nadine
as someone who works with tech but is lowkey exhausted by tech, i wanted to create something real. something tangible. something that brings people together in actual physical space. and what better way than through books?
so... i'm starting a book club! but not just any book club. this is about reconnecting, about pushing back against the digital noise that's been consuming our lives.
right now, i'm observing ramadan and connecting with my cultural roots. interestingly, the quran starts with this profound emphasis on reading - which feels like a beautiful synchronicity with my current project. in a time where books are being challenged, banned, and literally attacked by current administrations, creating a space for collective reading feels like an act of resistance.
when curating the reading list, i wanted to place an emphasis on technology's darker corners. here were some books i found that critically examine our relationship with tech, surveillance, power, and social structures:
- [ ] the age of surveillance capitalism by shoshana zuboff
- [ ] trans technologies and transgender self-representation
- [ ] the palestine laboratory by antony loewenstein
- [ ] algorithms of oppression by safiya umoja noble
- [ ] weapons of math destruction by cathy o'neil
- [ ] design justice by sasha costanza-chock
- [ ] invisible women by caroline criado perez
- [ ] race after technology by ruha benjamin
- [ ] capitalist realism by mark fisher
- [ ] the city is not a computer by shannon mattern
- [ ] tech new deal by brian klaas
- [ ] digital colonialism by payal arora
- [ ] platform socialism by jovanna shen
- [ ] artificial unintelligence by meredith broussard
- [ ] winner takes all by anand giridharadas
this isn't just about reading. it's about building community. about creating meaningful connections in a world that's increasingly isolated. about understanding how technology shapes our experiences, our identities, our very existence.