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You Are Not a Gadget
by Jaron Lanier • 2010
The internet reduces people to data points. The people who built it call that wisdom.
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6k+
You Are Not a Gadget Summary
You Are Not a Gadget 92%
The internet reduces people to data points. The people who built it call that wisdom.
by Jaron Lanier 2010
3.57
6k+ ratings
The Singularity Is Nearer
by Ray Kurzweil • 2024
AI surpasses humans by 2029. The plan is not to compete but to merge.
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5k+
The Singularity Is Nearer Summary
The Singularity Is Nearer 92%
AI surpasses humans by 2029. The plan is not to compete but to merge.
by Ray Kurzweil 2024
3.89
5k+ ratings
The Singularity Is Near
by Ray Kurzweil • 2005
Progress doubles, then doubles again. Sometime around 2045, human biology becomes optional.
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13k+
The Singularity Is Near Summary
The Singularity Is Near 91%
Progress doubles, then doubles again. Sometime around 2045, human biology becomes optional.
by Ray Kurzweil 2005
3.93
13k+ ratings
Visions
by Michio Kaku • 2011
When quantum physics, computing, and genetics converge, the 21st century truly begins.
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2k+
Visions Summary
Visions 91%
When quantum physics, computing, and genetics converge, the 21st century truly begins.
by Michio Kaku 2011
4.03
2k+ ratings
The Age of Spiritual Machines
by Ray Kurzweil • 1998
Exponential growth puts thinking machines in our future; the only question is what we become after.
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The Age of Spiritual Machines Summary
The Age of Spiritual Machines 91%
Exponential growth puts thinking machines in our future; the only question is what we become after.
by Ray Kurzweil 1998
3.89
5k+ ratings
Impromptu
by Reid Hoffman • 2023
AI won't replace you. But someone using it will. The solo thinker era is ending.
3.77
782
Impromptu Summary
Impromptu 91%
AI won't replace you. But someone using it will. The solo thinker era is ending.
by Reid Hoffman 2023
3.77
782 ratings
Possible Minds
by John Brockman • 2019
Twenty-five thinkers on AI's biggest risks and the one design question that matters most.
3.77
837
Possible Minds Summary
Possible Minds 91%
Twenty-five thinkers on AI's biggest risks and the one design question that matters most.
by John Brockman 2019
3.77
837 ratings
12 Bytes
by Jeanette Winterson • 2021
AI has a history: female, literary, and older than electricity. A novelist connects the dots.
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2k+
12 Bytes Summary
12 Bytes 91%
AI has a history: female, literary, and older than electricity. A novelist connects the dots.
by Jeanette Winterson 2021
3.90
2k+ ratings
Genesis
by Henry Kissinger • 2024
AI rewrites power, prosperity, and human dignity. A statesman on the philosophy to meet it.
3.53
2k+
Genesis Summary
Genesis 91%
AI rewrites power, prosperity, and human dignity. A statesman on the philosophy to meet it.
by Henry Kissinger 2024
3.53
2k+ ratings
Tech Agnostic
by Greg Epstein • 2024
Technology sold you a faith: saints, sacraments, apocalypse. The humanist case for walking away.
3.49
156
Tech Agnostic Summary
Tech Agnostic 91%
Technology sold you a faith: saints, sacraments, apocalypse. The humanist case for walking away.
by Greg Epstein 2024
3.49
156 ratings
What to Think About Machines That Think
by John Brockman • 2015
The real threat isn't machines that outthink us. It's handing control to machines that can't think.
3.37
571
What to Think About Machines That Think Summary
What to Think About Machines That Think 91%
The real threat isn't machines that outthink us. It's handing control to machines that can't think.
by John Brockman 2015
3.37
571 ratings
The Atomic Human
by Neil D. Lawrence • 2024
Bleeding, forgetting, doubting: these aren't bugs in the human system. They are the system.
