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🎯 Persuasive Technology

Examinations of how apps, platforms, and digital tools are engineered to capture attention and shape behavior, for better and for worse.
The Loop
by Jacob Ward • 2022
Algorithms have learned your blind spots. Now they decide while you feel in control.
3.76
508
⚖️ Tech Ethics🏛️ Ai Governance🧠 Cognitive Biases
The Loop Summary
The Loop 92%
Algorithms have learned your blind spots. Now they decide while you feel in control.
by Jacob Ward 2022
3.76
508 ratings
⚖️ Tech Ethics🏛️ Ai Governance🧠 Cognitive Biases
Irresistible
by Adam Alter • 2017
The apps in your pocket are as carefully engineered for addiction as any casino game.
3.85
13k+
🔄 Behavioral Addiction📱 Tech Addiction👀 Attention Economy
Irresistible Summary
Irresistible 92%
The apps in your pocket are as carefully engineered for addiction as any casino game.
by Adam Alter 2017
3.85
13k+ ratings
🔄 Behavioral Addiction📱 Tech Addiction👀 Attention Economy
Superbloom
by Nicholas Carr • 2025
Communication's speed and abundance were supposed to unite us. Instead, they fragment and enrage.
4.04
2k+
📱 Social Media Critique💻 Digital Culture🌐 Media Ecology
Superbloom Summary
Superbloom 92%
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
Mindmasters
by Sandra Matz • 2025
Algorithms read personality from digital traces. The fix isn't privacy; it's collective ownership.
3.96
399
💻 Digital Psychology⚖️ Tech Ethics🏭 Surveillance Capitalism
Mindmasters Summary
Mindmasters 91%
Algorithms read personality from digital traces. The fix isn't privacy; it's collective ownership.
by Sandra Matz 2025
3.96
399 ratings
💻 Digital Psychology⚖️ Tech Ethics🏭 Surveillance Capitalism
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
by Jaron Lanier • 2018
Social media is a behavior-modification machine. The only sane answer: delete your accounts.
3.58
18k+
📱 Social Media Critique⚖️ Tech Ethics🧠 Behavior Modification
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now Summary
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now 91%
Social media is a behavior-modification machine. The only sane answer: delete your accounts.
by Jaron Lanier 2018
3.58
18k+ ratings
📱 Social Media Critique⚖️ Tech Ethics🧠 Behavior Modification
You Are Not a Gadget
by Jaron Lanier • 2010
The internet reduces people to data points. The people who built it call that wisdom.
3.57
6k+
🖥️ Digital Criticism🧑‍💻 Tech Humanism🤔 Technoskepticism
You Are Not a Gadget Summary
You Are Not a Gadget 91%
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
Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology
by Edward H. Spence • 2021
We're building superintelligence without a control plan. Stoicism has one.
4.50
2
🏛️ Modern Stoicism🤖 Ai Ethics🎯 Ai Alignment
Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology Summary
Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology 91%
We're building superintelligence without a control plan. Stoicism has one.
by Edward H. Spence 2021
4.50
2 ratings
🏛️ Modern Stoicism🤖 Ai Ethics🎯 Ai Alignment
The Filter Bubble
by Eli Pariser • 2011
Every click surrenders your free will to an algorithm. The only fix: quit social media entirely.
3.79
5k+
📱 Social Media Critique🫧 Filter Bubbles🎛️ Digital Manipulation
The Filter Bubble Summary
The Filter Bubble 91%
Every click surrenders your free will to an algorithm. The only fix: quit social media entirely.
by Eli Pariser 2011
3.79
5k+ ratings
📱 Social Media Critique🫧 Filter Bubbles🎛️ Digital Manipulation
Neuro Web Design
by Susan M. Weinschenk • 2008
The conscious mind is your site's last reader. Design for the ones that decide first.
3.85
989
🖥️ Web Design📱 User Experience📈 Behavioral Economics
Neuro Web Design Summary
Neuro Web Design 91%
The conscious mind is your site's last reader. Design for the ones that decide first.
by Susan M. Weinschenk 2008
3.85
989 ratings
🖥️ Web Design📱 User Experience📈 Behavioral Economics
Program or Be Programmed
by Douglas Rushkoff • 2010
Digital tools have biases. If you can't read their code, someone else writes your behavior.
3.72
2k+
🌐 Media Ecology⚖️ Technological Bias🎮 Digital Agency
Program or Be Programmed Summary
Program or Be Programmed 91%
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
To Save Everything, Click Here
by Evgeny Morozov • 2013
Silicon Valley promised a world without friction. Friction, mess, and dissent are what keep us free.
