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   August Abolins to All   
   books: Top Releases in Science   
   23 Apr 25 18:43:00   
   
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   Here is a list of recently notable books that pertain to   
   science-technology:   
      
   Top Releases in Science   
      
   These five provocative titles take on social media, music   
   streaming, AI, and the cult of futurism, confronting the myths,   
   motives, and mayhem behind our most powerful technologies and   
   challenging the stories we tell ourselves about progress and   
   who gets to define it.   
      
   [O] More Everything Forever by Adam Becker   
   9781541619593   
      
   Domination, space colonization, and the quest to transcend   
   mortality-this science-backed takedown of Silicon Valley's most   
   extreme ambitions lays bare the flawed logic and self-interest   
   driving these grandiose visions and how they distract from the   
   urgent crises endangering our planet.   
      
      
   [O] Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist by   
   Liz Pelly   
   9781668083505   
      
   A bestselling, searing indictment of Spotify's algorithm-driven   
   design that reveals the radical impact it has on both music   
   consumption and creation, trapping artists and audiences in a   
   system that promotes conformity and stifles creative   
   expression.   
      
      
   [O] Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World by Parmy   
   Olson   
   9781250337740   
      
   This Financial Times and Schroders Best Business Book of 2024   
   chronicles the gripping showdown between two CEOs at the helm   
   of the AI revolution. Behind the innovation lies a fight for   
   dominance that's unleashing reckless technology into every   
   corner of society and rewriting the future for us all.   
      
      
   [O] Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart by Nicholas Carr   
   9781324064619   
      
   From the bestselling author of The Shallows comes a sobering   
   look at how the tools we use to stay connected compromise our   
   ability to think, feel, and relate-urging a clear-eyed   
   reckoning with technology's influence and our role in its   
   unraveling.   
      
      
   [O] Owned by Eoin Higgins   
   9781645030461   
      
   A riveting investigation into how tech moguls and former   
   crusaders for truth are reshaping media, exposing the   
   surprising alliances, power plays, and ideological shifts   
   converging to rewrite the rules (and risks) of modern   
   journalism.   
      
      
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