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A visionary and deeply humane reckoning with the hidden costs of our digital lives, offering a radical blueprint for reclaiming our data. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Who Owns the Future?.
- intellectually stimulating
- apprehensive
- cautiously optimistic
- 01
You are not a gadget
Jaron Lanier
A passionate, eccentric plea to reclaim your humanity from the flattening algorithms of the modern web.
- 02
Information Doesn't Want to Be Free
Cory Doctorow
A passionate, pragmatic manifesto for surviving and thriving as a creator in the digital age.
- 03
Ten arguments for deleting your social media accounts right now
Jaron Lanier
A sharp, urgent manifesto that feels like a splash of cold water to the face of your digital habits.
- 04
The Future Is Faster Than You Think
Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler
A dizzying, urgent roadmap to the exponential technological shifts about to reinvent our daily lives.
- 05
The Second Machine Age
Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee
A sweeping, data-driven glimpse into a rapidly approaching future where human ingenuity and artificial intelligence collide.
- 06
The wealth of networks
Yochai Benkler
A rigorous, visionary exploration of how digital collaboration is fundamentally rewiring human freedom and economic power.
- 07
Democratizing innovation
Eric von Hippel
An intellectually empowering exploration of how everyday users are quietly taking the reins of global innovation.
- 08
What technology wants
Kevin Kelly
A sweeping, optimistic reframing of technology as a living, evolving force deeply intertwined with human destiny.
- 09
Free culture
Lawrence Lessig
An impassioned, accessible manifesto that reframes how we think about art, ownership, and the future of the internet.
- 10
Reality Is Broken
Jane McGonigal
An optimistic, visionary exploration of how the collaborative spirit of gaming can be harnessed to heal the real world.
- 11
The Inevitable
Kevin Kelly
A visionary roadmap to the next three decades of technological evolution and societal transformation.
- 12
Chokepoint Capitalism
Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow
A righteous, eye-opening dismantling of how tech monopolies squeeze creators, paired with a battle plan for taking the power back.
