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Simon Hill Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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Simon Hill is a tech journalist. I write for @WIRED. Previous bylines at Business Insider, Reviewed, TechRadar, Android Authority, Digital Trends.

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Book Cover for: Meme Wars: The Untold Story of the Online Battles Upending Democracy in America, Joan Donovan

Meme Wars: The Untold Story of the Online Battles Upending Democracy in America

Joan Donovan
Simon HillSimon Hill

This fascinating book digs into the history of memes... Well researched and written, this insightful dive into online culture and its impact on modern democracy makes for uncomfortable reading.

Hardcover, 2022

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal, Nick Bilton

Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal

Nick Bilton
Simon HillSimon Hill

Hatching Twitter focuses on the tension...precipitated by the pressure of steering a successful startup. It’s an intense and dramatic tale... Twitter has always punched above its weight, but far from unraveling that mystery, this book makes that feat feel even more remarkable

Paperback, 2014

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Soul of a New Machine, Tracy Kidder

The Soul of a New Machine

Tracy Kidder
Simon HillSimon Hill

...this book should be required reading for anyone who works in technology or harbors a curiosity about how it came to dominate our lives... Kidder captures the struggle between management and creatives and weaves a fascinating tale from an ostensibly dry subject

Paperback, 2000

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Book Cover for: You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It's Making the World a Weirder Place, Janelle Shane

You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It's Making the World a Weirder Place

Janelle Shane
Simon HillSimon Hill

Anyone with even a passing interest in artificial intelligence will get a kick out of this book, as it delves into machine learning algorithms and their limitations in an accessible, engaging, and often hilarious way... the book never gets dull thanks to witty and moreish writing

Paperback, 2021

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Book Cover for: The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America, Margaret O'Mara

The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America

Margaret O'Mara
Simon HillSimon Hill

This concise and comprehensive book ... explain how Silicon Valley has driven and dominated technological innovation. O’Mara exposes the foundations that self-mythologizing founders and businesses are built on, and the vital role the government played in their rise.

Paperback, 2020

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