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The AI Book

by Susanne Chishti • 2020

AI isn't incremental; it's a step change in finance. What investors and entrepreneurs must know now.

3.53

💳 Fintech 🤖 Ai In Finance 📈 Algorithmic Trading

The AI Book 89%

AI isn't incremental; it's a step change in finance. What investors and entrepreneurs must know now.

by Susanne Chishti 2020

3.53

17 ratings

💳 Fintech 🤖 Ai In Finance 📈 Algorithmic Trading

AI in the Financial Markets

by Federico Cecconi • 2023

AI finds market patterns invisible to humans, trades on them instantly, and offers no explanation.

📉 Financial Markets 💻 Fintech 🤖 Algorithmic Trading

AI in the Financial Markets 89%

AI finds market patterns invisible to humans, trades on them instantly, and offers no explanation.

by Federico Cecconi 2023

📉 Financial Markets 💻 Fintech 🤖 Algorithmic Trading

The Year in Tech 2022

by Harvard Business Review • 2021

Brain sensors at work. Doctor-prescribed apps. The tech trends reshaping business.

3.56

176

📊 Tech Strategy 🔮 Emerging Technology ⚖️ Ai Ethics

The Year in Tech 2022 89%

Brain sensors at work. Doctor-prescribed apps. The tech trends reshaping business.

by Harvard Business Review 2021

3.56

176 ratings

📊 Tech Strategy 🔮 Emerging Technology ⚖️ Ai Ethics

Fintech in a Flash

by Agustin Rubini • 2017

Mobile payments, blockchain, and algorithm-driven loans: the new plumbing of global money.

3.64

140

🏦 Financial Services 📱 Digital Banking 💳 Payments Innovation

Fintech in a Flash 89%

Mobile payments, blockchain, and algorithm-driven loans: the new plumbing of global money.

by Agustin Rubini 2017

3.64

140 ratings

🏦 Financial Services 📱 Digital Banking 💳 Payments Innovation

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

The Tech Coup 89%

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

Practical Data Analytics for BFSI

by Mr. Bharat Sikka • 2023

ATM refills, fraud alerts, loan approvals: the data models that run a modern bank.

🏦 Banking Analytics 💼 Financial Services 🗂️ Data Governance

Practical Data Analytics for BFSI Summary

Practical Data Analytics for BFSI 89%

ATM refills, fraud alerts, loan approvals: the data models that run a modern bank.

by Mr. Bharat Sikka 2023

🏦 Banking Analytics 💼 Financial Services 🗂️ Data Governance

The FINTECH Book

by Susanne Chishti • 2016

FinTech isn't just disrupting banking. It's rewriting who participates in the global economy.

3.46

252

📱 Fintech 🏦 Banking Innovation 🔄 Digital Transformation

The FINTECH Book 89%

FinTech isn't just disrupting banking. It's rewriting who participates in the global economy.

by Susanne Chishti 2016

3.46

252 ratings

📱 Fintech 🏦 Banking Innovation 🔄 Digital Transformation

Mastering Regular Expressions

by Jeffrey E.F. Friedl • 1997

Understand the engine behind your regex: why some patterns crawl, and how to make them run.

4.16

2k+

🧩 Regular Expressions 📝 Text Processing 🔍 Pattern Matching

Mastering Regular Expressions 88%

Understand the engine behind your regex: why some patterns crawl, and how to make them run.

by Jeffrey E.F. Friedl 1997

4.16

2k+ ratings

🧩 Regular Expressions 📝 Text Processing 🔍 Pattern Matching

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

Digital Empires 88%

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

WTF?

by Tim O'Reilly • 2017

The economy is now an algorithm, and nobody wrote human well-being into its code.

4.08

2k+

🏗️ Platform Economy 🤖 Algorithmic Management 💼 Future Of Work

WTF? 88%

The economy is now an algorithm, and nobody wrote human well-being into its code.

by Tim O'Reilly 2017

4.08

2k+ ratings

🏗️ Platform Economy 🤖 Algorithmic Management 💼 Future Of Work

Recoding America

by Jennifer Pahlka • 2023

Government's tech catastrophes share one cause: it treats code as a purchase, never a practice.

