Top Books to Survive and Thrive in the Digital Age: Your Ultimate Guide to Future-Proof Success

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The Man Vs. Machine Age: Digital Literacy: 

• The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World’ By Max Fisher
• Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked By Adam Alter
• It’s Complicated: The Social Lives Of Networked Teens By Danah Boyd
• The Screen Strong Solution: How to Free Your Child from Addictive Screen Habits By Melanie Hempe
• iGen: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy–and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood–and What That Means for the Rest of Us By Jean M. Twenge PhD
• Humans Need Not Apply By Jerry Kaplan
• Dopamine Nation By Anna Lembke
• A Human’s Guide To Machine Intelligence By Kartik Hosanagar
• Revenge of Analog by David Sax
• Human Compatible By Stuart Russell
• Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte
• Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark
• 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Hariri
• Our Final Invention by James Barrat
• American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers by Nancy Jo Sales
• Teenage Gender Dysphoria: Irreversible Damage by Abigail Shrier
• Team Human by Douglas Rushkoff
• Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
• Humans Need Not Apply By Jerry Kaplan
• Dopamine Nation By Anna Lembke
• A Human’s Guide To Machine Intelligence By Kartik Hosanagar
• Human Compatible By Stuart Russell
• The Dolphin Parent: A Guide to Raising Healthy, Happy, and Self-Motivated Kids by Shimi K Kang Md
• The Tech Solution: Creating Healthy Habits for Kids Growing Up in a Digital World by Dr. Shimi Kang
• Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal
• Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life by Nir Eyal
• Algorithms to Live By Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths

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Parenting Our Digital Children: 

• The Mindful Parent By Dr. Charlotte Peterson
• How to Raise a Healthy Gamer by Dr Alok Kanojia
• Parenting with Presence: Practices for Raising Conscious, Confident, Caring Kids by Susan Stiffelman
• Parenting Without Power Struggles: Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids While Staying Cool, Calm, and Connected By Susan Stiffelman
• The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives by William Stixrud and Ned Johnson
• What Do You Say?: How to Talk with Kids to Build Motivation, Stress Tolerance, and a Happy Home by William Stixrud, Ned Johnson, et al.
• How To Raise An Adult By Julie Lythcott-Haims
• The Dolphin Parent: A Guide to Raising Healthy, Happy, and Self-Motivated Kids by Shimi K Kang M

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“There are two industries that call their customers users: illegal drugs and software.” ~ From the 2020 Documentary, The Social Dilemma.

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Truth About Technology

Going out for dinner, calling your mom or going to a party used to be about talking to people, about conversation. But during the last ten years something has shifted. Instead of talking about the food, we post a picture of it online; instead of calling our mother, we send her an email updating her on our lives; and at the party we’re busy showing other people YouTube clips and messaging with friends at a bar instead of talking to other people there. In short, face-to-face conversation is nowhere to be found.

~ Reclaiming Conversation by Sherry Turkle