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Get Lit(erate) on Tech in 2025
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items These are the books that are shaping how I think about technology, politics, power, and economics in America right now. I’ve read each one and reflected on it in my Substack series. Whether you’re just getting curious or you’re already deep in the ra...
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Each of these titles correspond to a post in my Book Reflection series on both Substack and Medium.
Useful for learning about many of the key Silicon Valley players.
Substack reflection: https://annujackson.substack.com/p/book-reflection-the-founders?r=cvwec
Substack reflection: https://annujackson.substack.com/p/book-reflection-the-founders?r=cvwec
The Founders: Paypal and Silicon Valley
Learn about the global impact of AI beyond the realm of the digital universe.
Substack reflection: https://annujackson.substack.com/p/book-reflection-atlas-of-ai?r=cvwec
Substack reflection: https://annujackson.substack.com/p/book-reflection-atlas-of-ai?r=cvwec
Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and Costs
Learn about the history of Facebook and the true motivations behind its most senior leaders.
Substack reflection: annujackson.substack.com/p/book-reflection-careless-people?r=cvwec
Substack reflection: annujackson.substack.com/p/book-reflection-careless-people?r=cvwec
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale
Tells the complete modern history of the United States through the work of politics and the economy.
Substack reflection: https://annujackson.substack.com/p/book-reflection-evil-geniuses?r=cvwec
Substack reflection: https://annujackson.substack.com/p/book-reflection-evil-geniuses?r=cvwec
Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America
Written by the CEO of Palantir, a modern-day technology company unafraid of addressing some of the toughest technical problems in America.
Substack reflection: https://annujackson.substack.com/p/book-reflection-the-technological?r=cvwec
Substack reflection: https://annujackson.substack.com/p/book-reflection-the-technological?r=cvwec
The Technological Republic: Hard Power & Soft Belief
A sweeping history of how non-democratic regimes have thrived in the global economy and how they operate in the current era.
Substack reflection: annujackson.substack.com/p/book-reflection-autocracy-inc?r=cvwec
Substack reflection: annujackson.substack.com/p/book-reflection-autocracy-inc?r=cvwec
Autocracy, Inc.: Dictators Who Want Power
Introduces the idea of stories and how they impact economics.
Substack reflection: https://annujackson.substack.com/p/book-reflection-narrative-economics?r=cvwec
Substack reflection: https://annujackson.substack.com/p/book-reflection-narrative-economics?r=cvwec
Narrative Economics: Stories That Drive Events
An introductory lesson in understanding economics.
Substack reflection: https://annujackson.substack.com/p/book-reflection-economics-in-one?r=cvwec
Substack reflection: https://annujackson.substack.com/p/book-reflection-economics-in-one?r=cvwec
Economics in One Lesson: A Quick Guide
A book about current employment and jobs in America.
Substack reflection: https://annujackson.substack.com/p/book-reflection-bullshit-jobs?r=cvwec
Substack reflection: https://annujackson.substack.com/p/book-reflection-bullshit-jobs?r=cvwec
Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
A book about the tech industry and politics in the modern age.
Substack reflection: https://annujackson.substack.com/p/book-reflection-burn-book?r=cvwec
Substack reflection: https://annujackson.substack.com/p/book-reflection-burn-book?r=cvwec
Burn Book: A Tech Love Story
A historical look at the industry of microchips.
Substack reflection: https://annujackson.substack.com/p/book-reflection-chip-war?r=cvwec
Substack reflection: https://annujackson.substack.com/p/book-reflection-chip-war?r=cvwec
Chip War: Fight for World's Critical Tech
Written by Silicon Valley investor and key player Peter Thiel.
Substack reflection: https://annujackson.substack.com/p/book-reflection-zero-to-one?r=cvwec
Substack reflection: https://annujackson.substack.com/p/book-reflection-zero-to-one?r=cvwec
Zero To One
A history of information networks.
Substack reflection: https://annujackson.substack.com/p/book-reflection-nexus?r=cvwec
Substack reflection: https://annujackson.substack.com/p/book-reflection-nexus?r=cvwec
Nexus: History of Information Networks
AI and Humans collide, then what?
Substack reflection: https://annujackson.substack.com/p/book-reflection-the-singularity-is?r=cvwec
Substack reflection: https://annujackson.substack.com/p/book-reflection-the-singularity-is?r=cvwec
The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI
The origin and chaos of OpenAI.
Substack reflection: https://annujackson.substack.com/p/book-reflection-empire-of-ai?r=cvwec
Substack reflection: https://annujackson.substack.com/p/book-reflection-empire-of-ai?r=cvwec
Empire of AI: Dreams & Nightmares in OpenAI
In Progress
Books I'm currently reading or listening to.
A look at elite individuals in the United States and the fallacy of how they approach social improvement.
Winners Take All: The Elite Charade
Want to Read
Books sitting in my library hold queue or those I intend on reading.
A critique of the American progressives and a path to a better future.
Abundance
Optimism about AI from the guy who brought you LinkedIn.
Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right with AI