A brilliant takedown and exposé of the great con job of the twenty-first century–the metaverse, crypto, space travel, transhumanism–being sold by four billionaires… Read more
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We were less interested in works that are supposedly influential and more in ones that have endured, with ideas that are still relevant today, stories that have captured something essential about technology, and writing that’s made us stand up in our seats. These books don’t project a single vision of what tech is but continue to challenge what it can be. Read more
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Looming apocalypse. Paranoid conspiracies. Rocket-obsessed oligarchs. As Thomas Pynchon’s novel turns 50, its world feels unnervingly present. Read more
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Adrian Hon’s book “You’ve Been Played” warns against the abuses of game logic in work and politics. Read more
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In early experiments, a paralyzed man with implants in his premotor cortex typed 90 characters per minute—by envisioning he was writing by hand. Read more
