• books: Top Releases in Science

    From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to All on Wed Apr 23 18:43:00 2025
    Here is a list of recently notable books that pertain to
    science-technology:

    Top Releases in Science

    These five provocative titles take on social media, music
    streaming, AI, and the cult of futurism, confronting the myths,
    motives, and mayhem behind our most powerful technologies and
    challenging the stories we tell ourselves about progress and
    who gets to define it.

    [O] More Everything Forever by Adam Becker
    9781541619593

    Domination, space colonization, and the quest to transcend
    mortality-this science-backed takedown of Silicon Valley's most
    extreme ambitions lays bare the flawed logic and self-interest
    driving these grandiose visions and how they distract from the
    urgent crises endangering our planet.


    [O] Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist by Liz Pelly
    9781668083505

    A bestselling, searing indictment of Spotify's algorithm-driven
    design that reveals the radical impact it has on both music
    consumption and creation, trapping artists and audiences in a
    system that promotes conformity and stifles creative
    expression.


    [O] Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World by Parmy Olson
    9781250337740

    This Financial Times and Schroders Best Business Book of 2024
    chronicles the gripping showdown between two CEOs at the helm
    of the AI revolution. Behind the innovation lies a fight for
    dominance that's unleashing reckless technology into every
    corner of society and rewriting the future for us all.


    [O] Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart by Nicholas Carr 9781324064619

    From the bestselling author of The Shallows comes a sobering
    look at how the tools we use to stay connected compromise our
    ability to think, feel, and relate-urging a clear-eyed
    reckoning with technology's influence and our role in its
    unraveling.


    [O] Owned by Eoin Higgins
    9781645030461

    A riveting investigation into how tech moguls and former
    crusaders for truth are reshaping media, exposing the
    surprising alliances, power plays, and ideological shifts
    converging to rewrite the rules (and risks) of modern
    journalism.


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