Team Human
By: Douglas Rushkoff
3.84
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Porchlight’s Management and Workplace Culture Book of The Year "A provocative, exciting, and impor…
Want to Read $ 9.99"Human beings connect so easily, it's as if we share the same brains."-Douglas Rushkoff, Team Human
"Human beings connect so easily, it's as if we share the same brains."-Douglas Rushkoff, Team Human
"We can be fully human without being in complete control of our world."-Douglas Rushkoff, Team Human
"The industrialist’s dream was to replace them entirely—with machines."-Douglas Rushkoff, Team Human
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1. In with the Devil: A Fallen Hero, a Serial Killer, and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption
By: Hillel Levin , James Keene
4.04
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Featured on Dateline and CNN, the true story of a young man destined for greatness on the football … read more
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- nonfiction
2. The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
By: Nicholas Carr
3.28
Format: 437 pages, Paperback
"Is Google making us stupid?" When Nicholas Carr posed that question, in a celebrated Atlantic Mont… read more
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- technology
- psychology
- nonfiction
- sociology
- science
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- philosophy
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4. Mortality
By: Christopher Hitchens
3.90
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
On June 8, 2010, while on a book tour for his bestselling memoir, Hitch-22, Christopher Hitchens wa… read more
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5. The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins
By: Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
4.58
Format: 226 pages, Hardcover
Matsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world--and a weed that grows in human-disturbed fore… read more
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6. The Stone Diaries
By: Carol Shields
3.89
Format: 361 pages, Paperback
The Stone Diaries is one ordinary woman's story of her journey through life. Born in 1905, Daisy St… read more
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"From surfeit to loss is a short line."-Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries
"Here's to another year and let's hope it's above ground."-Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries
"It was as though she had veered, accidentally, into her own life."-Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries
"A bedjacket speaks of desperation, and what it says is: toodle-oo."-Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries
7. The Black Book
By: Orhan Pamuk , Maureen Freely
4.65
Format: None pages, Paperback
A New Translation and Afterword by Maureen Freely Galip is a lawyer living in Istanbul. His wife, t… read more
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8. Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
By: David Graeber
4.03
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfi… read more
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- politics
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- society
- sociology
- business
"Economies around the world have, increasingly, become vast engines for producing nonsense."-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
"Bullshit jobs regularly induce feelings of hopelessness, depression, and self-loathing. They are forms of spiritual violence directed at the essence of what it means to be a human being."-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
"What we are witnessing is the rise of those forms of popular culture that office workers can produce and consume during the scattered, furtive shards of time they have at their disposal in workplaces…"-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
"A fact-finding commission is a way of telling the public that the government is doing something it is not. But a large corporations will behave exactly the same way, if, say, there are revealed to be…"-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
9. God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning
By: Meghan O'Gieblyn
4.27
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
A meditation on what it might mean to be human in an age of ever-accelerating technology. read more
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- technology
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- science
"As black-box technologies become more widespread, there have been no shortage of demands for increased transparency. In 2016 the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation included in its st…"-Meghan O'Gieblyn, God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning
10. Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters
By: Brian Klaas
4.13
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
Want to know what chaos theory can teach us about human events? In the perspective-altering traditi… read more
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- politics
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- sociology
- science
11. Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud
By: Ben McKenzie
None
Format: None pages, None
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES 2023 BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR… read more
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12. Your Face Belongs to Us: A Secretive Startup's Quest to End Privacy as We Know It
By: Kashmir Hill
4.14
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The story of a small AI company that gave facial recognition to law enforceme… read more
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- technology
- politics
- nonfiction
- business
- science
13. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
By: Shoshana Zuboff
4.06
Format: 691 pages, Hardcover
The challenges to humanity posed by the digital future, the first detailed examination of the unpre… read more
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- science
- politics
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- sociology
- business
- technology
"This is the existential contradiction of the second modernity that defines our conditions of existence: we want to exercise control over our own lives, but everywhere that control is thwarted. Indivi…"-Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
14. The Algorithm: How AI Decides Who Gets Hired, Monitored, Promoted, and Fired and Why We Need to Fight Back Now
By: Hilke Schellmann
4.02
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Based on exclusive information from whistleblowers, internal documents, and real world test results… read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- business
- technology
15. Eat to Beat Your Diet: Burn Fat, Heal Your Metabolism, and Live Longer
By: William W. Li, MD
3.98
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
The pioneering physician scientist behind the New York Times bestseller Eat to Beat Disease rev… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
16. A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto
By: China Miéville
3.95
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
China Miéville's riveting engagement with the Communist Manifesto offers a lyrical introduction and… read more
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- philosophy
- politics
- nonfiction
- sociology
"Like the authors of the Manifesto, I don’t believe that the generalised mass misery of the world, all the unbearable checklists of deprivation and depravity, is irrelevant, nor unrelated to the econo…"-China Miéville, A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto
