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Will Oremus Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Will Oremus is a technology writer. writing about tech and its discontents for the @washingtonpost. focused on AI, algorithms, social media, and platforms. dm for signal.

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Book Cover for: Xkcd: Volume 0, Randall Munroe

Xkcd: Volume 0

Randall Munroe
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@hunterwalk @noUpside @pbump ACTUALLY hunter based on the charts the devolution must have happened sometime *prior* to 2008. my guess would be 2005, when randall munroe started drawing xkcd

Paperback, 2010

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Burn Book: A Tech Love Story, Kara Swisher

Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

Kara Swisher
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“Burn Book” is the breezy memoir of a highflying journalist who, at 61, is still on top of her game... Swisher intersperses brief recountings of well-trodden tech-industry lore with tidbits of gossip, behind-the-scenes backstories and zesty one-liners.

Hardcover, 2024

$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Anthem Rand by Ayn Rand: Novel, Ayn Rand

Anthem Rand by Ayn Rand: Novel

Ayn Rand
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and then he added this longtermist rationale where if the woke mind virus continued unabated, great geniuses like him would forever be plagued and smothered by critics and regulators like in an ayn rand novel and then we’d never build rockets and then we’d never make it to mars.

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Book Cover for: Prevention: The Ultimate Cure, Bill Little

Prevention: The Ultimate Cure

Bill Little
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The law was weakened from the absurd initial bill, and some NC officials say it had little direct policy impact. Yet it made sea-level rise a third rail in NC. Local policymakers adapted by not mentioning sea level and just talking about flood prevention: https://t.co/SWTq1VEmWp

Paperback, 2006

$14.95Member price:$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book