4.37

3k+

🖥️ Gov Tech 🔄 Digital Transformation 🔁 Agile Government

Recoding America 88%

Government's tech catastrophes share one cause: it treats code as a purchase, never a practice.

by Jennifer Pahlka 2023

4.37

3k+ ratings

🖥️ Gov Tech 🔄 Digital Transformation 🔁 Agile Government

Rewiring Democracy

by Bruce Schneier • 2025

AI writes laws, targets voters, judges cases. Democracy is an information system; AI is the driver.

3.67

🖥️ Digital Governance ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🏛️ Power Concentration

Rewiring Democracy 88%

AI writes laws, targets voters, judges cases. Democracy is an information system; AI is the driver.

by Bruce Schneier 2025

3.67

91 ratings

🖥️ Digital Governance ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🏛️ Power Concentration

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

Move Fast and Break Things 88%

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

Project Management in Electronic Discovery

by Michael I. Quartararo • 2016

E-discovery becomes a defensible process, not a fragmented liability, through project management.

3.67

🖥️ E-Discovery 📋 Legal Project Management 🗂️ Information Governance

Project Management in Electronic Discovery Summary

Project Management in Electronic Discovery 88%

E-discovery becomes a defensible process, not a fragmented liability, through project management.

by Michael I. Quartararo 2016

3.67

12 ratings

🖥️ E-Discovery 📋 Legal Project Management 🗂️ Information Governance

The Third Wave

by Steve Case • 2016

The Internet's next phase: health care, education, food. Disruptors need the disrupted as partners.

3.67

4k+

📱 Digital Transformation 🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship 🤝 Corporate Partnerships

The Third Wave 88%

The Internet's next phase: health care, education, food. Disruptors need the disrupted as partners.

by Steve Case 2016

3.67

4k+ ratings

📱 Digital Transformation 🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship 🤝 Corporate Partnerships

Rebooting Justice

by Benjamin H. Barton • 2017

Justice is too expensive for most Americans. The surprising cure: fewer lawyers and smarter systems.

3.90

🏛️ Access To Justice ⚖️ Legal System Reform 🔗 Criminal Justice Reform

Rebooting Justice 87%

Justice is too expensive for most Americans. The surprising cure: fewer lawyers and smarter systems.

by Benjamin H. Barton 2017

3.90

29 ratings

🏛️ Access To Justice ⚖️ Legal System Reform 🔗 Criminal Justice Reform

Bank 4.0

by Brett King • 2018

Banking is leaving the building. The companies winning never had branches to begin with.

4.07

606

💳 Fintech 🔄 Digital Transformation 🔗 Platform Ecosystems

Bank 4.0 87%

Banking is leaving the building. The companies winning never had branches to begin with.

by Brett King 2018

4.07

606 ratings

💳 Fintech 🔄 Digital Transformation 🔗 Platform Ecosystems

How to Speak Tech

by Vinay Trivedi • 2013

No coding required: the Internet, cloud, databases, and software, translated into business sense.

3.93

204

📖 Tech Literacy 🌐 Web Development ☁️ Cloud Computing

How to Speak Tech 87%

No coding required: the Internet, cloud, databases, and software, translated into business sense.

by Vinay Trivedi 2013

3.93

204 ratings

📖 Tech Literacy 🌐 Web Development ☁️ Cloud Computing

Superagency

by Reid Hoffman • 2025

AI multiplies human agency. That power will concentrate or spread. The choice is ours.

3.33

1k+

🏛️ Ai Policy 🌅 Tech Optimism ⚖️ Ai Ethics

Superagency 87%

AI multiplies human agency. That power will concentrate or spread. The choice is ours.

by Reid Hoffman 2025

3.33

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Ai Policy 🌅 Tech Optimism ⚖️ Ai Ethics

What Would Google Do?

by Jeff Jarvis • 2009

The internet's most successful company wrote a playbook, and it has nothing to do with search.

