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Discussion of the Best Tech+Society Books of 2022
December 14, 2022 | 7:15-8:30 p.m. CST | Event Type: Online, Discussion |
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Event Type: Online, Discussion
Location Online via Zoom Moderator Julie Tomlin VP Finance & HR Frontier Marketplaces |
The Austin Forum online book discussions--and new activity inspired by our adoption of Zoom and desire to include anyone regardless of location--have been a big success! For this month's online discussion, instead of discussing, dissecting, and debating the societal implications of technology in one book, we'll ask everyone to share their favorite recent books on technology & society topics. Read anything great lately on cybersecurity, AI, climate tech, health tech/biotech, IoT/edge computing, cloning, alternate energy sources, etc.? Join us and share, or just listen in to collect reading ideas from others in our great community!
The Austin Forum on Technology & Society's final event of 2022 was an online discussion of the best books community members had read this year with information, context, and/or perspectives on technology and society. The list includes both non-fiction and fiction books published over a range of 70 years though most are very recent. Many thanks to Julie Tomlin for running a great discussion and suggesting several books I am eager to read. We'd also like to thank all the participants who suggested books: Ian Ang, Bonny Kelly, Erik Summa, Mike Ignatowski, Luz Gonzales, Yasir Iqbal, and Hani Elshahawi. Non-fiction Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made, by Jason Schreier Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology, by Chris Miller Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World, by Clive Thompson Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World, by Joseph Menn Lifespan, by David Sinclair How Music and Mathematics Relate, by David Kung How Music Got Free, by Stephen Witt Life 3.0, by Max Tegmark Stand Out of Our Light, by James Williams Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again, by Johann Hari Tetris: The Games People Play, by Box Brown The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking), by Katie Mack The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity, by Byron Reese The Future is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies are Transforming Business, Industries, and Our Lives, by Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler The Fuzzy & the Techie: Why the Liberal Arts Will Rule the World, by Scott Hartley The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology, by Amy Webb and Andrew Hessel The New Map - Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations, by Daniel Yergin The Patient Will See You Now, by Eric Topol The Pleasures of Philosophy, by Will Durant Weapons of Math Destruction, by Cathy O'Neill What we Owe the Future, by William MacAskill Fiction AI 2041, by Kai-Fu Lee and Chen Qiufan Blueshift, by Joshua Dalzelle, Klara & the Sun, by Kazuo Ishiguro Level 7, by Mordecai Roshwald Off to Be the Wizard, by Scott Meyer Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir Station 11, by Emily St John Mandel Sea of Tranquility, by Emily St John Mandel The In Between, by Michael Landweber The Ministry for the Future, by Kim Stanley Robinson The Three-Body Problem, by Liu Cixin We Are Legion (We Are Bob), by Dennis Taylor |
Moderator
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Julie Tomlin is a 25-year veteran of the Finance/HR world. Currently, she is devoting her time to CVEX, an Austin-based fintech startup and proud sponsor of Austin Forum. Julie fell in love with James T. Kirk at the age of 6 and has been an irredeemable sci-fi nerd ever since. She is thrilled to boldly lead the AF SciFi Book Club where no book club has gone before.
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