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January 06, 2025

Against Platforms by Mike Pepi

January 06, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
Against Platforms by Mike Pepi

A manifesto about how online platforms can be used to benefit humanity

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January 06, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Against Platforms, Mike Pepi, technology, the Internet
July 18, 2023

Power and Progress by Daron Acemoglu & Simon Johnson

July 18, 2023/ David Murphy
Power and Progress by Daron Acemoglu & Simon Johnson

A new history looks at how innovation helps - or doesn’t help - the disadvantaged.

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July 18, 2023/ David Murphy/
Science/Technology
Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, Power and Progress, Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity, history, technology, techno-optimism, David Murphy, 2023
February 19, 2020

An Internet for the People by Jessa Lingel

February 19, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
An Internet for the People by Jessa Lingel

Jessa Lingel’s book argues that the key to fixing the Internet may come from the least likely source imaginable …

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February 19, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology, Society & Culture
jessa lingel, craigslist, technology, the internet, Steve Donoghue
February 03, 2020

The Passion Economy by Adam Davidson

February 03, 2020/ David Murphy
The Passion Economy by Adam Davidson

Once upon a time, you got a job with a company and simply stayed there until you retired. A new century’s rules sometimes seem radically different. A book by Adam Davidson explores the altered terrain.

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February 03, 2020/ David Murphy/
Science/Technology
adam davidson, technology, Economics, David Murphy
January 20, 2020

The Reality Game by Samuel Woolley

January 20, 2020/ Peggy Kurkowski
The Reality Game by Samuel Woolley

As this book makes frighteningly clear, “fake news” and “alternative facts” are just the barest beginning of coming problem with telling the difference between truth and lies …

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January 20, 2020/ Peggy Kurkowski/
Science/Technology
Samuel Wooley, technology, fake news, social media, Peggy Kurkowski
November 07, 2019

Ingenious by Peter Gluckman and Mark Hanson

November 07, 2019/ Karel Carpenter
Ingenious by Peter Gluckman and Mark Hanson

Observations that have been made in a hundred other places, and a hundred times better.

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November 07, 2019/ Karel Carpenter/
Science/Technology, Society & Culture
Peter Gluckman, Mark Hanson, Karel Carpenter, Harvard University Press, social science, innovation, technology, evolution
August 12, 2019

Know-It-All Society by Michael Patrick Lynch

August 12, 2019/ Peggy Kurkowski
Know-It-All Society by Michael Patrick Lynch

Lynch encourages us to quest for knowledge by constant inquiry.

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August 12, 2019/ Peggy Kurkowski/
Politics & Economics, Society & Culture
Michael Patrick Lynch, Liveright, Peggy Kurkowski, American politics, the internet, technology
June 18, 2019

Fall, or, Dodge in Hell By Neal Stephenson

June 18, 2019/ Steve Donoghue
Fall, or, Dodge in Hell By Neal Stephenson

A fascinating fictional exploration of post-Singularity consciousness lumbering around in a foam fat suit.

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June 18, 2019/ Steve Donoghue/
Fiction-Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Neal Stephenson, William Morrow, technology, techno-thriller, science fiction, Steve Donoghue
May 06, 2019

Bored, Lonely, Angry, Stupid by Luke Fernandez and Susan J. Matt

May 06, 2019/ Steve Donoghue
Bored, Lonely, Angry, Stupid by Luke Fernandez and Susan J. Matt

Are iPhones, iPads, GPS, and the Internet exacerbating negatives and simultaneously eroding the positives?

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May 06, 2019/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology, Society & Culture
Luke Fernandez, Susan J. Matt, Harvard University Press, technology, social media, neuroscience
April 03, 2019

Left To Their Own Devices by Julie M. Albright

April 03, 2019/ Steve Donoghue
Left To Their Own Devices by Julie M. Albright

Young digital natives deserve better than this hyperventilating wad of pseudoscience.

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April 03, 2019/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology, Society & Culture
Julie M. Albright, Prometheus Books, social media, digital culture, technology
February 15, 2019

American Cosmic by D. W. Pasulka

February 15, 2019/ Steve Donoghue
American Cosmic by D. W. Pasulka

Pasulka deals with two general groups of people who “interpret, spin, produce, and market the story of UFO events to the general public.”

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February 15, 2019/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology
D. W. Pasulka, Oxford University Press, UFOs, religion, technology, sociology, society, culture
February 05, 2019

Watch Me Play: Twitch and the Rise of Game Live Streaming by T.L. Taylor

February 05, 2019/ Tony Perriello
Watch Me Play: Twitch and the Rise of Game Live Streaming by T.L. Taylor

A study of Twitch, live streaming, and the far-reaching impact it has on gaming culture and modern media consumption.

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February 05, 2019/ Tony Perriello/
Science/Technology, Society & Culture
T.L. Taylor, Twitch, gaming, technology, Tony Perriello, livestreaming
October 08, 2018

Future Politics by Jamie Susskind

October 08, 2018/ Steve Donoghue
Future Politics by Jamie Susskind

Outlines how emerging technologies shape our democracy and culture, and how this might look in the future.

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October 08, 2018/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology, Politics & Economics, Society & Culture
Jamie Susskind, Oxford University Press, society, culture, politics, technology, Steve Donoghue
September 14, 2018

Click Here to Kill Everybody by Bruce Schneier

September 14, 2018/ Steve Donoghue
Click Here to Kill Everybody by Bruce Schneier

This book advocates for common-sense precautions by companies, governments, and individuals so we can enjoy the benefits of technolgoy without falling prey to its vulnerabilities.

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September 14, 2018/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology
Bruce Schneier, nonfiction, science, technology, the internet, computer hacking, internet security, government regulation, Steve Donoghue
June 08, 2018

Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe by Serhii Plokhy

June 08, 2018/ Steve Donoghue
Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe by Serhii Plokhy

Plokhy's new history gives us as much about the Chernobyl disaster as we're ever likely to know.

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June 08, 2018/ Steve Donoghue/
History, Science/Technology
Serhii Plokhy, Chernobyl, Basic Books, Russia, Ukraine, nuclear power, man-made disaster, technology, Mikhail Gorbachev, nuclear meltdown
June 07, 2018

Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier

June 07, 2018/ Steve Donoghue
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier

One of the architects the digital world in the 1980s takes aim at social media.

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June 07, 2018/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology, Society & Culture
Jaron Lanier, Henry Holt, social media, society, technology, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram, Steve Donoghue
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