3.87

11k+

🌐 Internet Business 🏗️ Platform Economics 🔓 Open Systems

What Would Google Do? 87%

The internet's most successful company wrote a playbook, and it has nothing to do with search.

by Jeff Jarvis 2009

3.87

11k+ ratings

🌐 Internet Business 🏗️ Platform Economics 🔓 Open Systems

Next Level Cybersecurity

by Sai Huda • 2019

Breach is inevitable. Fifteen signals that catch intruders before they touch critical data.

3.86

🛡️ Cyber Risk Management 🔍 Threat Detection 🩹 Vulnerability Management

Next Level Cybersecurity 87%

Breach is inevitable. Fifteen signals that catch intruders before they touch critical data.

by Sai Huda 2019

3.86

57 ratings

🛡️ Cyber Risk Management 🔍 Threat Detection 🩹 Vulnerability Management

CISA Review Manual

by ISACA • 2007

From audit planning to incident recovery: the CISA exam's full scope, organized for passing.

3.92

225

🔍 IT Auditing 📝 Certification Exam Prep 🔒 Information Security

CISA Review Manual 87%

From audit planning to incident recovery: the CISA exam's full scope, organized for passing.

by ISACA 2007

3.92

225 ratings

🔍 IT Auditing 📝 Certification Exam Prep 🔒 Information Security

The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It

by Jonathan L. Zittrain • 2008

Wikipedia and malware share one cause: an open internet. The locked-down alternative kills both.

3.86

1k+

🌐 Internet Governance ⚖️ Cyberlaw 🕸️ Decentralized Networks

The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It Summary

The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It 87%

Wikipedia and malware share one cause: an open internet. The locked-down alternative kills both.

by Jonathan L. Zittrain 2008

3.86

1k+ ratings

🌐 Internet Governance ⚖️ Cyberlaw 🕸️ Decentralized Networks

Automate This

by Christopher Steiner • 2012

Algorithms took Wall Street. Now they compose music, allocate kidneys, and profile personalities.

3.82

4k+

📈 Algorithmic Trading 🤖 Automation And Society 💻 Computational Thinking

Automate This 87%

Algorithms took Wall Street. Now they compose music, allocate kidneys, and profile personalities.

by Christopher Steiner 2012

3.82

4k+ ratings

📈 Algorithmic Trading 🤖 Automation And Society 💻 Computational Thinking

Software Requirements

by Karl Wiegers • 1999

Nearly half of all software defects trace back to bad requirements. The fix starts here.

4.14

859

🏗️ Requirements Engineering 👤 User-Centered Design ✅ Software Quality

Software Requirements 87%

Nearly half of all software defects trace back to bad requirements. The fix starts here.

by Karl Wiegers 1999

4.14

859 ratings

🏗️ Requirements Engineering 👤 User-Centered Design ✅ Software Quality

Bank 3.0

by Brett King • 2012

Customers check phones twice daily and branches twice yearly. Banks are built for the opposite.

3.63

384

🏦 Retail Banking 💻 Digital Transformation 📱 Fintech

Bank 3.0 87%

Customers check phones twice daily and branches twice yearly. Banks are built for the opposite.

by Brett King 2012

3.63

384 ratings

🏦 Retail Banking 💻 Digital Transformation 📱 Fintech

Tomorrow's Lawyers

by Richard Susskind • 2013

More legal help for less money: the demand that is finally breaking law firms apart.

3.90

1k+

⚖️ Legal Industry 💻 Legal Technology 🔄 Disruptive Innovation

Tomorrow's Lawyers 87%

More legal help for less money: the demand that is finally breaking law firms apart.

by Richard Susskind 2013

3.90

1k+ ratings

⚖️ Legal Industry 💻 Legal Technology 🔄 Disruptive Innovation

Breaking Banks

by Brett King • 2014

Physical bank branches are dying. Their replacements are apps built by coders who own no vaults.

3.68

140

🏦 Digital Banking 💥 Fintech Disruption 📱 Branchless Banking

Breaking Banks 87%

Physical bank branches are dying. Their replacements are apps built by coders who own no vaults.

by Brett King 2014

3.68

140 ratings

🏦 Digital Banking 💥 Fintech Disruption 📱 Branchless Banking

Threat Modeling

by Adam Shostack • 2014

Draw your software. Mark the trust boundaries. Ask six questions to find flaws before attackers do.

