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Bits and Bytes

Books that compute; critical takes on the tech industry and how it's shaped our lives.

AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference

2024 • 13 Readers • 360 pages 4

Ai Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order

2018 • 92 Readers • 275 pages 3.9

Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

2016 • 363 Readers • 366 pages 4

Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI

2024 • 24 Readers • 320 pages 3.9

Co-Intelligence

Co-Intelligence
ByEthan Mollick

2024 • 47 Readers • 256 pages 4

Computer Power and Human Reason: From Judgment to Calculation

1976 • 9 Readers • 368 pages 4.5

Cybernetics

Cybernetics
ByNorbert Wiener

1948 • 20 Readers • 234 pages

Data and Goliath

Data and Goliath
ByBruce Schneier

20 Readers 4

Data Cartels: The Companies That Control and Monopolize Our Information

2022 • 9 Readers • 224 pages 4

Digital Minimalism

Digital Minimalism
ByCal Newport

2019 • 661 Readers • 284 pages 4

Everything Is Predictable

2024 • 9 Readers 4

Extreme Privacy

Extreme Privacy
ByMichael Bazzell

14 Readers

Future Crimes

Future Crimes
ByMarc Goodman

2015 • 36 Readers • 548 pages 4

Ghost in the Wires

Ghost in the Wires
ByKevin D. Mitnick

2011 • 198 Readers • 433 pages 4

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

2019 • 721 Readers • 432 pages 4.3

Permanent Record

Permanent Record
ByEdward Snowden

2019 • 325 Readers • 339 pages 4.4

Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention

2022 • 389 Readers • 368 pages 3.9

Surveillance Valley

Surveillance Valley
ByYasha Levine

2018 • 18 Readers • 384 pages 3

The Battle for Your Brain

2023 • 14 Readers • 320 pages 4

The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

1996 • 186 Readers • 434 pages 4.1

The Dating Divide: Race and Desire in the Era of Online Romance

The Dating Divide: Race and Desire in the Era of Online Romance
ByCeleste Vaughan Curington,Jennifer Hickes Lundquist,+1 more

2 Readers

The Internet Is for Cats: How Animal Images Shape Our Digital Lives

2022 • 1 Reader • 226 pages

Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy

2016 • 281 Readers • 274 pages 3.7

Whistleblower: My Journey to Silicon Valley and Fight for Justice at Uber

2020 • 31 Readers • 272 pages 4.4