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Books about what it means to be online with others

  1. The Hype Machine by 

    No rating

    A landmark insider's tour of how social media affects our decision-making and shapes our world in ways both useful and …

  2. Digital Minimalism by 

    4 stars

    The key to living well in a high tech world is to spend much less time using technology.

    In recent …

  3. The Twittering Machine by 

    4 stars

    In surrealist artist Paul Klee’s The Twittering Machine, the bird-song of a diabolical machine acts as bait to lure …

  4. This is why we can't have nice things by 

    3 stars

    Internet trolls live to upset as many people as possible, using all the technical and psychological tools at their disposal. …

  5. Algorithms of Oppression by 

    4 stars

    A revealing look at how negative biases against women of color are embedded in search engine results and algorithms

    Run …

    Literally a Blue Cup says:

    more about Google / search engines, but same theme

  6. The Shame Machine by 

    No rating

    Examines how (predominantly American) society uses shame, and explores how shame could be put to better use.

  7. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by 

    4 stars

    "Shoshana Zuboff, named "the true prophet of the information age" by the Financial Times, has always been ahead of her …

  8. The Age of Addiction by 

    No rating

    We live in an age of addiction, from compulsive gaming and shopping to binge eating and opioid abuse. Sugar can …

  9. Uncanny Valley by 

    4 stars

    The prescient, page-turning account of a journey in Silicon Valley: a defining memoir of our digital age

    In her mid-twenties, …

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