4.07

286

🧩 Threat Modeling 🔒 Software Security ⚠️ Risk Management

Threat Modeling 87%

Draw your software. Mark the trust boundaries. Ask six questions to find flaws before attackers do.

by Adam Shostack 2014

4.07

286 ratings

🧩 Threat Modeling 🔒 Software Security ⚠️ Risk Management

Digital Bank

by Chris Skinner • 2013

A bank is no longer a place. It is a platform. What that demands of the industry.

3.71

237

🏦 Digital Banking 💻 Financial Technology 📱 Mobile Banking

Digital Bank 87%

A bank is no longer a place. It is a platform. What that demands of the industry.

by Chris Skinner 2013

3.71

237 ratings

🏦 Digital Banking 💻 Financial Technology 📱 Mobile Banking

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

Dignity in a Digital Age 87%

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

The Industries of the Future

by Alec J. Ross • 2016

Robotics, genomics, code, and cyberwar: the next economy's winners and losers, mapped.

3.96

8k+

🌐 Emerging Technologies 🤖 Labor Automation 💰 Digital Currencies

The Industries of the Future 87%

Robotics, genomics, code, and cyberwar: the next economy's winners and losers, mapped.

by Alec J. Ross 2016

3.96

8k+ ratings

🌐 Emerging Technologies 🤖 Labor Automation 💰 Digital Currencies

The Network State

by Balaji S. Srinivasan • 2022

Startup companies become unicorns. What if startup communities become countries?

3.92

1k+

🚀 Startup Societies 🌐 Digital Sovereignty ⚖️ Moral Innovation

The Network State 87%

Startup companies become unicorns. What if startup communities become countries?

by Balaji S. Srinivasan 2022

3.92

1k+ ratings

🚀 Startup Societies 🌐 Digital Sovereignty ⚖️ Moral Innovation

The Coming Wave

by Mustafa Suleyman • 2023

AI and biotech are coming. They can't be stopped. They can't be contained. Catastrophe or dystopia?

3.80

15k+

🏛️ Tech Policy ⚠️ Existential Risk 🤖 Ai Safety

The Coming Wave 87%

AI and biotech are coming. They can't be stopped. They can't be contained. Catastrophe or dystopia?

by Mustafa Suleyman 2023

3.80

15k+ ratings

🏛️ Tech Policy ⚠️ Existential Risk 🤖 Ai Safety

The Platform Delusion

by Jonathan A. Knee • 2021

Not all platforms are created equal. The economic physics that separate Airbnb from Uber.

3.98

223

🖥️ Digital Platforms 🏰 Competitive Moats 🕸️ Network Effects

The Platform Delusion 87%

Not all platforms are created equal. The economic physics that separate Airbnb from Uber.

by Jonathan A. Knee 2021

3.98

223 ratings

🖥️ Digital Platforms 🏰 Competitive Moats 🕸️ Network Effects

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

Tools and Weapons 87%

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

Ask Your Developer

by Jeff Lawson • 2021

Your business now runs on software. Here is how to lead the people who build it.

4.21

1k+

🖥️ Digital Transformation 🧱 Engineering Culture 🎯 Customer Development

Ask Your Developer 87%

Your business now runs on software. Here is how to lead the people who build it.

by Jeff Lawson 2021

4.21

1k+ ratings

🖥️ Digital Transformation 🧱 Engineering Culture 🎯 Customer Development

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

Don't Be Evil 87%

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

AI Value Creators

by Paul Zikopoulos • 2025

Most AI adopters stay users. Value creators build on proprietary data and governed models instead.

