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Survival of the Richest
by Douglas Rushkoff • 2022
Tech billionaires build escape pods, not solutions. Rushkoff was invited to help plan one.
3.83
3k+
Survival of the Richest Summary
Survival of the Richest 92%
Tech billionaires build escape pods, not solutions. Rushkoff was invited to help plan one.
by Douglas Rushkoff 2022
3.83
3k+ ratings
The End of Reality
by Jonathan Taplin • 2023
Four billionaires want $20 trillion for Mars, the metaverse, crypto, immortality. Who pays?
3.92
540
The End of Reality Summary
The End of Reality 92%
Four billionaires want $20 trillion for Mars, the metaverse, crypto, immortality. Who pays?
by Jonathan Taplin 2023
3.92
540 ratings
World Without Mind
by Franklin Foer • 2017
A counterculture dream of global harmony became a corporate machine for total surveillance.
3.63
2k+
World Without Mind Summary
World Without Mind 92%
A counterculture dream of global harmony became a corporate machine for total surveillance.
by Franklin Foer 2017
3.63
2k+ ratings
Who Owns the Future?
by Jaron Lanier • 2013
Free services enter the internet. Middle-class jobs leave. A plan to reverse the pump.
3.77
4k+
Who Owns the Future? Summary
Who Owns the Future? 92%
Free services enter the internet. Middle-class jobs leave. A plan to reverse the pump.
by Jaron Lanier 2013
3.77
4k+ ratings
Don't Be Evil
by Rana Foroohar • 2019
The internet promised openness. What arrived was surveillance, addiction, and monopoly.
3.85
1k+
Don't Be Evil Summary
Don't Be Evil 92%
The internet promised openness. What arrived was surveillance, addiction, and monopoly.
by Rana Foroohar 2019
3.85
1k+ ratings
The Tech Coup
by Marietje Schaake • 2024
When tech companies became the state, democracy became a user agreement no one reads.
3.78
468
The Tech Coup Summary
The Tech Coup 92%
When tech companies became the state, democracy became a user agreement no one reads.
by Marietje Schaake 2024
3.78
468 ratings
The Four
by Scott Galloway • 2017
Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google: four companies, four instincts, one trillion-dollar playbook.
3.83
19k+
The Four Summary
The Four 92%
Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google: four companies, four instincts, one trillion-dollar playbook.
by Scott Galloway 2017
3.83
19k+ ratings
The People Vs Tech
by Jamie Bartlett • 2018
Liberal democracy rests on a few fragile pillars; the internet is dismantling every one.
3.90
2k+
The People Vs Tech Summary
The People Vs Tech 92%
Liberal democracy rests on a few fragile pillars; the internet is dismantling every one.
by Jamie Bartlett 2018
3.90
2k+ ratings
System Error
by Rob Reich • 2021
Tech companies optimized for growth and broke democracy. The cure is political, not digital.
3.82
608
System Error Summary
System Error 91%
Tech companies optimized for growth and broke democracy. The cure is political, not digital.
by Rob Reich 2021
3.82
608 ratings
The Age of Extraction
by Tim Wu • 2025
Tech platforms now extract wealth from everyone. History shows where that concentration leads.
3.89
1k+
The Age of Extraction Summary
The Age of Extraction 91%
Tech platforms now extract wealth from everyone. History shows where that concentration leads.
by Tim Wu 2025
3.89
1k+ ratings
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
Our Biggest Fight Summary
Our Biggest Fight 91%
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
Move Fast and Break Things
by Jonathan Taplin • 2017
How three digital monopolies gutted music and news, and why democracy is their next casualty.
3.59
2k+
Move Fast and Break Things Summary
Move Fast and Break Things 91%
How three digital monopolies gutted music and news, and why democracy is their next casualty.
by Jonathan Taplin 2017
3.59
2k+ ratings
An Ugly Truth
by Sheera Frenkel • 2021
Same data that built Facebook's empire fueled election chaos and a genocide. The leaders knew.
