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.
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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 …
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 started reading Containing Big Tech by Tom Kemp
Rylan on BookWyrm wants to read Weaving the Dark Web by Robert W. Gehl
Rylan on BookWyrm started reading Containing Big Tech by Tom Kemp
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/
Rylan on BookWyrm wants to read The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll
The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll
The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage is a 1989 book written by Clifford Stoll. …
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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