3.41
197
The Atomic Human Summary
The Atomic Human 91%
Bleeding, forgetting, doubting: these aren't bugs in the human system. They are the system.
by Neil D. Lawrence 2024
3.41
197 ratings
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+
The Coming Wave Summary
The Coming Wave 91%
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
Deep Utopia
by Nick Bostrom • 2024
Machines solve every problem. What's left for us to do, and does it matter?
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867
Deep Utopia Summary
Deep Utopia 91%
Machines solve every problem. What's left for us to do, and does it matter?
by Nick Bostrom 2024
3.61
867 ratings
Scary Smart
by Mo Gawdat • 2021
AI is learning from your online behavior right now. The short guide to being a better teacher.
3.81
3k+
Scary Smart Summary
Scary Smart 91%
AI is learning from your online behavior right now. The short guide to being a better teacher.
by Mo Gawdat 2021
3.81
3k+ ratings
AI 2041
by Kai-Fu Lee • 2021
Ten stories set in 2041 where AI heals, wages war, and makes truth unprovable.
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6k+
AI 2041 Summary
AI 2041 91%
Ten stories set in 2041 where AI heals, wages war, and makes truth unprovable.
by Kai-Fu Lee 2021
3.83
6k+ ratings
Radical Technologies
by Adam Greenfield • 2017
Eight technologies that run your day: the invisible tradeoffs reshaping power, work, and identity.
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1k+
Radical Technologies Summary
Radical Technologies 91%
Eight technologies that run your day: the invisible tradeoffs reshaping power, work, and identity.
by Adam Greenfield 2017
4.02
1k+ ratings
Computer Power and Human Reason
by Joseph Weizenbaum • 1976
The computer's greatest danger isn't outthinking us; it's that we'll remake ourselves in its image.
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294
Computer Power and Human Reason Summary
Computer Power and Human Reason 91%
The computer's greatest danger isn't outthinking us; it's that we'll remake ourselves in its image.
by Joseph Weizenbaum 1976
4.31
294 ratings
Superagency
by Reid Hoffman • 2025
AI multiplies human agency. That power will concentrate or spread. The choice is ours.
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1k+
Superagency Summary
Superagency 91%
AI multiplies human agency. That power will concentrate or spread. The choice is ours.
by Reid Hoffman 2025
3.33
1k+ ratings
The Glass Cage
by Nicholas Carr • 2014
The more machines take over, the less we can do ourselves: automation's hidden trade-off.
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2k+
The Glass Cage Summary
The Glass Cage 91%
The more machines take over, the less we can do ourselves: automation's hidden trade-off.
by Nicholas Carr 2014
3.75
2k+ ratings
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.
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1k+
To Save Everything, Click Here Summary
To Save Everything, Click Here 91%
Silicon Valley promised a world without friction. Friction, mess, and dissent are what keep us free.
by Evgeny Morozov 2013
3.67
1k+ ratings
Life 3.0
by Max Tegmark • 2017
Superintelligence is coming. The problem isn't building it; it's making sure it wants what we want.
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Life 3.0 Summary
Life 3.0 91%
Superintelligence is coming. The problem isn't building it; it's making sure it wants what we want.
by Max Tegmark 2017
3.99
28k+ ratings
Alone Together
by Sherry Turkle • 2011
Robots comfort the elderly, screens raise children. What we lose when machines mediate intimacy.
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Alone Together Summary
Alone Together 91%
Robots comfort the elderly, screens raise children. What we lose when machines mediate intimacy.
by Sherry Turkle 2011
3.62
6k+ ratings
Virtual Society
by Herman Narula • 2022
Virtual worlds built civilization. The metaverse will fix what it broke: making us feel we matter.
3.40
288
Virtual Society Summary
Virtual Society 91%
Virtual worlds built civilization. The metaverse will fix what it broke: making us feel we matter.
by Herman Narula 2022
3.40
288 ratings
Ruined by Design
by Mike Monteiro • 2019
Every harmful app was a designer's decision. The principles for refusing to build the next one.
