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You Are Not a Gadget You Are Not a Gadget (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.57 — 6,311 ratings — published 2010
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Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as technology-and-society)
avg rating 3.62 — 6,403 ratings — published 2011
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Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.26 — 2,380 ratings — published 2019
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Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.87 — 29,534 ratings — published 2016
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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 36,714 ratings — published 1985
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The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 32,494 ratings — published 2010
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Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.78 — 7,141 ratings — published 2008
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Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 2,759 ratings — published 2018
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Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 3,823 ratings — published 2018
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The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 12,083 ratings — published 2014
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Who Owns the Future? Who Owns the Future? (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.77 — 3,638 ratings — published 2013
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Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.83 — 5,774 ratings — published 2010
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Co-Intelligence: The Definitive, Bestselling Guide to Living and Working with AI Co-Intelligence: The Definitive, Bestselling Guide to Living and Working with AI (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as technology-and-society)
avg rating 3.96 — 12,525 ratings — published 2024
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Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 1,377 ratings — published 2023
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The Myth of Artificial Intelligence: Why Computers Can’t Think the Way We Do The Myth of Artificial Intelligence: Why Computers Can’t Think the Way We Do (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 874 ratings — published 2021
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God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning (Audible Audio)
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avg rating 4.24 — 3,481 ratings — published 2021
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Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence (ebook)
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avg rating 3.95 — 2,607 ratings — published 2020
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Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as technology-and-society)
avg rating 4.07 — 2,519 ratings — published 2017
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 12,944 ratings — published 2018
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Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as technology-and-society)
avg rating 3.86 — 584 ratings — published 2018
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Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (Audio CD)
by (shelved 3 times as technology-and-society)
avg rating 4.00 — 27,032 ratings — published 2017
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Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.81 — 5,119 ratings — published 2015
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Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as technology-and-society)
avg rating 3.96 — 9,493 ratings — published 2015
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The Technological Society The Technological Society (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as technology-and-society)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,177 ratings — published 1954
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It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as technology-and-society)
avg rating 3.79 — 2,278 ratings — published 2014
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Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as technology-and-society)
avg rating 3.83 — 538 ratings — published 1995
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Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as technology-and-society)
avg rating 3.96 — 5,078 ratings — published 1992
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The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 16,925 ratings — published 2011
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The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.86 — 1,436 ratings — published 2008
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AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.92 — 1,527 ratings — published 2024
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The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.82 — 12,906 ratings — published 2023
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Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 1,525 ratings — published
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Automate This: How Algorithms Came to Rule Our World Automate This: How Algorithms Came to Rule Our World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as technology-and-society)
avg rating 3.82 — 3,630 ratings — published 2012
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Computing: A Concise History (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Computing: A Concise History (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)
by (shelved 2 times as technology-and-society)
avg rating 3.55 — 635 ratings — published 2012
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Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing) Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing)
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avg rating 3.64 — 2,861 ratings — published
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Imagination: A Manifesto Imagination: A Manifesto (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 798 ratings — published
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Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as technology-and-society)
avg rating 4.20 — 3,073 ratings — published 2019
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Code Work: Hacking across the US/México Techno-Borderlands (Princeton Studies in Culture and Technology) Code Work: Hacking across the US/México Techno-Borderlands (Princeton Studies in Culture and Technology)
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avg rating 4.00 — 5 ratings — published
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Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as technology-and-society)
avg rating 3.65 — 158 ratings — published 2019
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Power And Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence Power And Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.22 — 7,210 ratings — published
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More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as technology-and-society)
avg rating 4.15 — 455 ratings — published 2023
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Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as technology-and-society)
avg rating 3.71 — 674 ratings — published 2018
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How the Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone How the Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 2,069 ratings — published 2018
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The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.40 — 1,259 ratings — published 2022
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Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.44 — 1,296 ratings — published 2022
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Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 11,573 ratings — published 2018
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The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is: A History, a Philosophy, a Warning The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is: A History, a Philosophy, a Warning (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as technology-and-society)
avg rating 3.21 — 429 ratings — published 2022
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Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.77 — 1,072 ratings — published 2019
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Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus: How Growth Became the Enemy of Prosperity Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus: How Growth Became the Enemy of Prosperity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as technology-and-society)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,500 ratings — published 2016
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Blockchain Chicken Farm: And Other Stories of Tech in China's Countryside Blockchain Chicken Farm: And Other Stories of Tech in China's Countryside (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 2,000 ratings — published 2020
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“Let's put out little bandwidths together and get a broadband”
Aminata Kondeh

“The digital age greatly assisted the selfish and heartless in degrading humanity. Being a part of humanity, when would they realize they were degrading a part of themselves?”
Jasun Ether, The Beasts of Success

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