Growing Up Online Books | Summaries & Audio

Young People, Ethics, and the New Digital Media

by Carrie James • 2009

Young people face five ethical tests online every day. No one is teaching them the answers.

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🏛️ Digital Citizenship 🧠 Adolescent Development 🎭 Online Identity 🔒 Privacy Ethics 🌐 Participatory Culture

Young People, Ethics, and the New Digital Media Summary

Young People, Ethics, and the New Digital Media 91%

Young people face five ethical tests online every day. No one is teaching them the answers.

by Carrie James 2009

3.53

112 ratings

🏛️ Digital Citizenship 🧠 Adolescent Development 🎭 Online Identity 🔒 Privacy Ethics 🌐 Participatory Culture

Born Digital

by John Palfrey • 2008

When childhood happens online, identity is public, privacy erodes, and creativity becomes remix.

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🌐 Digital Culture 🔬 Internet And Society 👤 Digital Identity 🔒 Online Privacy 🎨 Remix Culture

Born Digital 90%

When childhood happens online, identity is public, privacy erodes, and creativity becomes remix.

by John Palfrey 2008

3.62

1k+ ratings

🌐 Digital Culture 🔬 Internet And Society 👤 Digital Identity 🔒 Online Privacy 🎨 Remix Culture

Lurking

by Joanne McNeil • 2020

Quiet observers were the heart of the early web. Then the internet turned them into data.

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🕰️ Internet History 💻 Digital Culture 🌐 Online Communities 📊 Surveillance Capitalism ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

Lurking 90%

Quiet observers were the heart of the early web. Then the internet turned them into data.

by Joanne McNeil 2020

3.75

889 ratings

🕰️ Internet History 💻 Digital Culture 🌐 Online Communities 📊 Surveillance Capitalism ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

Kindness Wins

by Galit Breen • 2015

Your kids know the safety rules. Here is how to teach them the kindness ones.

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111

📱 Digital Parenting 🧑‍💻 Social Media Literacy 🛑 Youth Cyberbullying 🛡️ Digital Citizenship 🫂 Empathy Training

Kindness Wins 90%

Your kids know the safety rules. Here is how to teach them the kindness ones.

by Galit Breen 2015

4.73

111 ratings

📱 Digital Parenting 🧑‍💻 Social Media Literacy 🛑 Youth Cyberbullying 🛡️ Digital Citizenship 🫂 Empathy Training

Dataclysm

by Christian Rudder • 2014

Big data from dating sites and social media exposes the uncomfortable truths we hide from ourselves.

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12k+

📊 Big Data 💘 Online Dating 🖥️ Digital Anthropology 👣 Digital Footprints 🎭 Online Identity

Dataclysm 90%

Big data from dating sites and social media exposes the uncomfortable truths we hide from ourselves.

by Christian Rudder 2014

3.73

12k+ ratings

📊 Big Data 💘 Online Dating 🖥️ Digital Anthropology 👣 Digital Footprints 🎭 Online Identity

The Happiness Effect

by Donna Freitas • 2017

A generation learned to perform happiness online; the emotional bill is now coming due.

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🌐 Digital Culture ⚖️ Social Comparison 😨 Fear Of Missing Out 📵 Digital Detox 📱 Social Media Addiction

The Happiness Effect 90%

A generation learned to perform happiness online; the emotional bill is now coming due.

by Donna Freitas 2017

3.31

265 ratings

🌐 Digital Culture ⚖️ Social Comparison 😨 Fear Of Missing Out 📵 Digital Detox 📱 Social Media Addiction

The End of Absence

by Michael Harris • 2014

The last generation to know life before the internet reveals what constant connection has hidden.

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🌐 Internet Criticism 📺 Media Ecology 🧠 Attention Economy 📵 Digital Detox 🧘 Digital Solitude

The End of Absence 89%

The last generation to know life before the internet reveals what constant connection has hidden.

by Michael Harris 2014

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2k+ ratings

🌐 Internet Criticism 📺 Media Ecology 🧠 Attention Economy 📵 Digital Detox 🧘 Digital Solitude

American Girls

by Nancy Jo Sales • 2016

Porn scripts, hookup norms, and a hunt for likes: what social media did to teenage girls.

