Anyway, that’s a long-winded way of introducing an article on The Verge titled “The greatest tech books of all time”.
The title’s staff write:
“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.”
“We imposed a few boundaries on ourselves: English-language titles only, books still in print, and no fiction (that could be a whole other list).”
For example, there is “Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace” by Janet Murray. And “Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube’s Chaotic Rise to World Domination” by Mark Bergen
As well as a top ten, they also list another 30 technology titles they recommend for consideration.
There is “Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents” by by Ellen Ullman. And “Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy”, and also “Life In Code: A Personal History of Technology”, and “Death by Video Game: Danger, Pleasure, and Obsession on the Virtual Frontline”…Take a look.
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For another perspective, I could see that the BBC – at least, in the form of the BBC Science Focus magazine – had produced a list of the “73 best science books you need to read in 2023”.
We are strongly in the wider realm of science here, however, rather than technology per se. The list includes, for example – as well as biological and mathematical titles – works of fiction (“Project Hail Mary”, by Andy Weir) and “Always On: Hope and Fear in the Social Smartphone Era”, by the excellent former BBC editor, Rory Cellan-Jones.
BTW, this post was originally sparked by coming across this post – “10 Must-Read Books on Technology That Will Blow Your Mind!”
Are there any technology-related books you would strongly recommend to fellow Gadget Master reads? Let us know via a comment below!
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