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List updated to Sept. 30, 2023

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/

  1. Road to Nowhere by 

    4 stars

    Road to Nowhere exposes the problems with Silicon Valley’s visions of the future and argues that we cannot allow ourselves …

  2. Ways of Being : Animals, Plants, Machines by 

    5 stars

    Artist, technologist, and philosopher James Bridle’s Ways of Being is a brilliant, searching exploration of different kinds of intelligence—plant, animal, …

  3. Survival of the Richest by 

    4 stars

    Named One of the Most Anticipated Books of 2022 by Kirkus and Literary Hub

    The tech elite have a plan …

  4. You've Been Played by 

    4 stars

    How games are being harnessed as instruments of exploitation—and what we can do about it

    Warehouse workers pack boxes while …

  5. Data Cartels by 

    No rating

    In our digital world, data is power, and information hoarders reign supreme. The practices of these digital pillagers are analogous …

  6. Chokepoint Capitalism by , ,

    4 stars

    A call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the power of Big Tech and …

  7. Pegasus by ,

    5 stars

    NSO’s Pegasus system has not been limited to catching bad guys. It’s also been used to spy on hundreds, and …

  8. More Than a Glitch by 

    5 stars

    When technology reinforces inequality, it's not just a glitch—it's a signal that we need to redesign our systems to create …

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