Criticism of Technology
1. 
More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech 4.15 avg rating — 440 ratings
2. 
When the Hood Comes Off: Racism and Resistance in the Digital Age
by:
Rob Eschmann
4.44 avg rating — 16 ratings 3. 
Framers: Human Advantage in an Age of Technology and Turmoil
by:
Kenneth Cukier
3.53 avg rating — 544 ratings 4. 
Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
by:
Sherry Turkle
3.81 avg rating — 5,083 ratings 
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Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked
by:
Adam Alter
3.85 avg rating — 12,528 ratings 8. 
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Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World
by:
Mo Gawdat
3.81 avg rating — 3,015 ratings 8. 
Talking Back to Facebook: The Common Sense Guide to Raising Kids in the Digital Age
by:
James P. Steyer
3.59 avg rating — 187 ratings 8. 
Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World
by:
Parmy Olson
4.08 avg rating — 2,652 ratings 12. 
The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age
by:
Astra Taylor
4.04 avg rating — 606 ratings 12. 
The Black Box Society: The Secret Algorithms That Control Money and Information
by:
Frank Pasquale
3.74 avg rating — 319 ratings 12. 
Due Diligence and the News: Searching for a Moral Compass in the Digital Age
by:
Stanley E. Flink
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings 12. 
The Intelligence Explosion: When AI Beats Humans at Everything
by:
James Barrat
3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings 
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Don't Be Evil: How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles -- and All of Us
by:
Rana Foroohar
3.85 avg rating — 1,094 ratings 17. 
The App Generation: How Today's Youth Navigate Identity, Intimacy, and Imagination in a Digital World
by:
Katie Davis
3.37 avg rating — 343 ratings 19. 
The Psychology of Silicon Valley: Ethical Threats and Emotional Unintelligence in the Tech Industry
by:
Katy Cook
4.20 avg rating — 60 ratings 19. 
Cybercrime: The transformation of crime in the information age
by:
David S. Wall
3.77 avg rating — 22 ratings 
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The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don't Trust Anyone Under 30)
by:
Mark Bauerlein
3.12 avg rating — 1,904 ratings 24. 
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
by:
Cal Newport
4.06 avg rating — 91,776 ratings 
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Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age
by:
Steve Knopper
3.83 avg rating — 1,132 ratings 
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Producing Online News: Digital Skills, Stronger Stories
by:
Ryan Thornburg
3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings 
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
by:
Shoshana Zuboff
4.06 avg rating — 12,764 ratings 30. 
The Ugly Fight: Unleashing Artificial Intelligence Against Global Warming
by:
R.S. Amblee
3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings 30. 
Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
by:
Sherry Turkle
3.62 avg rating — 6,380 ratings 33. 
The Art of Screen Time: How Your Family Can Balance Digital Media and Real Life
by:
Anya Kamenetz
3.82 avg rating — 696 ratings 
33. 
Big Science: Ernest Lawrence and the Invention that Launched the Military-Industrial Complex
by:
Michael Hiltzik
4.02 avg rating — 372 ratings 36. 
Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest
by:
Zeynep Tufekci
4.08 avg rating — 1,428 ratings 
36. 
The War State: The Cold War Origins of the Military-Industrial Complex
by:
Michael Swanson
4.29 avg rating — 421 ratings 39. 
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Seen and Unseen: Technology, Social Media, and the Fight for Racial Justice
by:
Marc Lamont Hill
4.24 avg rating — 181 ratings 42. 
Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right
by:
Angela Nagle
3.45 avg rating — 6,559 ratings 42. 
Epic Win for Anonymous: How 4chan's Army Conquered the Web
by:
Cole Stryker
3.35 avg rating — 220 ratings 42. 
The Wires of War: Technology and the Global Struggle for Power
by:
Jacob Helberg
3.75 avg rating — 551 ratings 45. 
Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked
by:
Adam Alter
3.85 avg rating — 12,528 ratings 
45. 
Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word
by:
Walter J. Ong
4.14 avg rating — 2,064 ratings 48. 
Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are 3.90 avg rating — 42,038 ratings
48. 
The Cyber Effect: A Pioneering Cyberpsychologist Explains How Human Behavior Changes Online
by:
Mary Aiken
3.74 avg rating — 1,495 ratings 48. 
Future Peace: Technology, Aggression, and the Rush to War
by:
Robert H. Latiff
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 27 ratings 51. 
