New Books in Technology

976 Episodes

1. Craig Gent, "Cyberboss: The Rise of Algorithmic Management and the New Struggle for Control at Work" (Verso, 2024)

   Published: 8/13/2024
2. Andrew Denning, "Automotive Empire: How Cars and Roads Fueled European Colonialism in Africa" (Cornell UP, 2024)

   Published: 8/7/2024
3. Mark Walker, "Hitler's Atomic Bomb: History, Legend, and the Twin Legacies of Auschwitz and Hiroshima" (Cambridge UP, 2024)

   Published: 8/5/2024
4. Tim Sweijs and Jeffrey H. Michaels, "Beyond Ukraine: Debating the Future of War" (Oxford UP, 2024)

   Published: 7/26/2024
5. Thomas Zeller, "Consuming Landscapes: What We See When We Drive and Why It Matters" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2022)

   Published: 7/17/2024
6. Paula Bialski on Middletech, Software Work, and the Culture of Good Enough

   Published: 7/15/2024
7. Carl Öhman, "The Afterlife of Data: What Happens to Your Information When You Die and Why You Should Care" (U Chicago Press, 2024)

   Published: 7/14/2024
8. AI and Music: The Future is Here (featuring "There I Ruined It")

   Published: 7/13/2024
9. Aram Sinnreich and Jesse Gilbert, "The Secret Life of Data: Navigating Hype and Uncertainty in the Age of Algorithmic Surveillance" (MIT Press, 2024)

   Published: 7/10/2024
10. Shannon Vallor, "The AI Mirror: How to Reclaim Our Humanity in an Age of Machine Thinking" (Oxford UP, 2024)

    Published: 7/10/2024
11. Jeremy Black, "A World History of Rail: From the Steam Regime to Today" (Amberley Publishing, 2023)

    Published: 7/6/2024
12. Tara Ward, "Appreciation Post: Towards an Art History of Instagram" (U California Press, 2024)

    Published: 7/5/2024
13. Eve Herold, "Robots and the People Who Love Them: Holding on to Our Humanity in an Age of Social Robots" (St. Martin's Press, 2024)

    Published: 7/4/2024
14. Jason Hannan, "Trolling Ourselves to Death: Democracy in the Age of Social Media" (Oxford UP, 2023)

    Published: 7/2/2024
15. Ann Johnson and Johannes Lenhard, "Cultures of Prediction: How Engineering and Science Evolve with Mathematical Tools" (MIT Press, 2024)

    Published: 6/24/2024
16. Living with Digital Surveillance in China

    Published: 6/24/2024
17. Siobhan Angus, "Camera Geologica: An Elemental History of Photography" (Duke UP, 2024)

    Published: 6/21/2024
18. Paulina Rowinska, "Mapmatics: How We Navigate the World Through Numbers" (Pan Macmillan, 2024)

    Published: 6/19/2024
19. danah boyd on Digital Technology and Everyday Life

    Published: 6/17/2024
20. Allison J. Pugh, "The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World" (Princeton UP, 2024)

    Published: 6/15/2024