NIGHTLY READING THREAD: Welcome to Edition #67 of #GMGReads. Every night through this weird time, I'm tweeting out a list of my five favorite books around a general theme—and a link to an indie bookstore where you can order them online....
In keeping with last night's cyber theme, I thought I'd do some good books tonight on the promise and peril of the internet, including the perils of using the internet and social media as it's designed:
1) Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) examined how the internet has changed—and shaped—modern protest movements in TWITTER AND TEAR GAS. Aside: She's also brilliant and a great Twitter follow if you don't know her. bookshop.org/books/twitter-…
2) Jaron Lanier, one of the original shapers and original minds of the computer age, announced his fears about our wired world in YOU ARE NOT A GADGET: bookshop.org/books/you-are-…
3) Franklin Foer's (@FranklinFoer) WORLD WITHOUT MIND is a cogent argument against social media: bookshop.org/books/world-wi…
4) Cathy O'Neil (@mathbabedotorg) warned of the dangers of algorithms in WEAPONS OF MATH DESTRUCTION: bookshop.org/books/weapons-…
5) Justin Peters (@justintrevett) explored one of the great tragedies of the digital age in the case against Aaron Swartz, THE IDEALIST: powells.com/book/-97814767…
PS: If you're just tuning in, here was the first round of cyber recommendations, from April, including @shoshanazuboff's
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Those are tonight's #GMGReads. What are your favorite books about tech and the internet? Share! #avidreadersunite