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👧 Teen Girl Culture 💋 Sexualization Of Girls 💔 Hookup Culture 🔞 Porn Culture ⚖️ Sexual Double Standard

American Girls 89%

Porn scripts, hookup norms, and a hunt for likes: what social media did to teenage girls.

by Nancy Jo Sales 2016

3.60

3k+ ratings

👧 Teen Girl Culture 💋 Sexualization Of Girls 💔 Hookup Culture 🔞 Porn Culture ⚖️ Sexual Double Standard

The Anxious Generation

by Jonathan Haidt • 2024

A global teen mental health crisis started in 2012. The culprit fits in a pocket.

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🧠 Adolescent Mental Health 📱 Screen Time Effects ⚠️ Social Media Harms 🏃 Play-Based Childhood 📴 Parenting In The Digital Age

The Anxious Generation 89%

A global teen mental health crisis started in 2012. The culprit fits in a pocket.

by Jonathan Haidt 2024

4.30

207k+ ratings

🧠 Adolescent Mental Health 📱 Screen Time Effects ⚠️ Social Media Harms 🏃 Play-Based Childhood 📴 Parenting In The Digital Age

Digimodernism

by Alan Kirby • 2009

The internet did not just add screens. It ended postmodernism and installed a new cultural logic.

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🖥️ Digital Culture 📡 Media Theory 🔄 Postmodernism Critique 👥 Participatory Culture 🎮 Interactive Media

Digimodernism 89%

The internet did not just add screens. It ended postmodernism and installed a new cultural logic.

by Alan Kirby 2009

3.49

78 ratings

🖥️ Digital Culture 📡 Media Theory 🔄 Postmodernism Critique 👥 Participatory Culture 🎮 Interactive Media

Grown Up Digital

by Don Tapscott • 2008

Eight traits of the internet generation are quietly remaking school, work, and government.

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📱 Digital Natives 🌐 Internet Society 🔄 Generational Shift 🎓 Education Reform 💼 Future Of Work

Grown Up Digital 89%

Eight traits of the internet generation are quietly remaking school, work, and government.

by Don Tapscott 2008

3.80

1k+ ratings

📱 Digital Natives 🌐 Internet Society 🔄 Generational Shift 🎓 Education Reform 💼 Future Of Work

Estéticas liminales

by Valentina Tanni • 2023

What if vaporwave, creepypasta wikis, and liminal spaces are the real heart of contemporary art?

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428

🎨 Digital Aesthetics 🌐 Online Subcultures 📜 Digital Folklore 👻 Hauntology 📱 Information Overload

Estéticas liminales 89%

What if vaporwave, creepypasta wikis, and liminal spaces are the real heart of contemporary art?

by Valentina Tanni 2023

4.32

428 ratings

🎨 Digital Aesthetics 🌐 Online Subcultures 📜 Digital Folklore 👻 Hauntology 📱 Information Overload

You're Never Weird on the Internet

by Felicia Day • 2015

A home-schooled gamer's path from World of Warcraft addiction to running her own media company.

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🖥️ Internet Culture 🎮 Gaming Culture 🎯 Perfectionism ✊ Feminist Memoir 👩‍💻 Female Creators

You're Never Weird on the Internet Summary

You're Never Weird on the Internet 89%

A home-schooled gamer's path from World of Warcraft addiction to running her own media company.

by Felicia Day 2015

4.07

51k+ ratings

🖥️ Internet Culture 🎮 Gaming Culture 🎯 Perfectionism ✊ Feminist Memoir 👩‍💻 Female Creators

iGen

by Jean M. Twenge • 2017

Teens are safer than ever and lonelier than ever. The smartphone connects both dots.

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6k+

📊 Generational Analysis 🧒 Adolescent Development 📱 Screen Time Effects 🧠 Youth Mental Health 🐢 Delayed Adulthood

iGen 89%

Teens are safer than ever and lonelier than ever. The smartphone connects both dots.

by Jean M. Twenge 2017

3.78

6k+ ratings

📊 Generational Analysis 🧒 Adolescent Development 📱 Screen Time Effects 🧠 Youth Mental Health 🐢 Delayed Adulthood

100 Things We've Lost to the Internet

by Pamela Paul • 2021

A hundred things the internet took: boredom, unrecorded mistakes, and the right to disappear.

