How will AI, machine learning, and algorithms impact our societies? How far will tech companies and systems go to assert control over our own data? Why is your personal data so important? What are the implications of our ever-increasing reliance on technology on the environment and climate security? If these are the kind of questions that you ask yourself, then here´s a list of books on technology and society to increase your digital awareness of some of the most pressing issues facing society today and the future of our species.
An extensive overview of the rise of a new form of capitalism that has become endemic in society. It highlights the encroaching power of big tech in its quest for the control of human behaviour to feed hungry advertisers and data harvesting companies to maximise their own gains and profits. With pages of exhaustive research, this is one of the recommended books on technology and society to read
A lot of books have been written about data privacy. But this book will make you think again about your use and approach of internet searches, your smartphones (or any other wearable and portable devices). With examples of the intrusive nature of big tech, the author shows how we can fight back against our eroding privacy and help secure our personal data.
An account of Facebook´s dominance and
Written by someone with experience in the world of algorithms, finance and Big Data, Cathy O´Neil explains how technology increases growing inequality and how people are increasingly regulated by mathematical tools. This book is a wake-up call about the systems controlling us and how we really need to aware of them.
A book about the power of algorithms and their inherent biases against race and gender. Safiya Umoja Noble shows how discrimination is embedded in computer code and explains the consequences of automated decision making through algorithms in society.
To many of us, the world of Neuroscience is complex and largely unknown. But what if neurotechnology became the “universal controller” of all our interactions with technology? Nita A. Farahany addresses this question explaining how it can benefit humanity´s brain health and wellness but how brain transparency can also threaten our fundamental human rights to privacy, freedom of thought, and self-determination.
“Without facts, you can´t have truth. Without truth, you can´t have trust. Without all three, we have no shared reality, and democracy as we know it – and all meaningful human endeavors – are dead.” Nobel Peace Prize winning journalist, Maria Ressa, shows how digital disinformation attacks democracy, using her native Philippines, Trump, Brexit and the Ukraine as examples of the undermining of democracy.
What is this thing called Artificial Intelligence? Mustafa Suleyman sets out his honest and compelling vision of where we´re heading with AI in this age of homo technologicus.
A thought provoking book that analyses humanity´s ever-growing dependence on the rare metals that are crucial to the world´s increasing reliance on technology.
An exploration of the influence of the internet and powerful tech companies on democracy. As we have embraced big tech into our lives, this book shows how it´s gradually weakening the fundamental pillars of democracy.
One of the most recommended books that explains the history of today´s most popular app, Instagram, and how it caught the attention of Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg.
“The smartphone is the modern-day hypodermic needle, delivering digital dopamine 24/7 for a wired generation”.
Part of this book on today´s pressing issues analyses the rise of new disruptive technologies and how artificial intelligence and biotechnology are giving humnaity the power to reshape and re-engineer life.
“The smartphone is the modern-day hypodermic needle, delivering digital dopamine 24/7 for a wired generation”.