Subj : books: Top Releases in Science
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From : August Abolins
Date : Wed Apr 23 2025 18:43:00

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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