American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road – Nick Bilton
Nick Bilton’s treatment of Ross Ulbricht is a lot more even handed than I would have been.
Internet
Fatal System Error – Joseph Menn
The internet has broken a lot of boundaries and made the world a lot more interconnected. This is a good thing, until you think about it in the context of crime.
Cult of the Dead Cow – Joseph Menn
Hackers: Apparently, not all of them are bad.
What to think about Machines that think – John Brockman
You could take a bunch of classes to find out the philosophy behind AI. This is a much cheaper shortcut
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Kill all Normies – Angela Nagle
Angela Nagle’s ‘Kill all Normies’ takes a look at how internet cultures have fostered the current political environment.
Failures in Polymathy 