by vanissadrar | May 25, 2026 | BOOKS REVIEWS
The Big Idea: The internet shapes identity, self-presentation, and modern consciousness in ways both subtle and profound—and mostly troubling. Journalist and cultural critic Jia Tolentino examines how internet culture, social media, and digital platforms reshape...
by vanissadrar | May 25, 2026 | BOOKS REVIEWS
The Big Idea: Social media platforms are designed to maximize engagement, and that design is destabilizing societies worldwide. New York Times investigative journalist Max Fisher spent years researching how social media platforms—particularly Facebook, YouTube, and...
by vanissadrar | May 21, 2026 | BOOKS REVIEWS
I’ll be honest — when I first picked up this book, I expected the usual marketing rhetoric dressed up in academic language. You know the type: a flashy title, a few buzzwords, and 200 pages of restating the obvious. Karen Nelson-Field’s The Attention...
by vanissadrar | May 21, 2026 | BOOKS REVIEWS
The Big Idea: The battle for human attention has a long history—and understanding it reveals how modern tech platforms operate. Columbia Law professor and tech policy expert Tim Wu traces the “attention economy” from its 19th-century origins to the present...
by vanissadrar | May 21, 2026 | BOOKS REVIEWS
The Big Idea: Slot machines are engineered to create addiction—and those same techniques now power smartphones and social media. MIT anthropologist Natasha Dow Schüll spent fifteen years researching the gambling industry in Las Vegas, producing this fascinating and...
