Technology
Our digital world pulses with endless possibilities, from coding breakthroughs to philosophical questions about how technology shapes our minds and culture. Here you'll find practical guides for developers and entrepreneurs alongside thoughtful explorations of how our tools and screens are transforming society, work, and human connection.
Technology Book Summaries
The Brain Sell
Brain scans, store scents, data trails: the invisible science of turning you into a buyer.
Psychology
Business
Science
Sociology
Technology
The Brain Sell
Brain scans, store scents, data trails: the invisible science of turning you into a buyer.
Psychology
Business
Science
Sociology
Technology
The Truth Machine
Trust used to require banks and governments. A shared digital record is making them optional.
Technology
Economics
Business
Finance
Computer Science
The Truth Machine
Trust used to require banks and governments. A shared digital record is making them optional.
Technology
Economics
Business
Finance
Computer Science
The SaaS Sales Method Fundamentals
From cold email to closing meeting: frameworks for SaaS sales conversations that customers welcome.
Business
Marketing
Self Help
Entrepreneurship
Technology
The SaaS Sales Method Fundamentals
From cold email to closing meeting: frameworks for SaaS sales conversations that customers welcome.
Business
Marketing
Self Help
Entrepreneurship
Technology
Materials Science and Engineering
Atomic architecture decides whether a material bends, shatters, or conducts. Learn the map.
Science
Physics
Reference
Chemistry
Technology
Materials Science and Engineering
Atomic architecture decides whether a material bends, shatters, or conducts. Learn the map.
Science
Physics
Reference
Chemistry
Technology
Intelligence-Driven Incident Response
Stop chasing alerts: build an intelligence function that predicts what the attacker will do next.
Technology
Computer Science
Reference
Business
Management
Intelligence-Driven Incident Response
Stop chasing alerts: build an intelligence function that predicts what the attacker will do next.
Technology
Computer Science
Reference
Business
Management
The Day We Found the Universe
When the universe was just the Milky Way: the instruments and rivalries that found the rest.
Science
History
Space
Physics
Technology
The Day We Found the Universe
When the universe was just the Milky Way: the instruments and rivalries that found the rest.
Science
History
Space
Physics
Technology
Exposing the Magic of Design
Research reveals what is; synthesis reveals what could be. The methods for crossing that gap.
Design
Business
Education
Psychology
Technology
Exposing the Magic of Design
Research reveals what is; synthesis reveals what could be. The methods for crossing that gap.
Design
Business
Education
Psychology
Technology
Models of My Life
He taught computers to think, then used them to reveal how human minds actually work.
Biography
Science
Psychology
Computer Science
Economics
Models of My Life
He taught computers to think, then used them to reveal how human minds actually work.
Biography
Science
Psychology
Computer Science
Economics
The God Particle
All the universe's fundamental pieces are known but one: the particle responsible for mass.
Science
Physics
History
Philosophy
Technology
The God Particle
All the universe's fundamental pieces are known but one: the particle responsible for mass.
Science
Physics
History
Philosophy
Technology
How the Internet Happened
The Internet was not inevitable: a handful of companies built it in a frantic twenty-year race.
History
Technology
Business
Computer Science
Entrepreneurship
How the Internet Happened
The Internet was not inevitable: a handful of companies built it in a frantic twenty-year race.
History
Technology
Business
Computer Science
Entrepreneurship
jQuery
Why jQuery conquered the web: the selector-to-plugin path for building sites that feel like apps.
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Internet
Reference
jQuery
Why jQuery conquered the web: the selector-to-plugin path for building sites that feel like apps.
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Internet
Reference
The 30-Minute Stock Trader
Fire your financial advisor and run your own automated trading system in 30 minutes a day.
Business
Finance
Self Help
Psychology
Economics
The 30-Minute Stock Trader
Fire your financial advisor and run your own automated trading system in 30 minutes a day.
Business
Finance
Self Help
Psychology
Economics
Gray Matters
Brain surgery went from coin-flip gamble to wiring minds to machines. A neurosurgeon traces the arc.
Science
Medicine
Medical
History
Biography
Gray Matters
Brain surgery went from coin-flip gamble to wiring minds to machines. A neurosurgeon traces the arc.
Science
Medicine
Medical
History
Biography
Developing Backbone.js Applications
Bring order to sprawling client-side JavaScript with models, views, and a router, no page reloads.
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Reference
Instructional
Developing Backbone.js Applications
Bring order to sprawling client-side JavaScript with models, views, and a router, no page reloads.