3.67
1k+
💻 Tech Criticism🗳️ Internet Politics⚖️ Algorithms And Bias
To Save Everything, Click Here Summary
To Save Everything, Click Here 91%
Silicon Valley promised a world without friction. Friction, mess, and dissent are what keep us free.
by Evgeny Morozov 2013
3.67
1k+ ratings
💻 Tech Criticism🗳️ Internet Politics⚖️ Algorithms And Bias
Being Digital
by Nicholas Negroponte • 1995
Why your TV, newspaper, and phone are about to merge into one seamless stream of bits.
3.80
2k+
💻 Digital Transformation📡 Media Convergence🎛️ Interface Design
Being Digital Summary
Being Digital 91%
Why your TV, newspaper, and phone are about to merge into one seamless stream of bits.
by Nicholas Negroponte 1995
3.80
2k+ ratings
💻 Digital Transformation📡 Media Convergence🎛️ Interface Design
The Art of Bitfulness
by Nandan Nilekani • 2022
Phones exploit your psychology by design. Three modes that make deep focus the easy choice.
4.21
128
🧘 Digital Wellness📉 Attention Economy🔄 Habit Design
The Art of Bitfulness Summary
The Art of Bitfulness 91%
Phones exploit your psychology by design. Three modes that make deep focus the easy choice.
by Nandan Nilekani 2022
4.21
128 ratings
🧘 Digital Wellness📉 Attention Economy🔄 Habit Design
Filterworld
by Kyle Chayka • 2024
Your Netflix queue reshapes what artists make: the global aesthetic is now algorithm-friendly.
3.62
5k+
🔄 Algorithmic Curation🏛️ Cultural Homogenization👀 Attention Economy
Filterworld Summary
Filterworld 91%
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
The Inevitable
by Kevin Kelly • 2016
Twelve forces are bending civilization in one direction, and we have just left the gate.
3.89
12k+
🔄 Digital Economy🔮 Technological Forecasting📊 Information Economy
The Inevitable Summary
The Inevitable 91%
Twelve forces are bending civilization in one direction, and we have just left the gate.
by Kevin Kelly 2016
3.89
12k+ ratings
🔄 Digital Economy🔮 Technological Forecasting📊 Information Economy
Tech Agnostic
by Greg Epstein • 2024
Technology sold you a faith: saints, sacraments, apocalypse. The humanist case for walking away.
3.49
156
🕉️ Digital Religion⚙️ Technology Criticism🤔 Techno-Skepticism
Tech Agnostic Summary
Tech Agnostic 91%
Technology sold you a faith: saints, sacraments, apocalypse. The humanist case for walking away.
by Greg Epstein 2024
3.49
156 ratings
🕉️ Digital Religion⚙️ Technology Criticism🤔 Techno-Skepticism
How Algorithms Create and Prevent Fake News
by Noah Giansiracusa • 2021
Algorithms chase engagement, not truth. Lies outperform facts every time, and platforms know it.
3.25
20
⚖️ Algorithmic Bias📰 Online Misinformation🎭 Deepfakes
How Algorithms Create and Prevent Fake News Summary
How Algorithms Create and Prevent Fake News 91%
Algorithms chase engagement, not truth. Lies outperform facts every time, and platforms know it.
by Noah Giansiracusa 2021
3.25
20 ratings
⚖️ Algorithmic Bias📰 Online Misinformation🎭 Deepfakes
The Extinction of Experience
by Christine Rosen • 2024
The price of a seamless life: you lose patience, presence, and the ability to read a face.
3.65
2k+
📱 Digital Culture🎯 Attention Economy🗣 Technology Criticism
The Extinction of Experience Summary
The Extinction of Experience 91%
The price of a seamless life: you lose patience, presence, and the ability to read a face.
by Christine Rosen 2024
3.65
2k+ ratings
📱 Digital Culture🎯 Attention Economy🗣 Technology Criticism
Hooked
by Nir Eyal • 2013
The psychology behind every habit-forming app, distilled into a four-step product design cycle.
4.12
50k+
🎨 Product Design🔄 Habit Formation🧠 Behavioral Design
Hooked Summary
Hooked 91%
The psychology behind every habit-forming app, distilled into a four-step product design cycle.
by Nir Eyal 2013
4.12
50k+ ratings
🎨 Product Design🔄 Habit Formation🧠 Behavioral Design
Privacy is Power
by Carissa Véliz • 2020
Your data is not the product; it's the toxic spill that's eroding your freedom.