17. Goth: A History
By: Lol Tolhurst
3.68
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
Following his memoir Cured , a fascinating deep dive into the dark Romanticism of Goth music, a mi… read more
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- cultural
- nonfiction
18. Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
By: Sebastian Junger
4.02
Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition
Sebastian Junger, the bestselling author of War and The Perfect Storm, takes a critical look at pos… read more
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- politics
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- sociology
"Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary."-Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
"Today's veterans often come home to find that, although they're willing to die for their country, they're not sure how to live for it."-Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
"An earthquake achieves what the law promises but does not in practice maintain," one of the survivors wrote. "The equality of all men"."-Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
"Disasters, he proposed, create a "community of sufferers" that allow individuals to experience an immensely reassuring connection to others"-Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
19. Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back
By: Rebecca Giblin
4.26
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
A call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the power of Big Tech a… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- business
- technology
20. The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation
By: Cory Doctorow
4.17
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A detailed disassembly manual for people who want to dismantle Big Tech When the tech platforms … read more
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- technology
- politics
- nonfiction
- society
- business
- sociology
21. Down with the System: A Memoir (of Sorts)
By: Serj Tankian
4.47
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An exhilarating, thoughtful, and beautifully written debut memoir by musician, songwriter, and lead… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
22. Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
By: Ethan Mollick
4.13
Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition
**A New York Times Bestseller**'Co-Intelligence is the very best book I know about the ins, outs, a… read more
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23. The War on Normal People: The Truth About America's Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future
By: Andrew Yang
4.26
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, a captivating account of how "a skinny Asi… read more
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- technology
- politics
- nonfiction
- society
- business
- sociology
24. American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress
By: Wesley Lowery
4.18
Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition
“American Whitelash is indispensable. Really. It is.” — Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Ant… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- sociology
25. Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence
By: James Bridle
4.17
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Artist, technologist, and philosopher James Bridle's Ways of Being is a brilliant, searching explor… read more
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- technology
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- science
"What would it mean to build artificial intelligences and other machines that were more like octopuses, more like fungi, or more like forests?"-James Bridle, Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence
"We can’t read water in the same way as we can’t read data…Working with it makes us more aware of the distance between ourselves and the matter under consideration: it reminds us that we share this wo…"-James Bridle, Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence
26. The Experience Machine
By: Andy Clark
3.93
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A grand new vision of cognitive science that explains how our minds build our worldsFor as long as … read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- psychology
- science
27. Surviving Autocracy
By: Masha Gessen
4.16
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A bestselling, National Book Award-winning journalist's essential guide to understanding, resisting… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- sociology
"As Trump marches on to the rhythm of near-daily twitter rants, daily outrages, and weekly embarrassments, it remains unimaginable—even if it is observable. To think that a madman could be running the…"-Masha Gessen, Surviving Autocracy
28. Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes
By: Elizabeth Lesser
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
What story would Eve have told about picking the apple? Why is Pandora blamed for opening the box? … read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
"When it no longer would destroy a boy to be likened to a girl, when a girl feels vital doing the things she values, when it's considered as brave to be womanly as it is to be manly, than boys and gir…"-Elizabeth Lesser, Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes
"The basic belief of feminism is not that women are right and men are wrong; It is merely that women are people and therefor their voices matter, their values matter and their stories matter. It's tim…"-Elizabeth Lesser, Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes
"That's why we tell the stories. To ease the anxiety of being soft-skinned mortals. To inspire the soul to fathom eternity. To give order to what feels out of control. To guide, to blame, to warn, to …"-Elizabeth Lesser, Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes
"What if our myths and teaching tales had purposely led humanity to believe that it was the ultimate sign of strength to nurture and love? What if the urge to care for children and nature and each oth…"-Elizabeth Lesser, Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes
29. Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines
By: Joy Buolamwini
4.18
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
“The conscience of the AI revolution” (Fortune) explains how we’ve arrived at an era of AI harms an… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
- technology
30. Dirtbag: Essays
By: Amber A'Lee Frost
3.68
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The victories and failures of millennial socialism, as told by the writer who lived it. Amber A'Le… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
31. Team Human
By: Douglas Rushkoff
3.84
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Porchlight’s Management and Workplace Culture Book of The Year "A provocative, exciting, and impor… read more
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- cultural
- science
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- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- society
- sociology
- business
- technology
"Human beings connect so easily, it's as if we share the same brains."-Douglas Rushkoff, Team Human
"The industrialist’s dream was to replace them entirely—with machines."-Douglas Rushkoff, Team Human
"We can be fully human without being in complete control of our world."-Douglas Rushkoff, Team Human
"The myth of individuality made capitalism possible and has sustained it to this day."-Douglas Rushkoff, Team Human
