Book Reviews & Recommendations
In Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language, linguist and influencer Adam Aleksic, better known as @etymologynerd, examines how social media algorithms are reshaping the way we communicate. From emoji hieroglyphics and viral slang to influencer “-core” aesthetics, Aleksic […]
In The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-First Century’s Greatest Dilemma, Mustafa Suleyman, cofounder of DeepMind and current CEO of Inflection AI, presents a sweeping exploration of the technologies poised to redefine our civilization. Joined by writer Michael Bhaskar, Suleyman invites […]
Chris Miller’s Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology is the rare business and geopolitics book that reads like a techno-thriller. It explains how tiny slices of silicon came to power everything from smartphones and dishwashers to guided missiles […]
Johann Hari’s Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention and How to Think Deeply Again sets out to answer a question most of us feel in our bones: why does staying present feel so hard now, even when we try to do […]
What would happen if a nuclear missile were launched toward the United States today, in real life? That haunting question lies at the heart of Annie Jacobsen’s Nuclear War: A Scenario, a pulse-pounding, meticulously researched nonfiction thriller that imagines the unthinkable in […]