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🌐 Internet Culture 🧠 Attention Economy 📱 Digital Distraction 📞 Pre-Internet Life 👥 Social Media Critique

100 Things We've Lost to the Internet Summary

100 Things We've Lost to the Internet 89%

A hundred things the internet took: boredom, unrecorded mistakes, and the right to disappear.

by Pamela Paul 2021

3.39

3k+ ratings

🌐 Internet Culture 🧠 Attention Economy 📱 Digital Distraction 📞 Pre-Internet Life 👥 Social Media Critique

The Inner History of Devices

by Sherry Turkle • 2008

Your devices are confidants, not just tools. What they reveal about the self you're becoming.

3.83

🧠 Technology And Self 📱 Digital Intimacy 🎭 Online Identity 🎰 Digital Addiction 🔍 Digital Ethnography

The Inner History of Devices 89%

Your devices are confidants, not just tools. What they reveal about the self you're becoming.

by Sherry Turkle 2008

3.83

81 ratings

🧠 Technology And Self 📱 Digital Intimacy 🎭 Online Identity 🎰 Digital Addiction 🔍 Digital Ethnography

Superbloom

by Nicholas Carr • 2025

Communication's speed and abundance were supposed to unite us. Instead, they fragment and enrage.

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📱 Social Media Critique 💻 Digital Culture 🌐 Media Ecology 🧠 Attention Economy 🎯 Persuasive Technology

Superbloom 89%

Communication's speed and abundance were supposed to unite us. Instead, they fragment and enrage.

by Nicholas Carr 2025

4.04

2k+ ratings

📱 Social Media Critique 💻 Digital Culture 🌐 Media Ecology 🧠 Attention Economy 🎯 Persuasive Technology

10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World

by Jean M. Twenge • 2025

Ten rules for stopping screens from stealing your child's sleep, safety, and sanity.

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📱 Digital Parenting 🧠 Teen Mental Health ⚠️ Social Media Risks 😴 Sleep Deprivation 👨‍👩‍👧 Authoritative Parenting

10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World Summary

10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World 89%

Ten rules for stopping screens from stealing your child's sleep, safety, and sanity.

by Jean M. Twenge 2025

4.29

792 ratings

📱 Digital Parenting 🧠 Teen Mental Health ⚠️ Social Media Risks 😴 Sleep Deprivation 👨‍👩‍👧 Authoritative Parenting

Context

by Cory Doctorow • 2011

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372

🕸️ Internet Freedom 📜 Copyright Reform 🔐 Digital Rights 🏛️ Platform Politics 📚 Digital Publishing

Context 89%

by Cory Doctorow 2011

3.66

372 ratings

🕸️ Internet Freedom 📜 Copyright Reform 🔐 Digital Rights 🏛️ Platform Politics 📚 Digital Publishing

Screen People

by Megan Garber • 2026

When screens started watching us back, everyone became a performer and reality became a set.

3.42

184

🌐 Digital Culture 📺 Media Ecology 🎭 Performance Of Self 🌟 Celebrity Culture 🗳️ Political Fandom

Screen People 89%

When screens started watching us back, everyone became a performer and reality became a set.

by Megan Garber 2026

3.42

184 ratings

🌐 Digital Culture 📺 Media Ecology 🎭 Performance Of Self 🌟 Celebrity Culture 🗳️ Political Fandom

Alone Together

by Sherry Turkle • 2011

Robots comfort the elderly, screens raise children. What we lose when machines mediate intimacy.

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6k+

🤖 Social Robotics 📱 Digital Isolation 🎭 Online Identity 💌 Mediated Intimacy 🔔 Always On Culture

Alone Together 89%

Robots comfort the elderly, screens raise children. What we lose when machines mediate intimacy.

by Sherry Turkle 2011

3.62

6k+ ratings

🤖 Social Robotics 📱 Digital Isolation 🎭 Online Identity 💌 Mediated Intimacy 🔔 Always On Culture

Filterworld

by Kyle Chayka • 2024

Your Netflix queue reshapes what artists make: the global aesthetic is now algorithm-friendly.

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🔄 Algorithmic Curation 🏛️ Cultural Homogenization 👀 Attention Economy 🎥 Creator Economy 📡 Media Ecology

Filterworld 89%

Your Netflix queue reshapes what artists make: the global aesthetic is now algorithm-friendly.

by Kyle Chayka 2024

3.62

5k+ ratings

🔄 Algorithmic Curation 🏛️ Cultural Homogenization 👀 Attention Economy 🎥 Creator Economy 📡 Media Ecology

Everyday Cybersecurity

by Christopher Cox • 2019

The non-techie's playbook for shutting out hackers, scammers, and identity thieves.

