If you haven’t noticed, cautionary tales and sci-fi novels are increasingly becoming less far from reality😅 That being said, here’s some must-reads bound to wake your mind up to what could be happening in the future… or as we speak 🤷🏻♀️
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Books about Dependent Bonds with 🤖 💻
Books that Make You Think Twice💭
Cautionary Classics ⚠️
Reconnect with Humanity🫶
Extra Resources
Books about Dependent Bonds with 🤖 💻
These are some Sci-Fi picks that give a look into the future of what could be life quite soon when it comes to our relationships with technology👀
I’ll bet you didn’t know that this was a book first!
I, Robot ⚙️
This book asks us what it truly means to be a human in a world of artificial life 🤔
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Blade Runner Inspiration 🐑
This was written in 1909?! It's about humans living underground and depending on a machine for survival 😬
The Machine Stops 📺
In a social media obsessed society, being “transparent” is the ultimate form of control 👀📲
The Circle ⭕️
The POV is from an AI companion waiting for a human to finally bring her home
Klara and the Sun: A GMA Book Club Pick
Brain implants that feed you constant media and advertisements… sound familiar?? 🧠
Feed: Dystopian Novel on Mind Control & Tech
Books that Make You Think Twice💭
These are some chilling reads about corrupt governing bodies in power, their effect on society, and the response of humanity.
A timely, alternate-history graphic novel about oppressive systems within England in 2028
V for Vendetta
Clones are being raised to provide organs for the “normal” population🫁👀
Never Let Me Go
This is a great read about the importance of not blending church with state
The Handmaid's Tale 🍼
A dystopian story based in near future California with many realistic challenges
Parable of the Sower 🫶🏾
This one blends the line between gov. power AND artificial intelligence by imagining a world where we as the human race are ruled by a super computer
This Perfect Day💻
Cautionary Classics ⚠️
Here are some cult classics on these topics. Many of them were not written recently, but they are so timely!
A powerful set of books surrounding corruption of power and gov. control.
1984 & Animal Farm 🐖
What the world may look like if we continue to value comfort & pleasure over truth & individuality
Brave New World
A society where books are banned, thinking is dangerous, and distraction is the new control… Sound familiar??
Fahrenheit 451 📖
What will happen when fixing human behavior takes away our free will? 🔗
A Clockwork Orange 🕰️
A futuristic novel about someone who discovers that they are an individual soul… This lowkey is a wild concept, but not totally out of the realm of possibility
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Reconnect with Humanity🫶
To lighten the mood, here are some moving storylines that will inspire and remind you of our resilience as humans♥️
The last inhabitants of the human world live in an underground silo… until someone decides to question just how uninhabitable aboveground really is
The Silo Series: Wool, Shift, Dust & Stories
After the collapse, a brave few risk everything for art and humanity
Station Eleven 🎨
If this wasn't a required read in your high school… It's time to read this! One person in society holds the memories of humankind before everything changed.
The Giver 💭
One astronaut suffering from amnesia must save all of humanity from extinction 🌎
Project Hail Mary 🌍 🪐
A surprising duo in a consumerist world with deep themes of sustainability 🌱
A Psalm for the Wild-Built: A Monk and Robot Book 🤖
Extra Resources
Here are some apps, podcasts, & nonfiction books that go with this vibe as well 💪 — I also threw in a couple movies for entertainment purposes👀
Understand how new technologies are effecting how we live, work, and think
🎧 Podcast: Your Undivided Attention
This app will have you feeling the JOY of missing out on the chaos of constantly being fed media
Jomo - Screen Time Blocker 📲
This is a useful read that shows you how to turn off the device and find your center again
Digital Minimalism
🏠Connect with others… LOCALLY (not through social media)
Nextdoor: Neighborhood Network 📲
The optimism of what the internet originally was is gone – time to be aware of how those in power predict and control our behavior with media
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: Fight for Future 🎥
“I set out to write a book about what to do to make a great work of art. Instead, it revealed itself to be a book on how to be.”
The Creative Act: A Way of Being
It's time to remember that we are CITIZENS… not just consumers
Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything
This movie altered my brain chemistry about technology and the future
