bias 🧬 Social Creatures 🤝 Collective Action 🏘️ Localism

Team Human 96%

Technology promised connection but atomized us. The fix is not code; it is reclaiming our humanity.

by Douglas Rushkoff 2019

3.83

1k+ ratings

📱 Digital Criticism ⚠️ Algorithmic Bias 🧬 Social Creatures 🤝 Collective Action 🏘️ Localism

Filterworld

by Kyle Chayka • 2024

Your Netflix queue reshapes what artists make: the global aesthetic is now algorithm-friendly.

3.62

5k+

🔄 Algorithmic Curation 🏛️ Cultural Homogenization 👀 Attention Economy 🎥 Creator Economy 📡 Media Ecology

Filterworld 96%

Your Netflix queue reshapes what artists make: the global aesthetic is now algorithm-friendly.

by Kyle Chayka 2024

3.62

5k+ ratings

🔄 Algorithmic Curation 🏛️ Cultural Homogenization 👀 Attention Economy 🎥 Creator Economy 📡 Media Ecology

Empire of AI

by Karen Hao • 2025

The AI revolution runs on $2-an-hour labor, stolen water, and a marketing trick from 1956.

4.02

14k+

🏙️ Silicon Valley 🤖 Ai Ethics ⚠️ Big Tech Critique 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⛏️ Extractive Tech

Empire of AI 96%

The AI revolution runs on $2-an-hour labor, stolen water, and a marketing trick from 1956.

by Karen Hao 2025

4.02

14k+ ratings

🏙️ Silicon Valley 🤖 Ai Ethics ⚠️ Big Tech Critique 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⛏️ Extractive Tech

The Tech Coup

by Marietje Schaake • 2024

When tech companies became the state, democracy became a user agreement no one reads.

3.78

468

🏛️ Tech Regulation 🏢 Corporate Power 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🔒 Digital Authoritarianism 🌐 Internet Governance

The Tech Coup 96%

When tech companies became the state, democracy became a user agreement no one reads.

by Marietje Schaake 2024

3.78

468 ratings

🏛️ Tech Regulation 🏢 Corporate Power 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🔒 Digital Authoritarianism 🌐 Internet Governance

Code Dependent

by Madhumita Murgia • 2024

Behind every AI is an exploited, invisible workforce. A reporter traces the human supply chain.

4.03

3k+

⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🤖 Ai Ethics 👷 Digital Labor 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🛡️ Content Moderation

Code Dependent 95%

Behind every AI is an exploited, invisible workforce. A reporter traces the human supply chain.

by Madhumita Murgia 2024

4.03

3k+ ratings

⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🤖 Ai Ethics 👷 Digital Labor 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🛡️ Content Moderation

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

by Shoshana Zuboff • 2018

Your private moments are now raw data, harvested without consent to predict and sell your future.

4.05

14k+

👁️ Corporate Surveillance 📊 Data Economy 🔍 Tech Industry Critique 🛡️ Data Privacy ⚙️ Algorithmic Control

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism Summary

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism 95%

Your private moments are now raw data, harvested without consent to predict and sell your future.

by Shoshana Zuboff 2018

4.05

14k+ ratings

👁️ Corporate Surveillance 📊 Data Economy 🔍 Tech Industry Critique 🛡️ Data Privacy ⚙️ Algorithmic Control

Tech Agnostic

by Greg Epstein • 2024

Technology sold you a faith: saints, sacraments, apocalypse. The humanist case for walking away.

3.49

156

🕉️ Digital Religion ⚙️ Technology Criticism 🤔 Techno-Skepticism 🤖 Algorithmic Bias 📱 Phone Addiction

Tech Agnostic 95%

Technology sold you a faith: saints, sacraments, apocalypse. The humanist case for walking away.

by Greg Epstein 2024

3.49

156 ratings

🕉️ Digital Religion ⚙️ Technology Criticism 🤔 Techno-Skepticism 🤖 Algorithmic Bias 📱 Phone Addiction

Master Switch

by Tim Wu • 2010

Telephone, radio, film, TV: each began open and ended a monopoly. The internet is next.