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Reference
Instructional
Digital Marketing in an AI World
AI will automate your PPC work; the human skills that become more important, not less.
Business
Technology
Management
Entrepreneurship
Reference
Digital Marketing in an AI World
AI will automate your PPC work; the human skills that become more important, not less.
Business
Technology
Management
Entrepreneurship
Reference
The Go Programming Language
Implicit interfaces, built-in concurrency: the complete Go programming guide.
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Reference
Education
The Go Programming Language
Implicit interfaces, built-in concurrency: the complete Go programming guide.
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Reference
Education
The Penguin and the Leviathan
Economic models assume selfishness. Brain scans, blood banks, and Wikipedia tell a different story.
Psychology
Economics
Business
Sociology
Politics
The Penguin and the Leviathan
Economic models assume selfishness. Brain scans, blood banks, and Wikipedia tell a different story.
Psychology
Economics
Business
Sociology
Politics
The Gutenberg Parenthesis
Before print, knowledge was conversation. Then books fenced it in. The fences are coming down.
History
Technology
Journalism
Writing
Culture
The Gutenberg Parenthesis
Before print, knowledge was conversation. Then books fenced it in. The fences are coming down.
History
Technology
Journalism
Writing
Culture
Designing Distributed Systems
Reusable patterns that turn a tangle of microservices into a system that scales and survives.
Technology
Architecture
Programming
Computer Science
Design
Designing Distributed Systems
Reusable patterns that turn a tangle of microservices into a system that scales and survives.
Technology
Architecture
Programming
Computer Science
Design
The Girl With a Mind for Math
Segregation said she couldn't. The Navy said two months. She designed a ship in 18 hours.
Picture Books
Biography
Children's
Women
African American
The Girl With a Mind for Math
Segregation said she couldn't. The Navy said two months. She designed a ship in 18 hours.
Picture Books
Biography
Children's
Women
African American
Mad Genius
Artists, not managers, will own the next decade. Here is the playbook for joining them.
Business
Entrepreneurship
Marketing
Self Help
Personal Development
Mad Genius
Artists, not managers, will own the next decade. Here is the playbook for joining them.
Business
Entrepreneurship
Marketing
Self Help
Personal Development
The New Email Revolution
Most business emails are deleted unread. The playbook for getting yours opened and read.
Business
Self Help
Entrepreneurship
Writing
Technology
The New Email Revolution
Most business emails are deleted unread. The playbook for getting yours opened and read.
Business
Self Help
Entrepreneurship
Writing
Technology
Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age
From mercenary captains to nuclear strategists: the ideas and forces that rewrote war.
History
War
Politics
Philosophy
Technology
Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age
From mercenary captains to nuclear strategists: the ideas and forces that rewrote war.
History
War
Politics
Philosophy
Technology
Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed
Three ancient virtues, dismantled by the digital age, reconstructed for it.
Education
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
Anthropology
Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed
Three ancient virtues, dismantled by the digital age, reconstructed for it.
Education
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
Anthropology
An Ugly Truth
Same data that built Facebook's empire fueled election chaos and a genocide. The leaders knew.
Business
Technology
Politics
Sociology
Journalism
An Ugly Truth
Same data that built Facebook's empire fueled election chaos and a genocide. The leaders knew.
Business
Technology
Politics
Sociology
Journalism
Everything for Everyone
The cooperative model that electrified rural America is being rebuilt to challenge Uber and Amazon.
Economics
History
Business
Politics
Social Justice
Everything for Everyone
The cooperative model that electrified rural America is being rebuilt to challenge Uber and Amazon.
Economics
History
Business
Politics
Social Justice
My Product Management Toolkit
How to say no to good ideas, test assumptions cheaply, and influence teams without authority.
Business
Technology
Management
Leadership
Entrepreneurship
My Product Management Toolkit
How to say no to good ideas, test assumptions cheaply, and influence teams without authority.
Business
Technology
Management
Leadership
Entrepreneurship
The SaaS Sales Method
SaaS sales playbook turning cold calls warm, emails opened, meetings closed without the hard sell.
Business
Entrepreneurship
Management
Technology
Leadership
The SaaS Sales Method
SaaS sales playbook turning cold calls warm, emails opened, meetings closed without the hard sell.
Business
Entrepreneurship
Management
Technology
Leadership
12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You
Your phone is making you a worse worshipper. Here is what to do about it.
