Aleks Krotoski
American broadcaster, journalist and social psychologist who writes about the social side of technology; presenter of BBC Radio 4's The Digital Human; author of Untangling the Web.
Life on the Screen by Sherry Turkle
With a book by a professor at MIT called Sherry Turkle: Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet, which was published in 1995.
on fivebooks.com · 25 Jun 2015 · Report
My Tiny Life by Julian Dibbell
It’s called My Tiny Life by a journalist called Julian Dibbell, who is a fascinating observer of online communities.
on fivebooks.com · 25 Jun 2015 · Report
Neuromancer by William Gibson
Neuromancer by William Gibson is the seminal cyberpunk book: it’s the thing that the web is based on.
on fivebooks.com · 25 Jun 2015 · Report
Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age by Duncan J. Watts
Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age by Duncan Watts, who until recently was at Columbia University – he’s now at Yahoo Research.
on fivebooks.com · 25 Jun 2015 · Report
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
That’s why I like Snow Crash so much: because it exposed that phenomenon of what they were thinking and what they do, and the pure data that they have access to.
on fivebooks.com · 25 Jun 2015 · Report
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