Rylan on BookWyrm wants to read Dark Wire by Joseph Cox
The inside story of the largest law-enforcement sting operation ever, in which the FBI made …
Moving this book by @josephcox@infosec.exchange to the top of my reading list for 2024
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Rylan on BookWyrm finished reading The Internet Con by Cory Doctorow
When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their …
Great book by @pluralistic@mamot.fr No notes. Will probably read it again, it was a perfect length to easily digest all the topics while still thinking deeply about solving problems with today’s internet
Rylan on BookWyrm finished reading What If? 2 by Randall Munroe (What If?, #2)
The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best …
I bought this at the same time as the 1st one and was excited because the 1st book was so fun & I couldn’t put it down, but this one was a bit slower for me
Rylan on BookWyrm finished reading Chokepoint Capitalism by Cory Doctorow
A call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the …
Just finished this, definitely going to read this again sometime. Learned a lot, but also helped put into words some things I maybe already knew.
Rylan on BookWyrm wants to read The Deficit Myth by Stephanie Kelton
A New York Times Bestseller The leading thinker and most visible public advocate of modern …
Adding to my reading list because it was referenced in Chokepoint Capitalism when discussing job guarantees: “But we don't actually need to tax the rich in order to pay for programs. As Stephanie Kelten explains in The Deficit Myth, that's not how money works. Money is spent into existence by "monetarily sovereign" national governments and then taxed back out of existence.”
Rylan on BookWyrm finished reading What If? by Randall Munroe
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions is a 2014 non-fiction book by …
Fun book, very digestible writing on math & science problems
Rylan on BookWyrm finished reading Sandworm by Andy Greenberg
In 2014, the world witnessed the start of a mysterious series of cyberattacks. Targeting American …
Great narrative, and touched on a lot of big moments in cybersecurity over the past few years
Rylan on BookWyrm wants to read Extremely Online by Taylor Lorenz
Acclaimed Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz presents a groundbreaking social history of the internet—revealing how …
Adding “Extremely Online” by Taylor Lorenz to my list because it’s @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social
I have loved her work since “Internet ‘algospeak’ is changing our language in real time, from ‘nip nops’ to ‘le dollar bean’” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/04/08/algospeak-tiktok-le-dollar-bean/
After reading her article “ The Community Pushing AI-Generated Porn to ‘the Edge of Knowledge’” and hearing her on the 404 Media Podcast as one of the co-founders, definitely want to read any book from Sam Cole
www.404media.co/ai-generated-porn-generative-artificial-intelligence/
Rylan on BookWyrm wants to read A fair country by John Ralston Saul
Saul argues passionately that Canada is a Métis nation heavily influenced and shaped by Aboriginal …
Adding this to my list after hearing Rob Goodman reference it on Canadaland Episode; How to Save Canada. Goodman was on to discuss his book “Not Here: Why American Democracy Is Eroding and How Canada Can Protect Itself.” which is not currently on my list, but I liked what Goodman had to say in general
Rylan on BookWyrm wants to read Your Face Belongs to Us by Kashmir Hill
Adding to my list based on this post from @kashhill@mastodon.social
We all—users, businesses, governments, and the general public—expect internet platform companies, like Meta, Alphabet, and …
Adding this to my list after seeing @tiffanycli@mastodon.social boost @paulgowder@recurse.social
recurse.social/@paulgowder/110825909177850107
The Networked Leviathan: For Democratic Platforms is a polisci-based case for global direct democratic governance of big tech platforms. The paperback is reasonably priced, and there's an open-access PDF, so you have no excuse not to get it.
Rylan on BookWyrm commented on Networks of New York by Ingrid Burrington
With more than 50 color illustrations, Burrington takes us on a tour whereby she decodes …
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Rylan on BookWyrm commented on Networks of New York by Ingrid Burrington
With more than 50 color illustrations, Burrington takes us on a tour whereby she decodes …
Added this to my list because @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk said “ It is a wonderfully nerdy book, if you are interested in some of the physical infrastructure of the Internet.”
Rylan on BookWyrm wants to read The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
Established in 2025, the purpose of the new organization was simple: To advocate for the …
Adding to my list because of this Instagram Reel: www.instagram.com/reel/CvL1r1IMs22/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==