5.00

🛡️ Personal Cybersecurity 🔐 Digital Privacy 🌐 Internet Safety 🆔 Identity Theft 🎭 Social Engineering

Everyday Cybersecurity 88%

The non-techie's playbook for shutting out hackers, scammers, and identity thieves.

by Christopher Cox 2019

5.00

1 ratings

🛡️ Personal Cybersecurity 🔐 Digital Privacy 🌐 Internet Safety 🆔 Identity Theft 🎭 Social Engineering

The People's Platform

by Astra Taylor • 2012

Digital abundance set culture free and made it cheap. Platforms got rich; creators got precarious.

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610

🖥️ Internet Culture 🏭 Platform Capitalism 👁️ Attention Economy ⚖️ Copyright Reform 📉 Digital Inequality

The People's Platform 88%

Digital abundance set culture free and made it cheap. Platforms got rich; creators got precarious.

by Astra Taylor 2012

4.04

610 ratings

🖥️ Internet Culture 🏭 Platform Capitalism 👁️ Attention Economy ⚖️ Copyright Reform 📉 Digital Inequality

Algospeak

by Adam Aleksic • 2025

Censorship algorithms didn't kill language online. They made it weirder, faster, more creative.

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5k+

🖥️ Digital Linguistics 🤖 Algorithmic Culture 🚫 Content Moderation 💡 Linguistic Innovation ⏱️ Attention Economics

Algospeak 88%

Censorship algorithms didn't kill language online. They made it weirder, faster, more creative.

by Adam Aleksic 2025

3.70

5k+ ratings

🖥️ Digital Linguistics 🤖 Algorithmic Culture 🚫 Content Moderation 💡 Linguistic Innovation ⏱️ Attention Economics

You Are Not a Gadget

by Jaron Lanier • 2010

The internet reduces people to data points. The people who built it call that wisdom.

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6k+

🖥️ Digital Criticism 🧑‍💻 Tech Humanism 🤔 Technoskepticism 💼 Creative Economy ⚙️ Technological Determinism

You Are Not a Gadget 88%

The internet reduces people to data points. The people who built it call that wisdom.

by Jaron Lanier 2010

3.57

6k+ ratings

🖥️ Digital Criticism 🧑‍💻 Tech Humanism 🤔 Technoskepticism 💼 Creative Economy ⚙️ Technological Determinism

Get Rich or Lie Trying

by Symeon Brown • 2022

The influencer dream is built on sweatshops, bot farms, and surgical debt the camera never shows.

3.85

922

🤑 Influencer Economy 🏗️ Platform Capitalism 👁️ Attention Economy 👗 Fast Fashion 🎣 Internet Scams

Get Rich or Lie Trying 88%

The influencer dream is built on sweatshops, bot farms, and surgical debt the camera never shows.

by Symeon Brown 2022

3.85

922 ratings

🤑 Influencer Economy 🏗️ Platform Capitalism 👁️ Attention Economy 👗 Fast Fashion 🎣 Internet Scams

The New Digital Age

by Eric Schmidt • 2013

Five billion new internet users will change war, privacy, and revolution forever.

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3k+

🌐 Internet Geopolitics 🔮 Digital Futures ⚔️ Cyber Conflict 👁️ Privacy And Surveillance 🏛️ State And Cyberspace

The New Digital Age 88%

Five billion new internet users will change war, privacy, and revolution forever.

by Eric Schmidt 2013

3.33

3k+ ratings

🌐 Internet Geopolitics 🔮 Digital Futures ⚔️ Cyber Conflict 👁️ Privacy And Surveillance 🏛️ State And Cyberspace

The Internet of Us

by Michael Patrick Lynch • 2016

Why the age of unlimited data is making it harder, not easier, to agree on what counts as evidence.