3.89

8k+

🏢 Media Monopolies 📜 Information History 🔄 Technological Cycles 🏛️ Corporate Consolidation ⚖️ Antitrust

Master Switch 95%

Telephone, radio, film, TV: each began open and ended a monopoly. The internet is next.

by Tim Wu 2010

3.89

8k+ ratings

🏢 Media Monopolies 📜 Information History 🔄 Technological Cycles 🏛️ Corporate Consolidation ⚖️ Antitrust

How to Fix the Future

by Andrew Keen • 2017

The digital revolution feels unprecedented. It isn't. The fix is the same as last time.

3.36

273

🌐 Digital Society ⚖️ Tech Policy 🔮 Technological Determinism ✋ Digital Humanism 🏙️ Smart Cities

How to Fix the Future 95%

The digital revolution feels unprecedented. It isn't. The fix is the same as last time.

by Andrew Keen 2017

3.36

273 ratings

🌐 Digital Society ⚖️ Tech Policy 🔮 Technological Determinism ✋ Digital Humanism 🏙️ Smart Cities

You Are Not a Gadget

by Jaron Lanier • 2010

The internet reduces people to data points. The people who built it call that wisdom.

3.57

6k+

🖥️ Digital Criticism 🧑‍💻 Tech Humanism 🤔 Technoskepticism 💼 Creative Economy ⚙️ Technological Determinism

You Are Not a Gadget 95%

The internet reduces people to data points. The people who built it call that wisdom.

by Jaron Lanier 2010

3.57

6k+ ratings

🖥️ Digital Criticism 🧑‍💻 Tech Humanism 🤔 Technoskepticism 💼 Creative Economy ⚙️ Technological Determinism

Artificial Intelligence

by Neil Wilkins • 2019

The AI taking your job tomorrow does not exist. The fear is manufactured for profit.

3.18

🤖 Ai Skepticism 🔍 Technology Criticism 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🔒 Digital Privacy 💼 Future Of Work

Artificial Intelligence 95%

The AI taking your job tomorrow does not exist. The fear is manufactured for profit.

by Neil Wilkins 2019

3.18

17 ratings

🤖 Ai Skepticism 🔍 Technology Criticism 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🔒 Digital Privacy 💼 Future Of Work

The People's Platform

by Astra Taylor • 2012

Digital abundance set culture free and made it cheap. Platforms got rich; creators got precarious.

4.04

610

🖥️ Internet Culture 🏭 Platform Capitalism 👁️ Attention Economy ⚖️ Copyright Reform 📉 Digital Inequality

The People's Platform 95%

Digital abundance set culture free and made it cheap. Platforms got rich; creators got precarious.

by Astra Taylor 2012

4.04

610 ratings

🖥️ Internet Culture 🏭 Platform Capitalism 👁️ Attention Economy ⚖️ Copyright Reform 📉 Digital Inequality

The Big Nine

by Amy Webb • 2019

Nine companies control AI's future. Their blind spots are becoming everyone's problem.

3.75

2k+

🏢 Big Tech ⚖️ Ai Ethics 📊 Algorithmic Bias 🛡️ Ai Safety 🏛️ Ai Governance

The Big Nine 95%

Nine companies control AI's future. Their blind spots are becoming everyone's problem.

by Amy Webb 2019

3.75

2k+ ratings

🏢 Big Tech ⚖️ Ai Ethics 📊 Algorithmic Bias 🛡️ Ai Safety 🏛️ Ai Governance

The Big Switch

by Nicholas Carr • 2008

What electrification did to factories, cloud computing is doing to business, labor, and your mind.

3.84

3k+

⚡ History Of Technology ☁️ Cloud Computing 🔄 Digital Transformation 💰 Winner-Take-All Economics 👁️ Attention Economy

The Big Switch 95%

What electrification did to factories, cloud computing is doing to business, labor, and your mind.

by Nicholas Carr 2008

3.84

3k+ ratings

⚡ History Of Technology ☁️ Cloud Computing 🔄 Digital Transformation 💰 Winner-Take-All Economics 👁️ Attention Economy

Like, Comment, Subscribe

by Mark Bergen • 2022

Three PayPal coworkers built a dating site. It became the algorithm deciding what the world watches.

