Big Tech
10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World - Jean M Twenge
Jean M Twenge
These 10 rules will make your kids happier, and reduce their device time.
Enshittificaton - Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow
If you've heard Cory Doctorow talk or read his site before none of this is going to be a surprise. He's covered all these bases many times before in blog posts and podcast interviews. I agree with mu
The Big Fix - Denise Hearn and Vass Bednar
Denise Hearn, Vass Bednar
Denise and Vass us this book to take a look at the regulatory framework that Canada uses to evaluate competition and monopoly powers. While I knew that many companies owned many brands that "competed
Co-Intelligence - Ethan Mollick
Ethan Mollick
AI has come for our world, whether we like it or not. In Co-Intelligence, Ethan Mollick, takes a positive look at what AI could mean for our lives. He explores how to maximize it's effectiveness for
More Human - Steve Hilton
Steve Hilton
In More Human former UK government insider attempts to propose a way to make life more suitable to the humans who have to live it instead of the corporations who seemingly dictate so much of the life
Everything and Less - The Novel in the Age of Amazon
Mark McGurl
This is a fairly academic look at how Amazon has affected the world of literary fiction, and genre fiction. It takes a brief look at the enshittification cycle that Amazon is embarking on as it chang
Sideways - The City Google Couldn't Buy - Josh O'Kane
Josh O'Kane
This is a book about the hubris of Google thinking that despite what all levels of government told them about the Toronto Waterfront project, they would not be able to simply assume their way into mo
The Twittering Machine - Richard Seymour
Richard Seymour
This is a critical look at Twitter (now X) and it's impact on the world. One of my favourite quotes is: An industry that monetizes ‘time on device’ is a chronophage of a different order, with the
iGen - Jean M Twenge
Jean M Twenge
Twenge takes a critical look at the generation following Millenials, the first that grew up with easy access to devices.