3.96
7k+
An Ugly Truth Summary
An Ugly Truth 91%
Same data that built Facebook's empire fueled election chaos and a genocide. The leaders knew.
by Sheera Frenkel 2021
3.96
7k+ ratings
The Exponential Age
by Azeem Azhar • 2021
Tech accelerates exponentially; institutions crawl. The gap is reshaping wealth, work, and war.
3.98
1k+
The Exponential Age Summary
The Exponential Age 91%
Tech accelerates exponentially; institutions crawl. The gap is reshaping wealth, work, and war.
by Azeem Azhar 2021
3.98
1k+ ratings
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
by Shoshana Zuboff • 2018
Your private moments are now raw data, harvested without consent to predict and sell your future.
4.05
14k+
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism Summary
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism 91%
Your private moments are now raw data, harvested without consent to predict and sell your future.
by Shoshana Zuboff 2018
4.05
14k+ ratings
Empire of AI
by Karen Hao • 2025
The AI revolution runs on $2-an-hour labor, stolen water, and a marketing trick from 1956.
4.02
14k+
Empire of AI Summary
Empire of AI 91%
The AI revolution runs on $2-an-hour labor, stolen water, and a marketing trick from 1956.
by Karen Hao 2025
4.02
14k+ ratings
Rewiring Democracy
by Bruce Schneier • 2025
AI writes laws, targets voters, judges cases. Democracy is an information system; AI is the driver.
3.67
91
Rewiring Democracy Summary
Rewiring Democracy 91%
AI writes laws, targets voters, judges cases. Democracy is an information system; AI is the driver.
by Bruce Schneier 2025
3.67
91 ratings
Supremacy
by Parmy Olson • 2024
The AGI race had competing visionaries, $13 billion from Microsoft, and safety as an afterthought.
4.05
6k+
Supremacy Summary
Supremacy 91%
The AGI race had competing visionaries, $13 billion from Microsoft, and safety as an afterthought.
by Parmy Olson 2024
4.05
6k+ ratings
Dignity in a Digital Age
by Ro Khanna • 2022
Five cities captured 90% of tech job growth. The case for creating digital opportunity everywhere.
3.71
149
Dignity in a Digital Age Summary
Dignity in a Digital Age 91%
Five cities captured 90% of tech job growth. The case for creating digital opportunity everywhere.
by Ro Khanna 2022
3.71
149 ratings
Enshittification
by Cory Doctorow • 2025
Big Tech didn't turn evil; competition, regulation, and worker power simply stopped holding it back.
4.06
13k+
Enshittification Summary
Enshittification 91%
Big Tech didn't turn evil; competition, regulation, and worker power simply stopped holding it back.
by Cory Doctorow 2025
4.06
13k+ ratings
Controligarchs
by Seamus Bruner • 2023
A trillion-dollar global elite is using crises to control your food, money, and speech.
4.10
271
Controligarchs Summary
Controligarchs 91%
A trillion-dollar global elite is using crises to control your food, money, and speech.
by Seamus Bruner 2023
4.10
271 ratings
Atlas of AI
by Kate Crawford • 2020
Artificial intelligence is not just code. It runs on mines, warehouses, and state surveillance.
3.93
3k+
Atlas of AI Summary
Atlas of AI 91%
Artificial intelligence is not just code. It runs on mines, warehouses, and state surveillance.
by Kate Crawford 2020
3.93
3k+ ratings
Master Switch
by Tim Wu • 2010
Telephone, radio, film, TV: each began open and ended a monopoly. The internet is next.
3.89
8k+
Master Switch Summary
Master Switch 91%
Telephone, radio, film, TV: each began open and ended a monopoly. The internet is next.
by Tim Wu 2010
3.89
8k+ ratings
The Big Nine
by Amy Webb • 2019
Nine companies control AI's future. Their blind spots are becoming everyone's problem.
3.75
2k+
The Big Nine Summary
The Big Nine 91%
Nine companies control AI's future. Their blind spots are becoming everyone's problem.
by Amy Webb 2019
3.75
2k+ ratings
Digital Empires
by Anu Bradford • 2023
Three powers are battling to govern the internet, and the prize is the future of democracy.
