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Books like Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe
The best books like Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe are The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram, and Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber. Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe by Roger McNamee is about technology, social media, democracy. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
Shoshana Zuboff · History
Shoshana Zuboff spent years researching what she calls surveillance capitalism — a new economic logic in which human experience is turned into raw material for prediction products that are sold to businesses wanting to influence behavior.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram
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No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram
Sarah Frier · Business
No Filter is Sarah Frier's account of Instagram's founding, its acquisition by Facebook, and the decade-long tension between Instagram's founders and Mark Zuckerberg over what the product should become.
Both dig into social media.
Read the summary → - Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
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Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
Mike Isaac · Business
Super Pumped is New York Times technology reporter Mike Isaac's account of Uber's rise from a San Francisco startup to a $70 billion company — and of the internal chaos, ethical failures, and leadership battles that nearly destroyed it.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
John Carreyrou · Business
Bad Blood is Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou's account of Theranos, the blood-testing startup founded by Elizabeth Holmes that claimed its proprietary technology could run hundreds of diagnostic tests from a single finger-prick of blood.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - Liar's Poker
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Michael Lewis · Business
Liar's Poker is Michael Lewis's account of his years as a bond salesman at Salomon Brothers in the 1980s, the decade when Wall Street stopped being a gentleman's club and became something closer to a casino.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - Continuous Discovery Habits
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Teresa Torres · Business
Continuous Discovery Habits is Teresa Torres's practical guide to making product discovery a sustainable, weekly team practice rather than a periodic research event.
Both dig into technology.
Read the summary → - Crucial Accountability
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Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler · Business
Crucial Accountability is the sequel to Crucial Conversations, narrowing its focus from high-stakes dialogue to one specific problem: what to do when someone fails to meet an expectation.
Both dig into accountability.
Read the summary → - Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products
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Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products
Marty Cagan and Chris Jones · Business
Empowered is Marty Cagan and Chris Jones's guide to what separates product organizations that consistently build products people love from those that operate as feature factories.
Both dig into technology.
Read the summary → - Extreme Ownership
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Jocko Willink and Leif Babin · Business
Extreme Ownership is former Navy SEAL commanders Jocko Willink and Leif Babin's argument that the single most important principle in leadership is taking total responsibility for everything that happens under your command — not just your own actions but your team's performance, your mission's failure, and the behavior of those above you when it doesn't support your mission.
Both dig into accountability.
Read the summary → - Good Authority
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Jonathan Raymond · Business
Good Authority is Jonathan Raymond's argument that the real job of a manager is not to produce results directly but to use the work as a vehicle for people's personal and professional development.
Both dig into accountability.
Read the summary → - Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love
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Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love
Marty Cagan · Business
Inspired is Marty Cagan's guide to how the best technology companies build products that customers actually want.
Both dig into technology.
Read the summary → - Leadership Is Language
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L. David Marquet · Business
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Both dig into accountability.
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Books like Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe: quick answers
What are the best books like Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe?
The best books like Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe by Roger McNamee are The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff, No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram by Sarah Frier, Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber by Mike Isaac, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou, Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe, such as technology, social media, democracy.
What should I read after Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe?
A natural next read after Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe is The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff. A kindred business read. Other strong choices are No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram by Sarah Frier, Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber by Mike Isaac, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou.
What books are similar to Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe by Roger McNamee?
Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe centers on technology, social media, democracy. Books with a similar feel include The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff, No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram by Sarah Frier, Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber by Mike Isaac, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou, Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis, Continuous Discovery Habits by Teresa Torres — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
