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Rylan on BookWyrm

rylancole@books.infosec.exchange

Joined 1 year, 7 months ago

My BookWyrm account for tracking my reading & talking about books, but I am primarily on Mastodon @rylancole@infosec.exchange

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2024 Reading Goal

16% complete! Rylan on BookWyrm has read 2 of 12 books.

Taylor Lorenz: Extremely Online (Hardcover, 2023, Simon & Schuster) No rating

Acclaimed Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz presents a groundbreaking social history of the internet—revealing how …

John Ralston Saul: A fair country (2008, Viking Canada) No rating

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

www.canadaland.com/podcast/918-how-to-save-canada/

Paul Gowder: The Networked Leviathan: For Democratic Platforms (2023, Cambridge University Press) No rating

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.