4.02
1k+
🔒 Digital Privacy💰 Data Economy📹 Mass Surveillance
Privacy is Power Summary
Privacy is Power 91%
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
Everybody Lies
by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz • 2017
Google searches expose the racism, fear, and desire that surveys and social media carefully hide.
3.91
43k+
📊 Big Data🖥️ Digital Behavior🙈 Hidden Bias
Everybody Lies Summary
Everybody Lies 91%
Google searches expose the racism, fear, and desire that surveys and social media carefully hide.
by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz 2017
3.91
43k+ ratings
📊 Big Data🖥️ Digital Behavior🙈 Hidden Bias
Alone Together
by Sherry Turkle • 2011
Robots comfort the elderly, screens raise children. What we lose when machines mediate intimacy.
3.62
6k+
🤖 Social Robotics📱 Digital Isolation🎭 Online Identity
Alone Together Summary
Alone Together 91%
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
The Attention Merchants
by Tim Wu • 2016
Your attention has been for sale since 1833. The hidden industry that trades in it.
4.07
5k+
🎯 Attention Economy📺 Media History👁️ Surveillance Capitalism
The Attention Merchants Summary
The Attention Merchants 91%
Your attention has been for sale since 1833. The hidden industry that trades in it.
by Tim Wu 2016
4.07
5k+ ratings
🎯 Attention Economy📺 Media History👁️ Surveillance Capitalism
Seducing the Subconscious
by Robert Heath • 2012
Looking away from an ad may make it work better: low attention bypasses your mental defenses.
3.98
181
🧠 Advertising Psychology🫥 Subconscious Influence❤️ Emotional Persuasion
Seducing the Subconscious Summary
Seducing the Subconscious 91%
Looking away from an ad may make it work better: low attention bypasses your mental defenses.
by Robert Heath 2012
3.98
181 ratings
🧠 Advertising Psychology🫥 Subconscious Influence❤️ Emotional Persuasion
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
How to Thrive in the Digital Age Summary
How to Thrive in the Digital Age 91%
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
The World Beyond Your Head
by Matthew B. Crawford • 2015
Your attention is being strip-mined by design. The way out is physical, skilled, and shared.
3.79
3k+
💰 Attention Economy🔍 Phenomenology👤 Embodied Cognition
The World Beyond Your Head Summary
The World Beyond Your Head 90%
Your attention is being strip-mined by design. The way out is physical, skilled, and shared.
by Matthew B. Crawford 2015
3.79
3k+ ratings
💰 Attention Economy🔍 Phenomenology👤 Embodied Cognition
Addiction by Design
by Natasha Dow Schüll • 2012
Machine gambling is engineered to dissolve the self. Winning is just a chance to keep playing.
4.18
1k+
🎰 Machine Gambling🏛️ Casino Design🧠 Addiction Studies
Addiction by Design Summary
Addiction by Design 90%
Machine gambling is engineered to dissolve the self. Winning is just a chance to keep playing.
by Natasha Dow Schüll 2012
4.18
1k+ ratings
🎰 Machine Gambling🏛️ Casino Design🧠 Addiction Studies
Our Biggest Fight
by Frank H. McCourt • 2024
Your mind is the product, and the price is democracy. A new protocol offers a buyback.
4.15
27
🌐 Big Tech Critique💰 Data Monopolies⏳ Attention Economy
Our Biggest Fight Summary
Our Biggest Fight 90%
Your mind is the product, and the price is democracy. A new protocol offers a buyback.
by Frank H. McCourt 2024
4.15
27 ratings
🌐 Big Tech Critique💰 Data Monopolies⏳ Attention Economy
How to Break Up with Your Phone
by Catherine Price • 2018
The 30-day plan that unhooks your brain from the device designed to keep it hooked.
3.91
22k+
🧭 Digital Detox📱 Smartphone Addiction🗣️ Social Media Critique
How to Break Up with Your Phone Summary
How to Break Up with Your Phone 90%
The 30-day plan that unhooks your brain from the device designed to keep it hooked.
by Catherine Price 2018
3.91
22k+ ratings
🧭 Digital Detox📱 Smartphone Addiction🗣️ Social Media Critique
The Big Switch
by Nicholas Carr • 2008
What electrification did to factories, cloud computing is doing to business, labor, and your mind.
