A critical tech reading list for early 2025
15 books to start filling your bookshelf for the new year
Paris Marx
Paris Marx is a Canadian tech critic and host of the award-winning Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. He writes the Disconnect newsletter and is the author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation.
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The MAGAfication of Mark Zuckerberg
The Meta CEO wants the left to leave him alone so he can shape our collective future
New year, new Disconnect
Rejuvenated, refreshed, and ready for whatever new nightmares tech has in store
The conservative-tech alliance is coming to Canada
Shopify executives want to emulate the right-wing project of their Silicon Valley peers
Roundup: The system is crashing
Read to the end for a surprising tirade against Elon Musk
Dismissing critics has “real and dangerous” consequences
Casey Newton’s diatribe against AI skeptics illustrates a broader issue in tech journalism
Roundup: The US’s war on Chinese tech has consequences
Read to the end for a little song about a certain health insurance story
Elon Musk is sending DOGE after high-speed rail
Donald Trump’s “first buddy” is using his position to revive personal vendettas
Why we must reclaim digital sovereignty
A new white paper envisions a radically different technological future