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206 books

Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka

Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture

Kyle Chayka

304 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0jwilker's review
nonfiction history sociology technology informative reflective medium-paced
Enemies of my Enemy by Ryk Brown

Enemies of my Enemy

The Frontiers Saga, Part 3: Fringe Worlds #10

Ryk Brown

264 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

5.0jwilker's review
fiction science fiction
I Swear: Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan by Katie Porter

I Swear: Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan

Katie Porter

304 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jwilker's review
nonfiction memoir politics funny informative reflective medium-paced
The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation by Cory Doctorow

The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation

Cory Doctorow

184 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jwilker's review
nonfiction technology informative fast-paced
A Few Against Many by Ryk Brown

A Few Against Many

The Frontiers Saga, Part 3: Fringe Worlds #8

Ryk Brown

282 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

5.0jwilker's review
fiction science fiction
Birth of an Empire by Ryk Brown

Birth of an Empire

The Frontiers Saga, Part 3: Fringe Worlds #7

Ryk Brown

306 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

5.0jwilker's review
fiction science fiction
Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back by Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow

Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back

Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0jwilker's review
nonfiction economics politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
We Have Been Harmonized: Life in China's Surveillance State by Kai Strittmatter

We Have Been Harmonized: Life in China's Surveillance State

Kai Strittmatter

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0jwilker's review
nonfiction politics informative medium-paced
Ibm Redux: Lou Gerstner And The Business Turnaround Of The Decade by Doug Garr

Ibm Redux: Lou Gerstner And The Business Turnaround Of The Decade

Doug Garr

missing page info • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0jwilker's review
nonfiction biography business informative medium-paced
Necronomicon Spellbook by Simon

Necronomicon Spellbook

Simon

180 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

5.0jwilker's review
nonfiction reference adventurous informative fast-paced