| Title | : | Which Side of History?: How Technology Is Reshaping Democracy and Our Lives |
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| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Audible Audio |
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| Publication | : | First published October 13, 2020 |
Featuring prominent national voices such as Sacha Baron Cohen, Marc Benioff, Ellen Pao, Ken Auletta, Chelsea Clinton, Tim Wu, Khaled Hosseini, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Jaron Lanier, Willow Bay, Sal Khan, Sherry Turkle, Shoshana Zuboff, and many more.
The essays focus on the extraordinary impact of technology on our privacy, kids and families, race and gender roles, democracy, climate change, and mental health.
This groundbreaking audiobook challenges opinion leaders and the broader public to take action to improve technology's effects on our lives.
Featuring notable journalists, engineers, entrepreneurs, novelists, activists, filmmakers, business leaders, scholars, and researchers, including: Thomas Friedman, Kara Swisher, Aaron Sorkin, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Cameron Kasky, Tristan Harris, and many others.
With the rise of cyberbullying and hate speech online, issues around climate change and technology, and the "move fast and break things" mentality of tech culture,
Which Side of History?: How Technology Is Reshaping Democracy and Our Lives Reviews
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A collection of essays compiled by Common Sense Media CEO sorted into specific themes of history, kids, democracy, big tech business models, race, and more. Each from interesting, thoughtful experts in a huge variety of fields and perspectives - professors, executives, journalists, researchers, tech engineers/designers, politicians and more. Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, White House/DC, numerous professional organizations and so much more. Each essay could easily be a prompt for class or dinner table discussion.
This is not a book convincing you to give up your tech or filled with fear. Instead, it prompts you to critically think, reflect, and consider technology in the many facets of society.
Yes, it’s nonfiction and doesn’t read like a novel. But it’s powerful, useful compilation you can pick up & put down, and offers numerous recommendations for further reading if you want to go deeper into a specific thread.
At the end of the day in extremely simplistic view, technology starts with a human building an algorithm... many of whom are 20-40yr white dudes. And much of our technology, media/news, and more is driven with advertising revenue. FaceBook takes a beating in many essays, but this book is much more beyond just them. Several essays are critically thinking about education, democracy, business models and ethics. -
Must read, from the negative influences of unbridled tech on children, on all of us, really, to the racism inherent in algorithms (“nothing more than opinions embedded in mathematics- Cathy O’Neil) used for practically everything now. Also, very readable. If you only have a little time, read Part 6.
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Read this book as part of the Stanford Continuing Studies class from the writer.
It's a collector articles by various people. Some are better than others of course.
It's worth the read given how technology is influencing every aspect of our lives.