3.91
151
Digital Empires Summary
Digital Empires 91%
Three powers are battling to govern the internet, and the prize is the future of democracy.
by Anu Bradford 2023
3.91
151 ratings
The Coming of Neo-Feudalism
by Joel Kotkin • 2020
Tech oligarchs and a new elite justify their rule; the middle class becomes the peasantry.
3.57
872
The Coming of Neo-Feudalism Summary
The Coming of Neo-Feudalism 91%
Tech oligarchs and a new elite justify their rule; the middle class becomes the peasantry.
by Joel Kotkin 2020
3.57
872 ratings
Google Archipelago
by Michael Rectenwald • 2019
Silicon Valley didn't just get political. It built a totalitarian machine and called it progress.
3.84
120
Google Archipelago Summary
Google Archipelago 91%
Silicon Valley didn't just get political. It built a totalitarian machine and called it progress.
by Michael Rectenwald 2019
3.84
120 ratings
Radical Technologies
by Adam Greenfield • 2017
Eight technologies that run your day: the invisible tradeoffs reshaping power, work, and identity.
4.02
1k+
Radical Technologies Summary
Radical Technologies 91%
Eight technologies that run your day: the invisible tradeoffs reshaping power, work, and identity.
by Adam Greenfield 2017
4.02
1k+ ratings
The Great Tech Game
by Anirudh Suri • 2022
Power once meant factories and oil. Now it runs on code, chips, and data.
4.43
131
The Great Tech Game Summary
The Great Tech Game 91%
Power once meant factories and oil. Now it runs on code, chips, and data.
by Anirudh Suri 2022
4.43
131 ratings
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+
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
Billionaire, Nerd, Saviour, King
by Anupreeta Das • 2024
From monopolist to saint: Bill Gates's image was manufactured. His hidden empire was not.
3.01
441
Billionaire, Nerd, Saviour, King Summary
Billionaire, Nerd, Saviour, King 91%
From monopolist to saint: Bill Gates's image was manufactured. His hidden empire was not.
by Anupreeta Das 2024
3.01
441 ratings
The AI Con
by Emily M. Bender • 2025
ChatGPT isn't thinking, the doom-sayers aren't helping, and the real AI harms are already here.
3.69
2k+
The AI Con Summary
The AI Con 90%
ChatGPT isn't thinking, the doom-sayers aren't helping, and the real AI harms are already here.
by Emily M. Bender 2025
3.69
2k+ ratings
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+
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
Bóg techy. Jak wielkie firmy technologiczne przejmują władzę nad Polską i światem
by Sylwia Czubkowska • 2025
Big tech colonized Poland without firing a shot. Here is the playbook.
4.24
938
Bóg techy. Jak wielkie firmy technologiczne przejmują władzę nad Polską i światem Summary
Bóg techy. Jak wielkie firmy technologiczne przejmują władzę nad Polską i światem 90%
Big tech colonized Poland without firing a shot. Here is the playbook.
by Sylwia Czubkowska 2025
4.24
938 ratings
Extremely Hardcore
by Zoë Schiffer • 2024
A $44 billion impulse buy, then mass layoffs, fleeing advertisers. The takeover from inside.
3.97
1k+
Extremely Hardcore Summary
Extremely Hardcore 90%
A $44 billion impulse buy, then mass layoffs, fleeing advertisers. The takeover from inside.
by Zoë Schiffer 2024
3.97
1k+ ratings
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+
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
The People's Platform
by Astra Taylor • 2012
Digital abundance set culture free and made it cheap. Platforms got rich; creators got precarious.
4.04
610
The People's Platform Summary
The People's Platform 90%
Digital abundance set culture free and made it cheap. Platforms got rich; creators got precarious.
by Astra Taylor 2012
4.04
610 ratings
The Fourth Industrial Revolution
by Klaus Schwab • 2016
Physical, digital, and biological tech are merging. Jobs, governments, and selves will be rewritten.