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2k+
Ruined by Design Summary
Ruined by Design 90%
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
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
How to Fix the Future Summary
How to Fix the Future 90%
The digital revolution feels unprecedented. It isn't. The fix is the same as last time.
by Andrew Keen 2017
3.36
273 ratings
Program or Be Programmed
by Douglas Rushkoff • 2010
Digital tools have biases. If you can't read their code, someone else writes your behavior.
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2k+
Program or Be Programmed Summary
Program or Be Programmed 90%
Digital tools have biases. If you can't read their code, someone else writes your behavior.
by Douglas Rushkoff 2010
3.72
2k+ ratings
A Human Algorithm
by Flynn Coleman • 2019
Machines are learning to think. The real question is whether we will remember how to feel.
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299
A Human Algorithm Summary
A Human Algorithm 90%
Machines are learning to think. The real question is whether we will remember how to feel.
by Flynn Coleman 2019
3.58
299 ratings
Team Human
by Douglas Rushkoff • 2019
Technology promised connection but atomized us. The fix is not code; it is reclaiming our humanity.
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1k+
Team Human Summary
Team Human 90%
Technology promised connection but atomized us. The fix is not code; it is reclaiming our humanity.
by Douglas Rushkoff 2019
3.83
1k+ ratings
System Error
by Rob Reich • 2021
Tech companies optimized for growth and broke democracy. The cure is political, not digital.
3.82
608
System Error Summary
System Error 90%
Tech companies optimized for growth and broke democracy. The cure is political, not digital.
by Rob Reich 2021
3.82
608 ratings
The Age of AI
by Jason Thacker • 2020
AI is renegotiating your job, your privacy, your body. A theologian draws the boundaries.
3.69
184
The Age of AI Summary
The Age of AI 90%
AI is renegotiating your job, your privacy, your body. A theologian draws the boundaries.
by Jason Thacker 2020
3.69
184 ratings
AI for Good
by Josh Tyrangiel • 2026
AI's real story isn't flashy demos or doomsday; it's practical, humane systems quietly saving lives.
3.86
199
AI for Good Summary
AI for Good 90%
AI's real story isn't flashy demos or doomsday; it's practical, humane systems quietly saving lives.
by Josh Tyrangiel 2026
3.86
199 ratings
AI Ethics
by Mark Coeckelbergh • 2020
Your phone, your hospital, your job: AI is already there. The ethics have barely begun.
3.63
903
AI Ethics Summary
AI Ethics 90%
Your phone, your hospital, your job: AI is already there. The ethics have barely begun.
by Mark Coeckelbergh 2020
3.63
903 ratings
Black Mirror and Philosophy
by David Kyle Johnson • 2019
Every Black Mirror episode is a philosophical thought experiment hiding inside a dystopian thriller.
4.09
161
Black Mirror and Philosophy Summary
Black Mirror and Philosophy 90%
Every Black Mirror episode is a philosophical thought experiment hiding inside a dystopian thriller.
by David Kyle Johnson 2019
4.09
161 ratings
The Inevitable
by Kevin Kelly • 2016
Twelve forces are bending civilization in one direction, and we have just left the gate.
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The Inevitable Summary
The Inevitable 90%
Twelve forces are bending civilization in one direction, and we have just left the gate.
by Kevin Kelly 2016
3.89
12k+ ratings
The Fourth Age
by Byron Reese • 2018
Three technologies made humanity. The fourth could unmake the boundary between human and machine.
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1k+
The Fourth Age Summary
The Fourth Age 90%
Three technologies made humanity. The fourth could unmake the boundary between human and machine.
by Byron Reese 2018
4.01
1k+ ratings
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
2
Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology Summary
Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology 90%
We're building superintelligence without a control plan. Stoicism has one.
by Edward H. Spence 2021
4.50
2 ratings
Homo Deus
by Yuval Noah Harari • 2015
We tamed hunger and war. Now we chase immortality and godhood. The chase may end us.