3.72

1k+

💹 Platform Economics 🏢 Tech Company Histories 🤖 Algorithmic Influence 🛡️ Content Moderation 🎬 Creator Economy

Like, Comment, Subscribe 95%

Three PayPal coworkers built a dating site. It became the algorithm deciding what the world watches.

by Mark Bergen 2022

3.72

1k+ ratings

💹 Platform Economics 🏢 Tech Company Histories 🤖 Algorithmic Influence 🛡️ Content Moderation 🎬 Creator Economy

The Exponential Age

by Azeem Azhar • 2021

Tech accelerates exponentially; institutions crawl. The gap is reshaping wealth, work, and war.

3.98

1k+

🤖 Technology And Society ⚡ Digital Disruption 🐌 Institutional Lag 🏆 Winner-Takes-All Markets 💻 Platform Economy

The Exponential Age 95%

Tech accelerates exponentially; institutions crawl. The gap is reshaping wealth, work, and war.

by Azeem Azhar 2021

3.98

1k+ ratings

🤖 Technology And Society ⚡ Digital Disruption 🐌 Institutional Lag 🏆 Winner-Takes-All Markets 💻 Platform Economy

How Algorithms Create and Prevent Fake News

by Noah Giansiracusa • 2021

Algorithms chase engagement, not truth. Lies outperform facts every time, and platforms know it.

3.25

⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 📰 Online Misinformation 🎭 Deepfakes 🤖 Ai Ethics 🏛️ Tech Accountability

How Algorithms Create and Prevent Fake News Summary

How Algorithms Create and Prevent Fake News 95%

Algorithms chase engagement, not truth. Lies outperform facts every time, and platforms know it.

by Noah Giansiracusa 2021

3.25

20 ratings

⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 📰 Online Misinformation 🎭 Deepfakes 🤖 Ai Ethics 🏛️ Tech Accountability

The End of Absence

by Michael Harris • 2014

The last generation to know life before the internet reveals what constant connection has hidden.

3.63

2k+

🌐 Internet Criticism 📺 Media Ecology 🧠 Attention Economy 📵 Digital Detox 🧘 Digital Solitude

The End of Absence 95%

The last generation to know life before the internet reveals what constant connection has hidden.

by Michael Harris 2014

3.63

2k+ ratings

🌐 Internet Criticism 📺 Media Ecology 🧠 Attention Economy 📵 Digital Detox 🧘 Digital Solitude

Privacy is Power

by Carissa Véliz • 2020

Your data is not the product; it's the toxic spill that's eroding your freedom.

4.02

1k+

🔒 Digital Privacy 💰 Data Economy 📹 Mass Surveillance 🧠 Online Manipulation ⚖️ Data Ethics

Privacy is Power 95%

Your data is not the product; it's the toxic spill that's eroding your freedom.

by Carissa Véliz 2020

4.02

1k+ ratings

🔒 Digital Privacy 💰 Data Economy 📹 Mass Surveillance 🧠 Online Manipulation ⚖️ Data Ethics

The Attention Merchants

by Tim Wu • 2016

Your attention has been for sale since 1833. The hidden industry that trades in it.

4.07

5k+

🎯 Attention Economy 📺 Media History 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 📱 Digital Addiction 📢 Propaganda Studies

The Attention Merchants 95%

Your attention has been for sale since 1833. The hidden industry that trades in it.

by Tim Wu 2016

4.07

5k+ ratings

🎯 Attention Economy 📺 Media History 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 📱 Digital Addiction 📢 Propaganda Studies

Digital Empires

by Anu Bradford • 2023

Three powers are battling to govern the internet, and the prize is the future of democracy.

3.91

151

🌐 Internet Governance ⚖️ Regulatory Competition 🇨🇳 Techno-Nationalism 🔒 Data Privacy 🏛️ Political Economy

Digital Empires 95%

Three powers are battling to govern the internet, and the prize is the future of democracy.

by Anu Bradford 2023

3.91

151 ratings

🌐 Internet Governance ⚖️ Regulatory Competition 🇨🇳 Techno-Nationalism 🔒 Data Privacy 🏛️ Political Economy

The Anarchist In The Library

by Siva Vaidhyanathan • 2004

The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.