3.56
5k+
The Fourth Industrial Revolution Summary
The Fourth Industrial Revolution 90%
Physical, digital, and biological tech are merging. Jobs, governments, and selves will be rewritten.
by Klaus Schwab 2016
3.56
5k+ ratings
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+
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
WTF?
by Tim O'Reilly • 2017
The economy is now an algorithm, and nobody wrote human well-being into its code.
4.08
2k+
WTF? Summary
WTF? 90%
The economy is now an algorithm, and nobody wrote human well-being into its code.
by Tim O'Reilly 2017
4.08
2k+ ratings
Antisocial Media
by Siva Vaidhyanathan • 2018
Facebook promised connection; it delivered surveillance, outrage, and a gift to authoritarians.
3.86
590
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
Artificial Intelligence
by Neil Wilkins • 2019
The AI taking your job tomorrow does not exist. The fear is manufactured for profit.
3.18
17
Artificial Intelligence Summary
Artificial Intelligence 90%
The AI taking your job tomorrow does not exist. The fear is manufactured for profit.
by Neil Wilkins 2019
3.18
17 ratings
The Network State
by Balaji S. Srinivasan • 2022
Startup companies become unicorns. What if startup communities become countries?
3.92
1k+
The Network State Summary
The Network State 90%
Startup companies become unicorns. What if startup communities become countries?
by Balaji S. Srinivasan 2022
3.92
1k+ ratings
Subprime Attention Crisis
by Tim Hwang • 2020
The internet's ad economy is a bubble of fake clicks, hidden fees, and bad incentives.
3.61
1k+
Subprime Attention Crisis Summary
Subprime Attention Crisis 90%
The internet's ad economy is a bubble of fake clicks, hidden fees, and bad incentives.
by Tim Hwang 2020
3.61
1k+ ratings
How to Fix the Future
by Andrew Keen • 2017
The digital revolution feels unprecedented. It isn't. The fix is the same as last time.
3.36
273
How to Fix the Future Summary
How to Fix the Future 90%
The digital revolution feels unprecedented. It isn't. The fix is the same as last time.
by Andrew Keen 2017
3.36
273 ratings
The Industries of the Future
by Alec J. Ross • 2016
Robotics, genomics, code, and cyberwar: the next economy's winners and losers, mapped.
3.96
8k+
The Industries of the Future Summary
The Industries of the Future 90%
Robotics, genomics, code, and cyberwar: the next economy's winners and losers, mapped.
by Alec J. Ross 2016
3.96
8k+ ratings
The Second Machine Age
by Erik Brynjolfsson • 2014
Kodak employed 145,000. Instagram: 15. The economics that explains both, and what comes next.
3.91
12k+
The Second Machine Age Summary
The Second Machine Age 90%
Kodak employed 145,000. Instagram: 15. The economics that explains both, and what comes next.
by Erik Brynjolfsson 2014
3.91
12k+ ratings
TikTok Boom
by Chris Stokel-Walker • 2021
China built the world's most addictive app. The algorithm knows you better than your friends do.
3.72
191
TikTok Boom Summary
TikTok Boom 90%
China built the world's most addictive app. The algorithm knows you better than your friends do.
by Chris Stokel-Walker 2021
3.72
191 ratings
Like, Comment, Subscribe
by Mark Bergen • 2022
Three PayPal coworkers built a dating site. It became the algorithm deciding what the world watches.
3.72
1k+
Like, Comment, Subscribe Summary
Like, Comment, Subscribe 90%
Three PayPal coworkers built a dating site. It became the algorithm deciding what the world watches.
by Mark Bergen 2022
3.72
1k+ ratings
Code Dependent
by Madhumita Murgia • 2024
Behind every AI is an exploited, invisible workforce. A reporter traces the human supply chain.
4.03
3k+
Code Dependent Summary
Code Dependent 90%
Behind every AI is an exploited, invisible workforce. A reporter traces the human supply chain.
by Madhumita Murgia 2024
4.03
3k+ ratings
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