3.50

545

🔍 Epistemology 💻 Digital Culture 📚 Information Overload 🌀 Echo Chambers 📉 Truth Decay

The Internet of Us 88%

Why the age of unlimited data is making it harder, not easier, to agree on what counts as evidence.

by Michael Patrick Lynch 2016

3.50

545 ratings

🔍 Epistemology 💻 Digital Culture 📚 Information Overload 🌀 Echo Chambers 📉 Truth Decay

La fábrica de cretinos digitales

by Michel Desmurget • 2019

A neuroscientist's radical screen rules: zero before six, thirty minutes a day after.

4.09

770

🧒 Child Development 📺 Screen Time Effects 📱 Digital Parenting 💻 Tech Criticism 💥 Attention Crisis

La fábrica de cretinos digitales Summary

La fábrica de cretinos digitales 88%

A neuroscientist's radical screen rules: zero before six, thirty minutes a day after.

by Michel Desmurget 2019

4.09

770 ratings

🧒 Child Development 📺 Screen Time Effects 📱 Digital Parenting 💻 Tech Criticism 💥 Attention Crisis

The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It

by Jonathan L. Zittrain • 2008

Wikipedia and malware share one cause: an open internet. The locked-down alternative kills both.

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1k+

🌐 Internet Governance ⚖️ Cyberlaw 🕸️ Decentralized Networks 👥 Peer Production 🔓 Open Systems

The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It Summary

The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It 88%

Wikipedia and malware share one cause: an open internet. The locked-down alternative kills both.

by Jonathan L. Zittrain 2008

3.86

1k+ ratings

🌐 Internet Governance ⚖️ Cyberlaw 🕸️ Decentralized Networks 👥 Peer Production 🔓 Open Systems

Reclaiming Conversation

by Sherry Turkle • 2015

Texts and posts replaced real conversation, and we lost something irreplaceable in the trade.

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5k+

🛑 Techno Skepticism 🌐 Media Ecology 📱 Attention Crisis 🗣️ Meaningful Conversation 👨‍👩‍👧 Digital Parenting

Reclaiming Conversation 88%

Texts and posts replaced real conversation, and we lost something irreplaceable in the trade.

by Sherry Turkle 2015

3.80

5k+ ratings

🛑 Techno Skepticism 🌐 Media Ecology 📱 Attention Crisis 🗣️ Meaningful Conversation 👨‍👩‍👧 Digital Parenting

The Anarchist In The Library

by Siva Vaidhyanathan • 2004

The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.

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🛡️ Digital Rights ⚖️ Copyright Politics 🏛️ Cultural Commons 🌐 Network Society 💻 Digital Counterculture

The Anarchist In The Library 88%

The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.

by Siva Vaidhyanathan 2004

3.50

175 ratings

🛡️ Digital Rights ⚖️ Copyright Politics 🏛️ Cultural Commons 🌐 Network Society 💻 Digital Counterculture

Is This Love or Dopamine?

by Iona David • 2022

Emojis, ghosting, and the 0.4-second impression: what your texts say when your mouth isn't moving.

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155

📱 Digital Dating 💌 Modern Courtship 💻 Dating App Culture 🌐 Internet Culture 💬 Online Language Analysis

Is This Love or Dopamine? 88%

Emojis, ghosting, and the 0.4-second impression: what your texts say when your mouth isn't moving.

by Iona David 2022

3.35

155 ratings

📱 Digital Dating 💌 Modern Courtship 💻 Dating App Culture 🌐 Internet Culture 💬 Online Language Analysis

Digital Detox

by Molly Defrank • 2022

The two-week family screen reset that restores calm, creativity, and connection.

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244

📱 Digital Parenting ⏳ Screen Time 📵 Digital Detox 🧠 Attention Restoration 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Connection

Digital Detox 88%

The two-week family screen reset that restores calm, creativity, and connection.

by Molly Defrank 2022

4.42

244 ratings

📱 Digital Parenting ⏳ Screen Time 📵 Digital Detox 🧠 Attention Restoration 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Connection

Dragnet Nation

by Julia Angwin • 2014

A journalist tried to opt out of digital surveillance for a year. The system refused.

3.68

659

🛡️ Digital Surveillance 🔒 Data Privacy 👁️ Mass Surveillance 📰 Investigative Journalism 🛠️ Digital Self-Defense

Dragnet Nation 88%

A journalist tried to opt out of digital surveillance for a year. The system refused.

by Julia Angwin 2014

3.68

659 ratings

🛡️ Digital Surveillance 🔒 Data Privacy 👁️ Mass Surveillance 📰 Investigative Journalism 🛠️ Digital Self-Defense

Why Social Media is Ruining Your Life

by Katherine Ormerod • 2018

Social media promised connection; it gave us loneliness, debt, and a fractured democracy.