Christian
Christianity
Theology
Technology
Spirituality
12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You
Your phone is making you a worse worshipper. Here is what to do about it.
Christian
Christianity
Theology
Technology
Spirituality
So You Want to Start a Podcast
What your microphone can't fix: a podcasting guide that starts with purpose, not gear.
Self Help
Business
Writing
Entrepreneurship
Creativity
So You Want to Start a Podcast
What your microphone can't fix: a podcasting guide that starts with purpose, not gear.
Self Help
Business
Writing
Entrepreneurship
Creativity
The Two Cultures
A scientist's 1959 warning: the rift between science and the humanities is a crisis of civilization.
Science
Sociology
Essays
Education
Philosophy
The Two Cultures
A scientist's 1959 warning: the rift between science and the humanities is a crisis of civilization.
Science
Sociology
Essays
Education
Philosophy
Mastering Regular Expressions
Understand the engine behind your regex: why some patterns crawl, and how to make them run.
Computer Science
Programming
Technology
Reference
Mastering Regular Expressions
Understand the engine behind your regex: why some patterns crawl, and how to make them run.
Computer Science
Programming
Technology
Reference
From Nothing
Under a hundred dollars and a laptop: the no-shortcuts playbook for building an income online.
Business
Entrepreneurship
Self Help
Money
Technology
From Nothing
Under a hundred dollars and a laptop: the no-shortcuts playbook for building an income online.
Business
Entrepreneurship
Self Help
Money
Technology
JavaScript Enlightenment
Why your jQuery knowledge isn't enough: the foundational JavaScript concepts that close the gap.
Technology
Programming
Computer Science
Internet
Reference
JavaScript Enlightenment
Why your jQuery knowledge isn't enough: the foundational JavaScript concepts that close the gap.
Technology
Programming
Computer Science
Internet
Reference
Go It Alone!
Build a substantial business alone by outsourcing everything but the one skill that makes you money.
Business
Entrepreneurship
Self Help
Management
Motivational
Go It Alone!
Build a substantial business alone by outsourcing everything but the one skill that makes you money.
Business
Entrepreneurship
Self Help
Management
Motivational
The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective
Britain's Industrial Revolution was an accident of wages and coal prices, not genius or empire.
History
Economics
Technology
Science
Capitalism
The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective
Britain's Industrial Revolution was an accident of wages and coal prices, not genius or empire.
History
Economics
Technology
Science
Capitalism
Life Hacks
Fast phone charging, quick hiccup relief, sinking-car escape: tiny fixes that cover daily life.
Self Help
Reference
Personal Development
Health
Cooking
Life Hacks
Fast phone charging, quick hiccup relief, sinking-car escape: tiny fixes that cover daily life.
Self Help
Reference
Personal Development
Health
Cooking
Linked
Recruiters reject 99% of applicants. The LinkedIn playbook for becoming the one they hire instead.
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
Social Media
Technology
Linked
Recruiters reject 99% of applicants. The LinkedIn playbook for becoming the one they hire instead.
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
Social Media
Technology
The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire
The human population will soon peak and shrink. The only way out of extinction leads through space.
Science
Evolution
Anthropology
History
Biology
The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire
The human population will soon peak and shrink. The only way out of extinction leads through space.
Science
Evolution
Anthropology
History
Biology
This Beautiful Life
After a teen forwards a classmate's explicit video, his Manhattan family faces public ruin.
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Adult Fiction
Book Club
New York
This Beautiful Life
After a teen forwards a classmate's explicit video, his Manhattan family faces public ruin.
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Adult Fiction
Book Club
New York
Solitude
Your phone checks you 150 times a day. Solitude is the lost art: reclaiming your attention.
Psychology
Self Help
Technology
Social Media
Sociology
Solitude
Your phone checks you 150 times a day. Solitude is the lost art: reclaiming your attention.
Psychology
Self Help
Technology
Social Media
Sociology
Social Media Is Bullshit
Viral success is mostly fake. The boring alternative costs less and actually works.
Business
Technology
Sociology
Economics
Entrepreneurship
Social Media Is Bullshit
Viral success is mostly fake. The boring alternative costs less and actually works.
Business
Technology
Sociology
Economics
Entrepreneurship
On Task
Your brain knows what to do but an ancient bottleneck stands between knowing and acting.
Science
Psychology
Self Help
Biology
Personal Development
On Task
Your brain knows what to do but an ancient bottleneck stands between knowing and acting.
Science
Psychology
Self Help
Biology
Personal Development
