The 9 Best Books on Technology

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Here’s my curated list of the 9 best books for technology, in no particular order.

Peak Human Clock: How to Get up Early, Fix Eating Time Schedule, and Improve Exercise Routines to be Highly Productive by Said Hasyim — Offers insights into optimizing daily routines for increased productivity by aligning various activities with the body's natural rhythms.
The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail by Clayton M. Christensen — Examines why successful companies struggle with disruptive technology and how they can adapt.
The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr — Carr explores how the internet is affecting our ability to think deeply, challenging the assumption that technology is always beneficial to intellectual engagement.
The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee — Discusses how digital technologies are changing the economy and the workforce, highlighting both opportunities and challenges.
What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly — An exploration of technology as a living force in our world, arguing that it has its own evolutionary path and purpose.
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal — Offers a framework for understanding how to create habit-forming products based on user behavior and motivations.
How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed by Ray Kurzweil — Kurzweil offers insights into the workings of the human brain and proposes how to create artificial intelligence that replicates human thought.
Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century by P.W. Singer — An exploration of how robotics and technology transform warfare, presenting ethical and strategic implications.
The Soul of A New Machine by Tracy Kidder — A behind-the-scenes look at the creation of a computer and the innovative team that developed it, highlighting the struggle and passion in technology development.

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