3.49

801

📱 Social Media Critique 🧘 Digital Wellness 🎣 Attention Economy ⚖️ Social Comparison 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism

Why Social Media is Ruining Your Life Summary

Why Social Media is Ruining Your Life 88%

Social media promised connection; it gave us loneliness, debt, and a fractured democracy.

by Katherine Ormerod 2018

3.49

801 ratings

📱 Social Media Critique 🧘 Digital Wellness 🎣 Attention Economy ⚖️ Social Comparison 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism

The Art of Invisibility

by Kevin D. Mitnick • 2017

From encrypted messages to burner devices, a hacker guide to vanishing from always-on surveillance.

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5k+

🛡️ Digital Privacy 🔒 Operational Security 👁️ Mass Surveillance 🕵️ Personal Anonymity 🔐 Information Security

The Art of Invisibility 88%

From encrypted messages to burner devices, a hacker guide to vanishing from always-on surveillance.

by Kevin D. Mitnick 2017

3.98

5k+ ratings

🛡️ Digital Privacy 🔒 Operational Security 👁️ Mass Surveillance 🕵️ Personal Anonymity 🔐 Information Security

Make Your Own Amazing YouTube Videos

by Brett Juilly • 2017

Your smartphone shoots great video. Here is the roadmap from first idea to loyal subscribers.

3.71

🎬 Video Production ✨ Content Creation 🎥 Filmmaking Basics ✂️ Video Editing 👥 Audience Building

Make Your Own Amazing YouTube Videos Summary

Make Your Own Amazing YouTube Videos 88%

Your smartphone shoots great video. Here is the roadmap from first idea to loyal subscribers.

by Brett Juilly 2017

3.71

14 ratings

🎬 Video Production ✨ Content Creation 🎥 Filmmaking Basics ✂️ Video Editing 👥 Audience Building

How to Thrive in the Digital Age

by Tom Chatfield • 2012

Your phone rewired your brain. The repair is a humanist reset, not a detox.

3.08

598

🧘 Digital Wellbeing 🧠 Attention Management 📖 Digital Literacy 📥 Information Overload 🌐 Technology And Society

How to Thrive in the Digital Age Summary

How to Thrive in the Digital Age 88%

Your phone rewired your brain. The repair is a humanist reset, not a detox.

by Tom Chatfield 2012

3.08

598 ratings

🧘 Digital Wellbeing 🧠 Attention Management 📖 Digital Literacy 📥 Information Overload 🌐 Technology And Society

Without Their Permission

by Alexis Ohanian • 2013

A college project became a top-ten site. Why that path is open to everyone.

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2k+

🚀 Tech Startups 🌐 Internet Culture 📖 Founder Memoir 🛠️ Lean Startup 🗽 Internet Freedom

Without Their Permission 88%

A college project became a top-ten site. Why that path is open to everyone.

by Alexis Ohanian 2013

3.70

2k+ ratings

🚀 Tech Startups 🌐 Internet Culture 📖 Founder Memoir 🛠️ Lean Startup 🗽 Internet Freedom

Privacy is Power

by Carissa Véliz • 2020

Your data is not the product; it's the toxic spill that's eroding your freedom.

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1k+

🔒 Digital Privacy 💰 Data Economy 📹 Mass Surveillance 🧠 Online Manipulation ⚖️ Data Ethics

Privacy is Power 88%

Your data is not the product; it's the toxic spill that's eroding your freedom.

by Carissa Véliz 2020

4.02

1k+ ratings

🔒 Digital Privacy 💰 Data Economy 📹 Mass Surveillance 🧠 Online Manipulation ⚖️ Data Ethics

Here Comes Everybody

by Clay Shirky • 2008

Forming a group just became free. That doesn't upgrade institutions; it upends them.

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7k+

🖥️ Internet Culture 📱 Digital Sociology ✊ Collective Action 🕸️ Network Effects 🤝 Peer Production

Here Comes Everybody 88%

Forming a group just became free. That doesn't upgrade institutions; it upends them.

by Clay Shirky 2008

3.78

7k+ ratings

🖥️ Internet Culture 📱 Digital Sociology ✊ Collective Action 🕸️ Network Effects 🤝 Peer Production

Twitter and Tear Gas

by Zeynep Tufekci • 2017

Twitter can fill a square overnight. Why that speed so often leads to a movement's collapse.

