Preston Gralla
What you’ll think of this book will likely rest on what you make of the writer’s definition of Black digital Art.
One of today’s most distinctive intellects wrestles with the internet and all its messy consequences.
There’s a great book to be written about how everyday users create the content that powers the web, while billionaires reap the profits. But this one isn’t it.
Although Greg Epstein’s analysis and critique of what he calls a tech religion are on target, his solutions for undoing its damage are bland, vague, and toothless.
In “Feh,” Shalom Auslander confronts being middle-aged, a time of life that, given his external circumstances, you would think he would be celebrating. But, instead of kvelling, he’s sunk, hilariously, in the depths of despair.
A magical realist romp of a novel with a dollop of poignancy by the great Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov.
This book argues that environmental and industrial regulations, in place since the early 19th century, weren’t devised to reign in environmental destruction or workplace dangers.
Reporter Kara Swisher’s fought with just about every important tech bro titan (and yes, they are all bros) from Steve Jobs to Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and many others – and has always come out on top.
This book offers a deep dive — a very deep dive — into how contemporary tokens work, and the consequences of their use, both for the good and for the bad.
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