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Techtonic Reading List
"Conversations with creators and thinkers who are charting the way forward in a tech-saturated society. Tech, community, video games, and whatever else is next."
Techtonic with Mark Hurst: Playlists and Archives wfmu.org/playlists/TD List of books featured in past shows. lombardoc4.github.io/TechtonicReadingList/
Rules of Play by Katie Salen Tekinbaş, Eric Zimmerman
An impassioned look at games and game design that offers the most ambitious framework for understanding them to date.
As …
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal
5 stars
How do successful companies create products people can’t put down?
Why do some products capture widespread attention while others flop? …
Move Fast and Break Things by Jonathan Taplin
4 stars
Google. Amazon. Facebook. The modern world is defined by vast digital monopolies turning ever-larger profits.
Those of us who consume …
How to Break up with Your Phone by Catherine Price
4 stars
Is your phone the first thing you reach for when you wake up? And the last thing you see before …
The Art of Screen Time by Anya Kamenetz
5 stars
"Today's babies often make their debut on social media with the very first sonogram. They begin interacting with screens at …
The Revenge of Analog by David Sax
4 stars
"By now, we all know the mythology of the digital revolution: it improved efficiency, eliminated waste, and fostered a boom …
How to fix the future by Andrew Keen
3 stars
A leading Internet commentator showcases global solutions for preserving the fundamentals of humanity and civilized society in an increasingly perilous …
Antisocial media by Siva Vaidhyanathan
3 stars
"If you wanted to build a machine that would distribute propaganda to millions of people, distract them from important issues, …
4 stars
As the world around us increases in technological complexity, our understanding of it diminishes. Underlying this trend is a single …
