Books about what it means to be online with others
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Lurking: How a Person Became a User by Joanne McNeil
4 stars
A concise but wide-ranging personal history of the internet from—for the first time—the point of view of the user
In …
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Nearly Roadkill by Caitlin Sullivan, Kate Bornstein
5 stars
"A novel written in cyberspace, Nearly Roadkill is an Infobahn erotic thriller without any boundaries - virtual, sexual, legal, or …
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Subprime Attention Crisis by Tim Hwang
4 stars
In Subprime Attention Crisis, Tim Hwang investigates the way big tech financializes attention. In the process, he shows us how …
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We Will Not Cancel Us by Malkia Devich-Cyril, adrienne maree brown, adrienne maree brown
Cancel culture addresses real harm...and sometimes causes more. It’s time to think this through.
“Cancel” or “call-out” culture is a …
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The Attention Merchants by Tim Wu
From Tim Wu, author of the award-winning The Master Switch ( a New Yorker and Fortune Book of the Year) …
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Alone Together by Sherry Turkle
1 star
In "Alone Together," MIT technology and society professor Sherry Turkle explores the power of our new tools and toys to …
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By integrating democratic government with cutting-edge American innovation, the lieutenant governor of California charts a bright future for open-source America …
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The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It by Jonathan Zittrain
This extraordinary book explains the engine that has catapulted the Internet from backwater to ubiquity—and reveals that it is sputtering …
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3 stars
An irreverent, provocative, and visually fascinating look at what our online lives reveal about who we really are--and how this …
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The Tyranny of E-mail by John Freeman
There’s no question that e-mail is an incredible phenomenon that represents a kind of cultural and technological advancement. The first …
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Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier
3 stars
Jaron Lanier, the world-famous Silicon Valley scientist-pioneer who first alerted us to the dangers of social media, explains why its …
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Twitter and tear gas by Zeynep Tufekci
5 stars
A firsthand account and incisive analysis of modern protest, revealing internet-fueled social movements' greatest strengths and frequent challenges. To understand …
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The story of how a noted tech venture capitalist, an early mentor to Mark Zuckerberg and investor in his company, …
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The Filter Bubble by Eli Pariser
2 stars
"An eye-opening account of how the hidden rise of personalization on the Internet is controlling-and limiting-the information we consume. In …
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"One of the most mesmerizing and important books I've read in quite some time. Alter brilliantly illuminates the new obsessions …