3.66

🏢 Enterprise AI 🔄 Digital Transformation 📊 Data Strategy

AI Value Creators 87%

Most AI adopters stay users. Value creators build on proprietary data and governed models instead.

by Paul Zikopoulos 2025

3.66

44 ratings

🏢 Enterprise AI 🔄 Digital Transformation 📊 Data Strategy

Context

by Cory Doctorow • 2011

3.66

372

🕸️ Internet Freedom 📜 Copyright Reform 🔐 Digital Rights

Context 87%

by Cory Doctorow 2011

3.66

372 ratings

🕸️ Internet Freedom 📜 Copyright Reform 🔐 Digital Rights

End of Abundance in Tech

by Ben DeBow • 2023

Cloud costs race toward $5 trillion. The next IT mandate is efficiency, not just uptime.

4.74

🧑‍💼 IT Leadership 🏢 Enterprise IT ☁️ FinOps

End of Abundance in Tech 87%

Cloud costs race toward $5 trillion. The next IT mandate is efficiency, not just uptime.

by Ben DeBow 2023

4.74

19 ratings

🧑‍💼 IT Leadership 🏢 Enterprise IT ☁️ FinOps

Power to the Public

by Tara Dawson McGuinness • 2021

Government services fail because they skip users. The fix: design with people, real data, iterate.

3.98

320

🏛️ Civic Technology 📜 Government Reform 🧑‍💻 Human-Centered Design

Power to the Public 87%

Government services fail because they skip users. The fix: design with people, real data, iterate.

by Tara Dawson McGuinness 2021

3.98

320 ratings

🏛️ Civic Technology 📜 Government Reform 🧑‍💻 Human-Centered Design

Blockchain Revolution

by Don Tapscott • 2016

The technology inside Bitcoin could replace banks, rewrite business, and reinvent how we govern.

3.39

5k+

🔗 Cryptocurrency 💳 Financial Technology 🌐 Decentralized Systems

Blockchain Revolution 87%

The technology inside Bitcoin could replace banks, rewrite business, and reinvent how we govern.

by Don Tapscott 2016

3.39

5k+ ratings

🔗 Cryptocurrency 💳 Financial Technology 🌐 Decentralized Systems

Your Face Belongs to Us

by Kashmir Hill • 2023

A startup scraped 3 billion faces, sold the tool to police, and public anonymity may never recover.

4.11

2k+

👤 Facial Recognition 🏢 Corporate Surveillance ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

Your Face Belongs to Us 87%

A startup scraped 3 billion faces, sold the tool to police, and public anonymity may never recover.

by Kashmir Hill 2023

4.11

2k+ ratings

👤 Facial Recognition 🏢 Corporate Surveillance ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

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

The Big Nine 87%

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

Competing in the Age of AI

by Marco Iansiti • 2020

AI dissolves the old limits of scale, scope, and learning, and demands a new corporate architecture.

3.82

1k+

🤖 Ai Business Models 🏗️ Platform Strategy 🔗 Data Network Effects

Competing in the Age of AI 87%

AI dissolves the old limits of scale, scope, and learning, and demands a new corporate architecture.

by Marco Iansiti 2020

3.82

1k+ ratings

🤖 Ai Business Models 🏗️ Platform Strategy 🔗 Data Network Effects

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

Radical Technologies 87%

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

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

TikTok Boom 87%

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

Dragnet Nation

by Julia Angwin • 2014

A journalist tried to opt out of digital surveillance for a year. The system refused.

3.68

659

🛡️ Digital Surveillance 🔒 Data Privacy 👁️ Mass Surveillance

Dragnet Nation 87%

A journalist tried to opt out of digital surveillance for a year. The system refused.

by Julia Angwin 2014

3.68

659 ratings

🛡️ Digital Surveillance 🔒 Data Privacy 👁️ Mass Surveillance

The Inside Counsel Revolution

by Benjamin W. Heineman Jr. • 2016

The general counsel's impossible job: help the business win, then tell it when it can't.

3.77

🏢 In-House Legal Practice ⚖️ Corporate Ethics 🛡️ Compliance Programs

The Inside Counsel Revolution 87%

The general counsel's impossible job: help the business win, then tell it when it can't.

by Benjamin W. Heineman Jr. 2016

3.77

43 ratings

🏢 In-House Legal Practice ⚖️ Corporate Ethics 🛡️ Compliance Programs

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