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Digital Disruption: How Tech is Reshaping Our World

Explore how AI, social media, and emerging tech are transforming business, culture, and daily life—for better or worse.

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  • The Big Nine

    How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity

    Webb, Amy, 1974-
    A deep dive into the nine tech giants driving global AI innovation—and the ethical crossroads ahead.
    Book, 2019New York : PublicAffairs, 2019. — 006.301 WEBB
  • Life 3.0

    Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

    Tegmark, Max,
    Explores possible futures shaped by AI, from utopian cooperation to existential risk.
    Book, 2017New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017. — 006.301 TEGMARK
  • No Filter

    the Inside Story of Instagram

    Frier, Sarah,
    Chronicles the rise of Instagram and its impact on culture, identity, and digital influence.
    Book, 2020New York : Simon & Schuster, [2020] — 770 FRIER
  • Futureproof

    9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation

    Roose, Kevin,
    A guide to thriving amid AI and automation, with an emphasis on uniquely human skills.
    Book, 2021New York : Random House, [2021] — 303.4834 ROOSE
  • The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

    the Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power

    Zuboff, Shoshana, 1951-
    A landmark critique of how tech companies commodify personal data and influence behavior.
    Book, 2019New York : PublicAffairs, 2019. — 306.3 ZUBOFF
  • Your Face Belongs to Us

    a Secretive Startup's Quest to End Privacy as We Know It

    Hill, Kashmir,
    Investigative reporting on facial recognition and the private companies reshaping privacy norms.
    Book, 2023New York : Random House, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2023] — 006.2483 HILL
  • The Chaos Machine

    the Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World

    Fisher, Max,
    A searing exposé of how social media platforms have amplified extremism and misinformation.
    Book, 2022New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2022] — 302.231 FISHER
  • AI 2041

    Ten Visions for Our Future

    Lee, Kai-Fu,
    A hybrid of speculative fiction and expert analysis that maps the societal impacts of AI.
    Book, 2021New York : Currency, [2021] — SCIENCE FICTION LEE STORIES
  • Reclaiming Conversation

    the Power of Talk in a Digital Age

    Turkle, Sherry,
    A thoughtful critique of how digital communication erodes face-to-face conversation and what that means for empathy, relationships, and democracy.
    Book, 2015New York : Penguin Press, 2015. — 302.231 TURKLE