3.50

175

🛡️ Digital Rights ⚖️ Copyright Politics 🏛️ Cultural Commons 🌐 Network Society 💻 Digital Counterculture

The Anarchist In The Library 95%

The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.

by Siva Vaidhyanathan 2004

3.50

175 ratings

🛡️ Digital Rights ⚖️ Copyright Politics 🏛️ Cultural Commons 🌐 Network Society 💻 Digital Counterculture

Dignity in a Digital Age

by Ro Khanna • 2022

Five cities captured 90% of tech job growth. The case for creating digital opportunity everywhere.

3.71

149

⚙️ Tech Policy 🌐 Digital Divide 🗺️ Economic Geography ⚖️ Internet Regulation 🔒 Data Privacy

Dignity in a Digital Age 94%

Five cities captured 90% of tech job growth. The case for creating digital opportunity everywhere.

by Ro Khanna 2022

3.71

149 ratings

⚙️ Tech Policy 🌐 Digital Divide 🗺️ Economic Geography ⚖️ Internet Regulation 🔒 Data Privacy

Stolen Focus

by Johann Hari • 2022

You touch your phone 2,617 times a day. That's not a habit. It's a business model.

4.22

80k+

📊 Attention Economy 🕵️ Surveillance Capitalism 📨 Information Overload 📱 Digital Distraction 🧠 Screen Time Effects

Stolen Focus 94%

You touch your phone 2,617 times a day. That's not a habit. It's a business model.

by Johann Hari 2022

4.22

80k+ ratings

📊 Attention Economy 🕵️ Surveillance Capitalism 📨 Information Overload 📱 Digital Distraction 🧠 Screen Time Effects

Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology

by Edward H. Spence • 2021

We're building superintelligence without a control plan. Stoicism has one.

4.50

🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🤖 Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment 👀 Attention Economy 🏢 Big Tech Critique

Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology Summary

Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology 94%

We're building superintelligence without a control plan. Stoicism has one.

by Edward H. Spence 2021

4.50

2 ratings

🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🤖 Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment 👀 Attention Economy 🏢 Big Tech Critique

Broken Code

by Jeff Horwitz • 2023

Instagram harmed teen mental health. Facebook buried proof; whistleblower documents forced it out.

3.88

677

📱 Social Media Platforms ⚖️ Big Tech Accountability 📣 Tech Whistleblowers 📈 Algorithmic Amplification 🛡️ Content Moderation

Broken Code 94%

Instagram harmed teen mental health. Facebook buried proof; whistleblower documents forced it out.

by Jeff Horwitz 2023

3.88

677 ratings

📱 Social Media Platforms ⚖️ Big Tech Accountability 📣 Tech Whistleblowers 📈 Algorithmic Amplification 🛡️ Content Moderation

Tools and Weapons

by Brad Smith • 2019

Tech weaponized your data, your vote, your face. An insider's plan to take them back.

3.85

2k+

🏛️ Tech Policy 🔒 Privacy Rights 🛡️ Cybersecurity 🤖 Ai Ethics 🌐 Digital Divide

Tools and Weapons 94%

Tech weaponized your data, your vote, your face. An insider's plan to take them back.

by Brad Smith 2019

3.85

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Tech Policy 🔒 Privacy Rights 🛡️ Cybersecurity 🤖 Ai Ethics 🌐 Digital Divide

No Filter

by Sarah Frier • 2020

Facebook bought Instagram for a billion dollars, promised independence, then slowly took everything.

4.11

11k+

🏙️ Silicon Valley 🚀 Tech Startups 📸 Influencer Culture 📱 Social Media History 🏗️ Platform Capitalism

No Filter 94%

Facebook bought Instagram for a billion dollars, promised independence, then slowly took everything.

by Sarah Frier 2020

4.11

11k+ ratings

🏙️ Silicon Valley 🚀 Tech Startups 📸 Influencer Culture 📱 Social Media History 🏗️ Platform Capitalism

Program or Be Programmed

by Douglas Rushkoff • 2010

Digital tools have biases. If you can't read their code, someone else writes your behavior.

3.72

2k+

🌐 Media Ecology ⚖️ Technological Bias 🎮 Digital Agency ⏰ Attention Economy 💻 Code Literacy

Program or Be Programmed 94%

Digital tools have biases. If you can't read their code, someone else writes your behavior.

by Douglas Rushkoff 2010

3.72

2k+ ratings

🌐 Media Ecology ⚖️ Technological Bias 🎮 Digital Agency ⏰ Attention Economy 💻 Code Literacy

Subprime Attention Crisis

by Tim Hwang • 2020

The internet's ad economy is a bubble of fake clicks, hidden fees, and bad incentives.