The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads
by:
Tim Wu
4.08 avg rating — 4,775 ratings 
53. 
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
by:
Cathy O'Neil
3.87 avg rating — 29,311 ratings 53. 
Gaming Masculinity: Trolls, Fake Geeks, and the Gendered Battle for Online Culture
by:
Megan Condis
3.66 avg rating — 58 ratings 53. 
The Reality Game: How the Next Wave of Technology Will Break the Truth
by:
Samuel Woolley
3.49 avg rating — 184 ratings 56. 
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
by:
Cal Newport
4.16 avg rating — 180,867 ratings 56. 
Defeating the Hacker: A non-technical guide to computer security
by:
Robert Schifreen
3.46 avg rating — 13 ratings 56. 
Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything 3.94 avg rating — 5,854 ratings
59. 
Stories of Elders: What the Greatest Generation Knows about Technology that You Don't
by:
Veronica Kirin
4.31 avg rating — 78 ratings 62. 
Will Computers Revolt?: Preparing for the Future of Artificial Intelligence
by:
Charles J. Simon
4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings 62. 
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The Identity Trade: Selling Privacy and Reputation Online (Critical Cultural Communication, 7)
by:
Nora A. Draper
3.56 avg rating — 16 ratings 64. 
Pinpoint: How GPS Is Changing Technology, Culture, and Our Minds
by:
Greg Milner
3.73 avg rating — 629 ratings 67. 
Terms of Service: Social Media and the Price of Constant Connection
by:
Jacob Silverman
3.66 avg rating — 238 ratings 67. 
The New Censorship: Inside the Global Battle for Media Freedom (Columbia Journalism Review Books)
by:
Joel Simon
3.66 avg rating — 35 ratings 67. 
The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
by:
Kevin Kelly
3.89 avg rating — 11,884 ratings 70. 
Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World
by:
Bruce Schneier
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,827 ratings 70. 
When Digital Becomes Human: The Transformation of Customer Relationships 3.84 avg rating — 186 ratings
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A Year Unplugged: A Family's Life Without Technology
by:
Sharael Kolberg
3.59 avg rating — 22 ratings 72. 
iGods: How Technology Shapes Our Spiritual and Social Lives
by:
Craig Detweiler
3.69 avg rating — 179 ratings 75. 
Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One's Looking)
by:
Christian Rudder
3.73 avg rating — 12,378 ratings 75. 
This Machine Kills Secrets: How Wikileakers, Hacktivists, and Cipherpunks Are Freeing the World's Information
by:
Andy Greenberg
4.01 avg rating — 1,188 ratings 75. 
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To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism
by:
Evgeny Morozov
3.67 avg rating — 1,412 ratings 78. 
The Smart Girl's Guide to Privacy: Practical Tips for Staying Safe Online
by:
Violet Blue
3.69 avg rating — 312 ratings 80. 
Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
by:
Sherry Turkle
3.62 avg rating — 6,380 ratings 
82. 
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
by:
Tim Wu
3.89 avg rating — 7,934 ratings 82. 
The Age of Em: Work, Love and Life When Robots Rule the Earth
by:
Robin Hanson
3.43 avg rating — 601 ratings 84. 
Digital Disconnect: How Capitalism is Turning the Internet Against Democracy 4.03 avg rating — 295 ratings
84. 
Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
by:
Martin Ford
3.96 avg rating — 9,472 ratings 
88. 
Mister Pulitzer and the Spider: Modern News from Realism to the Digital really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
90. 
We First: How Brands and Consumers Use Social Media to Build a Better World
by:
Simon Mainwaring
3.57 avg rating — 119 ratings 
91. 
The Great Acceleration: How the World is Getting Faster, Faster
by:
Robert Colvile
3.56 avg rating — 162 ratings 93. 
What Tech Calls Thinking: An Inquiry into the Intellectual Bedrock of Silicon Valley
by:
Adrian Daub
3.66 avg rating — 914 ratings 93. 
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
by:
Simon Singh
4.30 avg rating — 28,488 ratings 
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Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life
by:
Adam Greenfield
4.03 avg rating — 1,015 ratings 97. 
The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security
by:
Kevin D. Mitnick
3.77 avg rating — 7,162 ratings 99. 
Future Crimes: How Our Radical Dependence on Technology Threatens Us All
by:
Marc Goodman
3.93 avg rating — 4,365 ratings 99. 