3.84
3k+
⚡ History Of Technology☁️ Cloud Computing🔄 Digital Transformation
The Big Switch Summary
The Big Switch 90%
What electrification did to factories, cloud computing is doing to business, labor, and your mind.
by Nicholas Carr 2008
3.84
3k+ ratings
⚡ History Of Technology☁️ Cloud Computing🔄 Digital Transformation
The Smarter Screen
by Shlomo Benartzi • 2015
Screens nudge you in 50 milliseconds. The rules for making that moment work for you.
3.96
365
🧪 Behavioral Economics🧠 Cognitive Biases🏗️ Choice Architecture
The Smarter Screen Summary
The Smarter Screen 90%
Screens nudge you in 50 milliseconds. The rules for making that moment work for you.
by Shlomo Benartzi 2015
3.96
365 ratings
🧪 Behavioral Economics🧠 Cognitive Biases🏗️ Choice Architecture
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
81
🧠 Technology And Self📱 Digital Intimacy🎭 Online Identity
The Inner History of Devices Summary
The Inner History of Devices 90%
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
System Error
by Rob Reich • 2021
Tech companies optimized for growth and broke democracy. The cure is political, not digital.
3.82
608
⚖️ Algorithmic Bias🔒 Data Privacy🤖 Automation And Labor
System Error Summary
System Error 90%
Tech companies optimized for growth and broke democracy. The cure is political, not digital.
by Rob Reich 2021
3.82
608 ratings
⚖️ Algorithmic Bias🔒 Data Privacy🤖 Automation And Labor
Radical Technologies
by Adam Greenfield • 2017
Eight technologies that run your day: the invisible tradeoffs reshaping power, work, and identity.
4.02
1k+
⚡ Tech Criticism👁️ Surveillance Capitalism⚖️ Ethics Of Technology
Radical Technologies Summary
Radical Technologies 90%
Eight technologies that run your day: the invisible tradeoffs reshaping power, work, and identity.
by Adam Greenfield 2017
4.02
1k+ ratings
⚡ Tech Criticism👁️ Surveillance Capitalism⚖️ Ethics Of Technology
How to Stay Smart in a Smart World
by Gerd Gigerenzer • 2022
AI masters chess but fumbles real life. Why simple human judgment still outperforms algorithms.
3.82
502
🧠 Cognitive Psychology🧩 Bounded Rationality🔍 Heuristics And Biases
How to Stay Smart in a Smart World Summary
How to Stay Smart in a Smart World 90%
AI masters chess but fumbles real life. Why simple human judgment still outperforms algorithms.
by Gerd Gigerenzer 2022
3.82
502 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Psychology🧩 Bounded Rationality🔍 Heuristics And Biases
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
Antisocial Media Summary
Antisocial Media 90%
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
Team Human
by Douglas Rushkoff • 2019
Technology promised connection but atomized us. The fix is not code; it is reclaiming our humanity.
3.83
1k+
📱 Digital Criticism⚠️ Algorithmic Bias🧬 Social Creatures
Team Human Summary
Team Human 90%
Technology promised connection but atomized us. The fix is not code; it is reclaiming our humanity.
by Douglas Rushkoff 2019
3.83
1k+ ratings
📱 Digital Criticism⚠️ Algorithmic Bias🧬 Social Creatures
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
The Internet of Us Summary
The Internet of Us 90%
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
Webs of Influence
by Nathalie Nahai • 2012
The brain's shortcuts decide every online purchase. Design for those rules, not for logic.
3.74
307
🎯 Conversion Optimization🎨 Design Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases
Webs of Influence Summary
Webs of Influence 90%
The brain's shortcuts decide every online purchase. Design for those rules, not for logic.
by Nathalie Nahai 2012
3.74
307 ratings
🎯 Conversion Optimization🎨 Design Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases
The Distraction Addiction
by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang • 2013
Digital detox is a dead end. Real focus starts with breathing, not unplugging.
3.52
641
🧘 Digital Mindfulness⚖️ Tech-Life Balance🎯 Attention Management
The Distraction Addiction Summary
The Distraction Addiction 90%
Digital detox is a dead end. Real focus starts with breathing, not unplugging.
by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang 2013
3.52
641 ratings
🧘 Digital Mindfulness⚖️ Tech-Life Balance🎯 Attention Management
The Information Diet
by Clay A. Johnson • 2011
Information overload is a myth. Affirmation outsells truth, and your attention is the product.
