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Ethical Data / CyberPolitics

LogoHello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms by Hannah Frygoodreads
LogoWeapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O'Neilgoodreads
LogoInfinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe by Steven H. Strogatzgoodreads
LogoData and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World by Bruce Schneiergoodreads
LogoEverybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are by Seth Stephens-Davidowitzgoodreads
LogoAlgorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism by Safiya Umoja Noblegoodreads
LogoEnsuring Research Integrity and the Ethical Management of Data by Leilani Goosengoodreads
LogoTechnically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech by Sara Wachter-Boettchergoodreads
LogoInvisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérezgoodreads
LogoRace After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code by Ruha Benjamingoodreads
LogoAutomating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor by Virginia Eubanksgoodreads
LogoA Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age by Daniel J. Levitingoodreads
LogoThe Social Photo: On Photography and Social Media by Nathan Jurgensongoodreads
LogoThe Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload by Daniel J. Levitingoodreads
LogoNew Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future by James Bridlegoodreads
LogoHow Charts Lie: Getting Smarter about Visual Information by Alberto Cairogoodreads
LogoYou Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It's Making the World a Weirder Place by Janelle Shanegoodreads
LogoThe Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking by Saifedean Ammousgoodreads

Race

LogoHow to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide by Crystal Marie Fleminggoodreads
LogoBlack Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanongoodreads
LogoHow to Argue With a Racist: What Our Genes Do (and Don't) Say About Human Difference by Adam Rutherfordgoodreads
LogoThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Boisgoodreads
LogoThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm Xgoodreads
LogoThe Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) by Angie Thomasgoodreads
LogoWhite Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelogoodreads

Feminism, Gender & Sexuality

LogoWomen, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davisgoodreads
LogoYes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape by Jaclyn Friedmangoodreads
LogoThe ABC's of LGBT+ by Ashley Mardellgoodreads
LogoSexuality and Socialism: History, Politics, and Theory of LGBT Liberation by Sherry Wolfgoodreads
LogoThis Book is Gay by Juno Dawsongoodreads
LogoQueer, There and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World by Sarah Pragergoodreads
LogoQueer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barkergoodreads
LogoTrans Like Me: A Journey for All of Us by C.N. Lestergoodreads
LogoWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichiegoodreads
LogoOur Bodies, Ourselves and the Work of Writing by Susan Wellsgoodreads
LogoOur Bodies, Ourselves: A New Edition for a New Era by Judy Norsigiangoodreads

Social Justice & Equality

LogoAnimal Farm by George Orwellgoodreads
LogoTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Leegoodreads

On History & Culture

LogoThe Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanongoodreads
LogoOrientalism by Edward W. Saidgoodreads
LogoGuns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamondgoodreads
Pulitzer Winner, chronicles of modern world came to racially based theories of human history.
LogoRace And Culture: A World View by Thomas Sowellgoodreads
LogoThis Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Kleingoodreads
Naomi Klein exposes the myths that are clouding climate debate.
LogoManufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Edward S. Hermangoodreads
LogoPedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freiregoodreads

On Identity & Humanity

LogoSapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Hararigoodreads
LogoHumankind: Solidarity with Non-Human People by Timothy Mortongoodreads
LogoThe Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbertgoodreads
LogoHow to Be Both by Ali Smithgoodreads
LogoDare to Lead by Brené Browngoodreads
LogoGratitude by Oliver Sacksgoodreads
LogoHomo Deus: A History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Hararigoodreads

On Philosophy & Psychology

LogoThe Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil by Philip G. Zimbardogoodreads
LogoDiscipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison by Michel Foucaultgoodreads

On Immersive Content & Storytelling

LogoCritical Encounters with Immersive Storytelling: Genre, Narrative and Environments by Alke Gröppel-Wegenergoodreads
LogoThe Art of Immersion: How the Digital Generation Is Remaking Hollywood, Madison Avenue, and the Way We Tell Stories by Frank Rosegoodreads
LogoShivers Down Your Spine: Cinema, Museums, and the Immersive View by Alison Griffithsgoodreads
LogoOur Senses: An Immersive Experience by Robert DeSallegoodreads
LogoSpeculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming by Anthony Dunnegoodreads

On Humour / Games & General Fun Stuff

LogoThings to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension by Matt Parkergoodreads
LogoBayesian Statistics the Fun Way: Understanding Statistics and Probability with Star Wars, Lego, and Rubber Ducks by Will Kurtgoodreads
LogoHow To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems by Randall Munroegoodreads
LogoHow to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler by Ryan Northgoodreads
LogoWill My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies by Caitlin Doughtygoodreads
LogoHumble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors by Matt Parkergoodreads

Comics / Illustrations / Fantasy

Improv & Theatre

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