3.61

1k+

🌐 Internet Economy 👀 Attention Economy 💥 Market Bubbles ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🕵️ Advertising Fraud

Subprime Attention Crisis 94%

The internet's ad economy is a bubble of fake clicks, hidden fees, and bad incentives.

by Tim Hwang 2020

3.61

1k+ ratings

🌐 Internet Economy 👀 Attention Economy 💥 Market Bubbles ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🕵️ Advertising Fraud

TikTok Boom

by Chris Stokel-Walker • 2021

China built the world's most addictive app. The algorithm knows you better than your friends do.

3.72

191

🏛️ Tech Geopolitics 💰 Creator Economy 🤖 Algorithmic Curation 👀 Attention Economy 🔒 Data Privacy

TikTok Boom 94%

China built the world's most addictive app. The algorithm knows you better than your friends do.

by Chris Stokel-Walker 2021

3.72

191 ratings

🏛️ Tech Geopolitics 💰 Creator Economy 🤖 Algorithmic Curation 👀 Attention Economy 🔒 Data Privacy

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power

by Rajiv Malhotra • 2021

Two nations race to own AI. The prize: your job, your mind, and the global pecking order.

4.28

217

🌍 Ai Geopolitics 🛡️ Digital Sovereignty 🏭 Job Displacement 📱 Digital Addiction 💰 Surveillance Capitalism

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power Summary

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power 94%

Two nations race to own AI. The prize: your job, your mind, and the global pecking order.

by Rajiv Malhotra 2021

4.28

217 ratings

🌍 Ai Geopolitics 🛡️ Digital Sovereignty 🏭 Job Displacement 📱 Digital Addiction 💰 Surveillance Capitalism

The Sirens' Call

by Christopher L. Hayes • 2025

Attention is finite, information is not; that imbalance fuels a hidden war for your mind.

3.94

9k+

💰 Attention Economy 📊 Information Overload 📱 Digital Distraction 💬 Social Media Critique 😶 Modern Alienation

The Sirens' Call 94%

Attention is finite, information is not; that imbalance fuels a hidden war for your mind.

by Christopher L. Hayes 2025

3.94

9k+ ratings

💰 Attention Economy 📊 Information Overload 📱 Digital Distraction 💬 Social Media Critique 😶 Modern Alienation

Why Social Media is Ruining Your Life

by Katherine Ormerod • 2018

Social media promised connection; it gave us loneliness, debt, and a fractured democracy.

3.49

801

📱 Social Media Critique 🧘 Digital Wellness 🎣 Attention Economy ⚖️ Social Comparison 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism

Why Social Media is Ruining Your Life Summary

Why Social Media is Ruining Your Life 94%

Social media promised connection; it gave us loneliness, debt, and a fractured democracy.

by Katherine Ormerod 2018

3.49

801 ratings

📱 Social Media Critique 🧘 Digital Wellness 🎣 Attention Economy ⚖️ Social Comparison 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism

Ruined by Design

by Mike Monteiro • 2019

Every harmful app was a designer's decision. The principles for refusing to build the next one.

4.11

2k+

🧭 Design Ethics 🌐 Tech Criticism 🌈 Diversity In Tech ✊ Collective Action ⚖️ Platform Accountability

Ruined by Design 94%

Every harmful app was a designer's decision. The principles for refusing to build the next one.

by Mike Monteiro 2019

4.11

2k+ ratings

🧭 Design Ethics 🌐 Tech Criticism 🌈 Diversity In Tech ✊ Collective Action ⚖️ Platform Accountability

Mindmasters

by Sandra Matz • 2025

Algorithms read personality from digital traces. The fix isn't privacy; it's collective ownership.

3.96

399

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3.96

399 ratings

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3.58

1k+ ratings

📊 Data-Driven Campaigning 🕵️ Surveillance Capitalism ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🎯 Behavioral Targeting 🗳️ Election Interference

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The influencer dream is built on sweatshops, bot farms, and surgical debt the camera never shows.

3.85

922

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Get Rich or Lie Trying 94%

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by Symeon Brown 2022

3.85

922 ratings

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