3.50
2k+
📚 Information Literacy👁️ Attention Economy🌿 Digital Wellness
The Information Diet Summary
The Information Diet 90%
Information overload is a myth. Affirmation outsells truth, and your attention is the product.
by Clay A. Johnson 2011
3.50
2k+ ratings
📚 Information Literacy👁️ Attention Economy🌿 Digital Wellness
Tools and Weapons
by Brad Smith • 2019
Tech weaponized your data, your vote, your face. An insider's plan to take them back.
3.85
2k+
🏛️ Tech Policy🔒 Privacy Rights🛡️ Cybersecurity
Tools and Weapons Summary
Tools and Weapons 90%
Tech weaponized your data, your vote, your face. An insider's plan to take them back.
by Brad Smith 2019
3.85
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Tech Policy🔒 Privacy Rights🛡️ Cybersecurity
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.
3.78
203
📱 Digital Addiction👶 Children And Screens🧠 Attention And Distraction
Cyberkrank! Wie das digitalisierte Leben unsere Gesundheit ruiniert Summary
Cyberkrank! Wie das digitalisierte Leben unsere Gesundheit ruiniert 90%
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
Free Your Mind
by Laura Dodsworth • 2023
Your mind is under fire from ads, algorithms, propaganda, and cereal boxes. A self-defense guide.
3.79
335
🛡️ Persuasion Resistance📰 Media Literacy📢 Propaganda Studies
Free Your Mind Summary
Free Your Mind 90%
Your mind is under fire from ads, algorithms, propaganda, and cereal boxes. A self-defense guide.
by Laura Dodsworth 2023
3.79
335 ratings
🛡️ Persuasion Resistance📰 Media Literacy📢 Propaganda Studies
Mindf*ck
by Christopher Wylie • 2019
Fifty million profiles. Two elections. One whistleblower who built the weapon and then broke it.
4.36
8k+
🔒 Data Privacy👁️ Surveillance Capitalism🗳️ Electoral Interference
Mindf*ck Summary
Mindf*ck 90%
Fifty million profiles. Two elections. One whistleblower who built the weapon and then broke it.
by Christopher Wylie 2019
4.36
8k+ ratings
🔒 Data Privacy👁️ Surveillance Capitalism🗳️ Electoral Interference
User Friendly
by Cliff Kuang • 2019
Effortless design was forged by war, marketing, and psychology, and its ease hides a cost.
4.13
3k+
📜 Design History🖥️ User Experience🧠 Human Factors
User Friendly Summary
User Friendly 90%
Effortless design was forged by war, marketing, and psychology, and its ease hides a cost.
by Cliff Kuang 2019
4.13
3k+ ratings
📜 Design History🖥️ User Experience🧠 Human Factors
Lurking
by Joanne McNeil • 2020
Quiet observers were the heart of the early web. Then the internet turned them into data.
3.75
889
🕰️ Internet History💻 Digital Culture🌐 Online Communities
Lurking Summary
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
World Without Mind
by Franklin Foer • 2017
A counterculture dream of global harmony became a corporate machine for total surveillance.
3.63
2k+
🏢 Big Tech Critique🧱 Monopoly Power🤖 Algorithmic Control
World Without Mind Summary
World Without Mind 90%
A counterculture dream of global harmony became a corporate machine for total surveillance.
by Franklin Foer 2017
3.63
2k+ ratings
🏢 Big Tech Critique🧱 Monopoly Power🤖 Algorithmic Control
The Glass Cage
by Nicholas Carr • 2014
The more machines take over, the less we can do ourselves: automation's hidden trade-off.
3.75
2k+
🔬 Technology And Cognition🏭 Automation And Society🔍 Technological Skepticism
The Glass Cage Summary
The Glass Cage 90%
The more machines take over, the less we can do ourselves: automation's hidden trade-off.
by Nicholas Carr 2014
3.75
2k+ ratings
🔬 Technology And Cognition🏭 Automation And Society🔍 Technological Skepticism
Ruined by Design
by Mike Monteiro • 2019
Every harmful app was a designer's decision. The principles for refusing to build the next one.
4.11
2k+
🧭 Design Ethics🌐 Tech Criticism🌈 Diversity In Tech
Ruined by Design Summary
Ruined by Design 90%
Every harmful app was a designer's decision. The principles for refusing to build the next one.
by Mike Monteiro 2019
4.11
2k+ ratings
🧭 Design Ethics🌐 Tech Criticism🌈 Diversity In Tech
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