glimmer

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 • 17 Readers • 360 pages 3.6

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

2018 • 115 Readers • 275 pages 4

Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

2016 • 445 Readers • 366 pages 4

Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI

2024 • 35 Readers • 320 pages 3.9

Co-Intelligence

Co-Intelligence
ByEthan Mollick

2024 • 77 Readers • 256 pages 4.1

Computer Power and Human Reason: From Judgment to Calculation

1976 • 12 Readers • 368 pages 4.5

Cybernetics

Cybernetics
ByNorbert Wiener

1948 • 25 Readers • 234 pages 4

Data and Goliath

Data and Goliath
ByBruce Schneier

30 Readers 3.8

Data Cartels: The Companies That Control and Monopolize Our Information

2022 • 11 Readers • 224 pages 4

Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

2019 • 800 Readers • 302 pages 4

Everything Is Predictable

2024 • 17 Readers 4

Extreme Privacy

Extreme Privacy
ByMichael Bazzell

15 Readers

Future Crimes

Future Crimes
ByMarc Goodman

2015 • 47 Readers • 548 pages 4.3

Ghost in the Wires

Ghost in the Wires
ByKevin D. Mitnick

2011 • 239 Readers • 433 pages 4

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

2019 • 864 Readers • 432 pages 4.3

Permanent Record

Permanent Record
ByEdward Snowden

2019 • 390 Readers • 339 pages 4.4

Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention

2022 • 472 Readers • 368 pages 3.9

Surveillance Valley: The Rise of the Military-Digital Complex

2018 • 22 Readers • 369 pages 3

The Battle for Your Brain

2023 • 16 Readers • 320 pages 4

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

1996 • 248 Readers • 434 pages 4.2

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 • 346 Readers • 274 pages 3.7

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

2020 • 38 Readers • 272 pages 4.3