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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Feb 13
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    How Things Work genre books were popular when I was growing up. Now that’s turned into infantilizing adult explainer journalism. I think we need a How Things Get Hacked and Pwned genre now. For both kids and adults. Anyone have good examples?

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    • =_= Michael Buckley🇨🇦 Goethe Dharma 🇦🇺 Gideon Mann Jeff (wannabe) Ƀreaker of (the Bad) Loops eripsa steven mrgunn
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      2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Feb 13
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        Many of my most popular blog posts is how social things get hacked Gervais Principle: how corps get hacked Locust Economy: how sharing economy gets hacked Premium Mediocre: how neoliberal false consciousness gets hacked Internet of Beefs: how grievance discourses get hacked

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Feb 13
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        Entrepreneurs are the new labor (on Forbes): how startup ambitions get hacked Future nausea: how futurist yearnings get hacked Economics of pricelessness: how sacredness gets hacked Return of the barbarian: how civilizations get hacked

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      1. Ravern Koh‏ @ravernkoh Feb 13
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        Future Crimes?https://www.amazon.com/Future-Crimes-Digital-Underground-Connected/dp/0804171459 …

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        Set of 2 books published by Germany publisher.

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      1. Halikaarnian‏ @Halikaarn1an Feb 13
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        There are great subreddits for car mechanics, carpenters etc full of this content.

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        "Thing Explainer" by Randall Munroe is very good. Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words is a 2015 illustrated non-fiction book created by Randall Munroe, in which the author attempts to explain various complex subjects using only the 1,000 most common English words.

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