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Homo Deus Summary
Homo Deus 90%
We tamed hunger and war. Now we chase immortality and godhood. The chase may end us.
by Yuval Noah Harari 2015
4.18
290k+ ratings
2084
by John C. Lennox • 2020
Silicon won't make us gods. A mathematician traces the transhumanist dream back to Eden.
3.93
2k+
2084 Summary
2084 90%
Silicon won't make us gods. A mathematician traces the transhumanist dream back to Eden.
by John C. Lennox 2020
3.93
2k+ ratings
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
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power Summary
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power 90%
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
Machines of Loving Grace
by John Markoff • 2015
Silicon Valley split between replacing humans and upgrading them. The fight isn't over.
3.67
627
Machines of Loving Grace Summary
Machines of Loving Grace 90%
Silicon Valley split between replacing humans and upgrading them. The fight isn't over.
by John Markoff 2015
3.67
627 ratings
Why AI Undermines Democracy and What To Do About It
by Mark Coeckelbergh • 2024
AI dismantles democracy not by malice but by logic. The philosophical fightback begins here.
3.26
54
Why AI Undermines Democracy and What To Do About It Summary
Why AI Undermines Democracy and What To Do About It 90%
AI dismantles democracy not by malice but by logic. The philosophical fightback begins here.
by Mark Coeckelbergh 2024
3.26
54 ratings
Yuval Noah Harari Collection 3 Books Set
by Yuval Noah Harari • 2019
The old stories that gave us meaning are failing while AI and biotech promise to remake humanity.
4.53
861
Yuval Noah Harari Collection 3 Books Set Summary
Yuval Noah Harari Collection 3 Books Set 90%
The old stories that gave us meaning are failing while AI and biotech promise to remake humanity.
by Yuval Noah Harari 2019
4.53
861 ratings
Superintelligence
by Nick Bostrom • 2014
A superhuman intelligence won't hate us. It will just want our atoms.
3.85
21k+
Superintelligence Summary
Superintelligence 90%
A superhuman intelligence won't hate us. It will just want our atoms.
by Nick Bostrom 2014
3.85
21k+ ratings
Being Digital
by Nicholas Negroponte • 1995
Why your TV, newspaper, and phone are about to merge into one seamless stream of bits.
3.80
2k+
Being Digital Summary
Being Digital 90%
Why your TV, newspaper, and phone are about to merge into one seamless stream of bits.
by Nicholas Negroponte 1995
3.80
2k+ ratings
The Equality Machine
by Orly Lobel • 2022
Algorithms see the bias humans miss. That makes them inequality's most potent and misunderstood fix.
3.89
154
The Equality Machine Summary
The Equality Machine 90%
Algorithms see the bias humans miss. That makes them inequality's most potent and misunderstood fix.
by Orly Lobel 2022
3.89
154 ratings
Technopoly
by Neil Postman • 1992
When a culture worships its tools, the old stories that held it together quietly disappear.
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5k+
Technopoly Summary
Technopoly 90%
When a culture worships its tools, the old stories that held it together quietly disappear.
by Neil Postman 1992
3.97
5k+ ratings
Hertzian Tales
by Anthony Dunne • 1999
Electronic objects are behavioral scripts and portals to a hidden electromagnetic world.
4.26
125
Hertzian Tales Summary
Hertzian Tales 90%
Electronic objects are behavioral scripts and portals to a hidden electromagnetic world.
by Anthony Dunne 1999
4.26
125 ratings
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies
by Eliezer Yudkowsky • 2025
Superhuman AI kills without malice. Its goals turn our atoms into raw material, not our future.
3.92
7k+
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies Summary
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies 90%
Superhuman AI kills without malice. Its goals turn our atoms into raw material, not our future.
by Eliezer Yudkowsky 2025
3.92
7k+ ratings
The Mind's Mirror
by Daniela Rus • 2024
AI extends every human capability, including the worst of us. A framework for the double edge.
3.59
110
The Mind's Mirror Summary
The Mind's Mirror 90%
AI extends every human capability, including the worst of us. A framework for the double edge.
by Daniela Rus 2024
3.59
110 ratings
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