Social Media
Careless People - Sarah Wyn-Williams
Sarah Wyn-Williams
Did Facebook have some promise of being a force for good in the world, yes it probably did. But here Sarah Wynn-Williams shows that they were just lucky to be in the right place with a decent idea at
The Siren's Call - Chris Hayes
Chris Hayes
The Siren's Call looks at how the attention economy monopolizes our attention in ways that we don't want. We don't really want to doom scroll, but it's hard to fight the generated content that gets p
How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism
Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow's book explores Surveillance Capitalism and how we already have the tools around to deal with Big Tech, we just have to use the laws in place to hold technology companies to account ins
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