THE FAMEHUNGRY READING LIST

This is a collection of books, podcasts, videos and other resources that were consulted in the making of FAMEHUNGRY. Most I’ve read, some are just titles or links that were suggested to me by trusted sources.

BOOKS

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business - Neil Postman

No One Is Talking About This - Patricia Lockwood

Dopamine Nation: Why our Addiction to Pleasure is Causing us Pain - Dr Anna Lamke

Break The Internet - Olivia Yallop,

Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self Delusion - Jia Tolentino

Society of the Spectacle - Guy Debord

The Transparency Society by Byung Chul Han

Selfie: How We Became So Self-Obsessed and What It's Doing to Us - Will Storr

Extremely Online - Taylor Lorenz

So You've Been Publicly Shamed - jon Ronson

Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now - Jaron Lanier

Look at Me!: The Fame Motive from Childhood to Death- Orville Gilbert Brim

Links to Articles, Videos etc

The Need for Nuance in the Tech Use Debate: A Conversation with Amy Orben

Louis McClung discussing the US TikTok ban

The World According to Byung-Chul Han

Is the world getting better or worse? A look at the numbers | Steven Pinker

The Sisyphean Cycle of Technology Panics - Dr Amy Orben

Jia Tolentino on How the Internet Became Its Current Hellscape | Offline Full Podcast

How TikTok Became a Matter of National Security - NYTimes Podcast

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