Books like Technically Wrong

A sharp, validating wake-up call that pulls back the curtain on the biases baked into our everyday digital lives. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Technically Wrong.

eye-opening
validating
indignant

01
The Alignment Problem
Brian Christian
A gripping, eye-opening journey into the minds of the machines we've built and the urgent scramble to teach them human values.
Shares:
- urgent
- unintended consequences
02
Abolish Silicon Valley
Wendy Liu
A heartfelt memoir meets a radical manifesto that dismantles the myth of the tech industry's growth-at-all-costs ethos.
Shares:
- critical
- urgent
03
Hello world
Hannah Fry
A witty, eye-opening tour through the invisible code that runs our lives, balancing technological awe with a healthy dose of skepticism.
Shares:
- accessible
04
What technology wants
Kevin Kelly
A sweeping, optimistic reframing of technology as a living, evolving force deeply intertwined with human destiny.
Feels:
- intellectually stimulating
- awe-inspiring
- contemplative
05
The Glass Cage
Nicholas Carr
A thoughtful, cautionary exploration of how our increasing reliance on automation and screens is quietly reshaping the human experience.
Feels:
- contemplative
- uneasy
- reflective
06
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.
Shares:
- eye-opening
07
Zucked
Roger McNamee
An insider's chilling awakening to the democratic destruction wrought by the very technology he once championed.
Shares:
- critical
- urgent
08
The Filter Bubble
Eli Pariser
An eye-opening and slightly unsettling journey into the invisible algorithmic walls shaping our digital reality.
Shares:
- accessible
- urgent
09
You are not a gadget
Jaron Lanier
A passionate, eccentric plea to reclaim your humanity from the flattening algorithms of the modern web.
Shares:
- urgent
10
Atlas of AI
Kate Crawford
A sobering, eye-opening journey into the physical mines, sweatshops, and server farms that power the illusion of seamless artificial intelligence.
Shares:
- critical
- urgent
11
Black box thinking
Matthew Syed
A paradigm-shifting exploration of why we hide our mistakes and how embracing them is the only true path to innovation.
Shares:
- eye-opening
- urgent
12
Weapons of Math Destruction
Cathy O'Neil
An urgent, eye-opening exploration of how invisible algorithms quietly dictate our lives and reinforce societal inequalities.
Shares:
- eye-opening
- critical
- accessible
- urgent

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