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Books like Linked
An eye-opening journey into the invisible webs that connect our technology, economy, and society. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Linked.
- intellectual
- curious
- expansive
- 01
The wealth of networks
Yochai Benkler
A rigorous, visionary exploration of how digital collaboration is fundamentally rewiring human freedom and economic power.
- 02
You are not a gadget
Jaron Lanier
A passionate, eccentric plea to reclaim your humanity from the flattening algorithms of the modern web.
- 03
Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think
Kenneth Cukier
An eye-opening, anecdote-rich exploration of the invisible digital forces reshaping our world, leaving you both awestruck and slightly paranoid.
- 04
How not to network a nation
Benjamin Peters
A fascinating, ironic exploration of how bureaucratic infighting suffocated a technological utopia.
- 05
Future perfect
Steven Johnson
An optimistic, intellectually stimulating exploration of how networked thinking can solve society's most gridlocked problems.
- 06
The half-life of facts
Samuel Arbesman
A reassuring and fascinating exploration of why what we know is always changing, and how to find comfort in the predictable rhythms of discovery.
- 07
The Facebook Effect
David Kirkpatrick
A fly-on-the-wall journey through the chaotic, hyper-ambitious rise of a digital empire that rewired human connection.
- 08
The Filter Bubble
Eli Pariser
An eye-opening and slightly unsettling journey into the invisible algorithmic walls shaping our digital reality.
- 09
The Black Swan
Nassim Nicholas Taleb · 2005
A provocative, intellectually aggressive dismantling of human certainty that will forever change how you look at the future.
- 10
Everybody lies
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
An eye-opening exploration of the digital footprints that reveal what society is really thinking when no one is looking.
- 11
To save everything, click here
Evgeny Morozov
A sharp, sobering bucket of ice water thrown over the fever dream of Silicon Valley utopianism.
- 12
Fooled by randomness
Nassim Nicholas Taleb · 2001
A provocative, intellectual cold shower that shatters your illusions of control and makes you question every success story you have ever heard.