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1k+

🧑‍💻 Digital Activism 📢 Attention Economics 🛡️ Information Warfare 🚪 Media Gatekeeping 🤝 Collective Action

Twitter and Tear Gas 88%

Twitter can fill a square overnight. Why that speed so often leads to a movement's collapse.

by Zeynep Tufekci 2017

4.08

1k+ ratings

🧑‍💻 Digital Activism 📢 Attention Economics 🛡️ Information Warfare 🚪 Media Gatekeeping 🤝 Collective Action

Accountable

by Dashka Slater • 2023

A racist Instagram account upends a California high school. Punishment is swift; repair never comes.

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6k+

🏛️ Narrative Nonfiction 💻 Online Radicalization 😔 Public Shaming 👦 Teen Boy Culture ⚖️ Restorative Justice

Accountable 88%

A racist Instagram account upends a California high school. Punishment is swift; repair never comes.

by Dashka Slater 2023

4.23

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Narrative Nonfiction 💻 Online Radicalization 😔 Public Shaming 👦 Teen Boy Culture ⚖️ Restorative Justice

Antisocial Media

by Siva Vaidhyanathan • 2018

Facebook promised connection; it delivered surveillance, outrage, and a gift to authoritarians.

3.86

590

📱 Social Media Criticism 👀 Attention Economy 🕵️ Surveillance Capitalism 🦠 Disinformation 🫧 Filter Bubbles

Antisocial Media 88%

Facebook promised connection; it delivered surveillance, outrage, and a gift to authoritarians.

by Siva Vaidhyanathan 2018

3.86

590 ratings

📱 Social Media Criticism 👀 Attention Economy 🕵️ Surveillance Capitalism 🦠 Disinformation 🫧 Filter Bubbles

Doppelganger

by Naomi Klein • 2023

Mistaken for her alt-right double, a leftist author maps the mirror world devouring our politics.

4.19

37k+

🗳️ Political Memoir 🕳️ Conspiracy Theories 🎭 Digital Identity 📰 Media Criticism 🛡️ Information Warfare

Doppelganger 88%

Mistaken for her alt-right double, a leftist author maps the mirror world devouring our politics.

by Naomi Klein 2023

4.19

37k+ ratings

🗳️ Political Memoir 🕳️ Conspiracy Theories 🎭 Digital Identity 📰 Media Criticism 🛡️ Information Warfare

Program or Be Programmed

by Douglas Rushkoff • 2010

Digital tools have biases. If you can't read their code, someone else writes your behavior.

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2k+

🌐 Media Ecology ⚖️ Technological Bias 🎮 Digital Agency ⏰ Attention Economy 💻 Code Literacy

Program or Be Programmed 88%

Digital tools have biases. If you can't read their code, someone else writes your behavior.

by Douglas Rushkoff 2010

3.72

2k+ ratings

🌐 Media Ecology ⚖️ Technological Bias 🎮 Digital Agency ⏰ Attention Economy 💻 Code Literacy

Cyberkrank! Wie das digitalisierte Leben unsere Gesundheit ruiniert

by Manfred Spitzer • 2015

From addiction to sleeplessness: a neuroscientist's clinical case against the smartphone era.

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From addiction to sleeplessness: a neuroscientist's clinical case against the smartphone era.

by Manfred Spitzer 2015

3.78

203 ratings

📱 Digital Addiction 👶 Children And Screens 🧠 Attention And Distraction ⚠️ Tech Skepticism 🔄 Behavioral Addiction

The New Age of Sexism

by Laura Bates • 2025

Deepfake porn and biased code run AI, and the industry is looking away.

4.26

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🎯 Algorithmic Bias 📵 Online Harassment 📜 Tech Regulation 👩‍💻 Feminist Technology ⚖️ Data Justice

The New Age of Sexism 88%

Deepfake porn and biased code run AI, and the industry is looking away.

by Laura Bates 2025

4.26

11k+ ratings

🎯 Algorithmic Bias 📵 Online Harassment 📜 Tech Regulation 👩‍💻 Feminist Technology ⚖️ Data Justice

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