Thread by @cfiesler

Someone on TikTok asked if I could recommend books about tech ethics and I have never been so hyped to create a piece of content in my life. vm.tiktok.com/ZMJV3WPj8/

Obviously this list had to be visual so if there are obvious omissions it's probably because my copy of the book is trapped in my office I haven't been to since April or I've loaned it to one of my students. :)

but anyway go obtain copies but also follow @safiyanoble @ruha9 @mathbabedotorg @PopTechWorks @sara_ann_marie @marylgray and @schock because continued hot takes are even better than books

also if you've not heard this song before and are curious about it plz see:

https://twitter.com/cfiesler/status/1334874242458988549

I'm really glad I decided to share this video here because you all like it a LOT more than the TikTok algorithm did. :-p

Also: I'm also curious (because this was the actual question asked) if someone said, I want to read ONE book about "tech ethics," what would you recommend?

Also: should have included this originally! List of books shown in this video. (Is there a way to provide alt-text for videos on Twitter?)

https://twitter.com/cfiesler/status/1336364963150094337

ok someone just brought to my attention that @doctorow also wrote a love letter to this song

anyway I hope you all become as obsessed with it as I am

like now I want to make a fanvid w/ this song mashing together The Social Network and Coded Bias

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1333494384331878400

ok while I have everyone's attention and you're noting things to read, here's the reading list from my graduate-level information ethics & policy class this semester :) docs.google.com/document/d/1DJ…

ok it has come to my attention that Penelope Scott is actually on Twitter so I'm just going to tag her in case anyone in this thread wants to shower praise appropriately since my book recs have certainly never gone viral before on their own @worsethanithot

OK was not expecting this much visibility, taking the opportunity to rec more books. :)
- Data Feminism (@kanarinka & @laurenfklein)
- Custodians of the Internet (@TarletonG)
- Antisocial Media (@sivavaid)
- Black Software (@cmcilwain)
- Behind the Screen (@ubiquity75)

- The Charisma Machine (@morgangames)
- The Black Box Society (@FrankPasquale)
- Intersectional Tech (@KishonnaGray)
- Artificial Unintelligence (@merbroussard)
- Coding Freedom (@BiellaColeman)
- Hello World (@FryRsquared)

- Invisible Women (@CCriadoPerez)
- Programmed Inequality (@histoftech)
- This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things (@wphillips49)
(Plz rec others and check the replies for more!)

And of course many folks (like me!) working on tech ethics issues & writing papers instead of books🙂