Books I've finished:

"Digital Minimalism" by Cal Newport

A really good book that I've recently finished. I reccomend anyone who uses social media for more than 30 minutes a day to read it. It completely changed the way I look at my cellphone and computer. He advocates for only using technologies which are the best way to promote our endgoals, and to avoid technology that could be replaced with more effective solutions.

I've decided to host the ebook of this text on this site for free download, because I think it's an especially important read.

"This Is How They Tell Me The World Ends" by Nicole Perlroth

I highly reccomend that anyone interested in Political Science or Computers reads this.

Nicole Perlroth from The New York Times goes through the histroy of the "Zero-Day" exploit market, and how these exploits have come to be valued so much (many groups willing to pay hundreds of millions for just one potent Zero-Day). She explains that in the beginning, The United States used to be the dominant force in cyberweapon development, and other countries were seen as incapable of reaching their potential. In more recent years, Perlroth explains that more and more of our advisaries have proven themselves perfectly capable of being seen as a proper threat to us.

"Red Team Blues" by Cory Doctorow

Highly entertaining fiction. We follow the story of Martin Hench, a security and hacking expert. He gets paid to unravel lies or exploits. The story follows a part of his life as he gets involved in a big case that might be a bit over his head. If you're worried about overplayed "one last job" or "expert hackerman" tropes, don't be, the story is handled very well and in a unique way. The book includes a reasonable level of technical references, but you don't need to be a computer expert to follow along with what's happening. I personally reccomend listening to the audiobook read by Whil Wheaton, it's more than just an audiobook, it can feel more like an audiodrama the way Wheaton includes emotion into the readings.

This is book 1 in the "Martin Hench" series. I'm currently working my way through book 2, "The Bezzle".

"Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir

(Goodreads) (Author webpage) (Archive.org)

"How to interpret the Constitution" by Cas Sunstein

(Goodreads) (Amazon) (no online pdf, try your local library!)

"Permanent Record" by Edward Snowden

(Goodreads) (Amazon) (Archive.org pdf, audiobook)