Top Tech Books that Tech Savvy People Must Read This Season

Even though several digital publications and articles are currently being created in huge numbers, the impact and power of paper books cannot be neglected. Print publication carries prestige.

Technology books saw a surge after 2010, and there have been several of them published in 2016.

1. The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly

ISBN: 9780525428084

The book is an interesting one loved by the techies which give a view into the 12 technological inventions that will change the face of life in the next thirty years to come. The book does not just speak about the usual things; it talks out to the box with intriguing features that deal with everything from virtual reality to Artificial Intelligence. Kevin Kelly is one of the most renown tech thinkers, and he has presented the book in a provocative manner. He has provided information on how this will affect our work, home, purchases, learning, and communication

2. The Open Organisation by Jim Whitehurst

ISBN 9781625275271

Jim Whitehurst is the CEO of Red Hat, and he focuses on creating a better workforce. He speaks about an open principle which will help in increasing the creativity and energy of the employees. The current and upcoming era is connected, and the organization system has to be reinvented to meet the demands. Red Hat is one of the most promising and ambitious companies, and the author has used this experience to come up with ideas to promote a better-organized system that focusses on innovation, building a better employment community, opportunity responsiveness, resource utilization and improving the employees with motivation and empowerment.

3. The Innovators by Walter Isaacson

ISBN-13: 978-1476708690P

The book is a story about the most popular innovations of the era, the story of the computers. People have been using computers for over a generation, but only very fewer people know who created them and how it has evolved. The story depicts how the first computers were not created from a junkyard in a garage by a single inventor. The computers have changed due to collaborative work by geniuses and even ingenious people. The book talks about the top designers, hackers, pioneers and entrepreneurs who have changed the way we live.

4. The New Digital Age by Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen

ISBN 978-1848546226

Jared Cohen worked as an advisor to the State Secretaries Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton. He is currently the director of Google Ideas along with Eric Schmidt has created this book which is an insight into the future in the view of the top innovators of the Silicon Valley. and the book speaks out his imagination of a bright and beautiful future. The technologies like that will increase the quality of life, productivity, better medical procedures and diversify interactions. It also talks about the threats to online identity and ways to fight it. The political aspects of cyber terrorism, online conflicts and governments operating in both virtual and physical models.  

5. The Net Delusion by Evgeny Morozov

ISBN 978-0141049571

The author Evgeny Morozov is a well-known journalist and social enthusiast. He has expressed a well-documented research over how internet democracy hype is suppressing dictators and making it difficult to impose democracy as a whole. He has broken controversy over the term 'digital diplomacy' and '21st Century statecrafts' to be little words and terms and how it needs oversight. He has made his statements with proper evidence including the regimes in China and Iraq.

6. From Gutenberg to Zuckerberg: What You Need to Know About the Internet by John Naughton

ISBN 978-0857384263

When the internet was initially invented and used, it was seen as a boon to the world. Now people take it for granted and do not consider how it was created and the effort behind it. The book tells the readers about the cultural side of the internet, its importance and how it has affected our lives in a whole. The reason why he has created this work is to make it know the very many people who use the internet as they walk and talk, but have never shown interest in understanding how it works and its architecture.

7. Turing’s Cathedral by George Dyson

ISBN 978-0713997507

The book has received recognition as The Best Business Book or 2012 and also the Kirkus Reviews Best Book in the same year. The book presents the story of how the digital era boomed up after the World War 2. The book takes the readers on a journey of how the first inventors created the digital computers and its operation and eventually the way by which the code came to rule the world. The name Turing's Cathedral was given in memory of Alan Turing, who first envisioned the Universal Machine.

8. The Information by James Gleick

ISBN 978-0007225743

James Gleick is a history author and writes about scientific histories.The book was the topper in the New York Times Best Seller list in 2011 when it was released. He has dated the idea of the current information age to have been begun from the times of the colonization where the European invaders were fascinated by the African drum beats which brought together people from villages and conveyed the message. He is well known for his books, Chaos, and Genius.

9. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom

ISBN 978-0199678112

Nick Bostrom is a philosopher, and the book deals with his arguments over how the brains of machines work much better than humans. The book was shed light on a threat which people have feared to reveal. The fear is the replacement of humans by Artificial Intelligence as the dominant ones that will rule the future earth.  The fear has been further increased where he says that these machines will be able to make them even better, pushing humans into a rather miserable condition. The catastrophe has been openly talked about in this book.

10. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

ISBN 978-3442744916

Who doesn't know Steve Jobs? The book is a biography of Steve Jobs as requested by Jobs.. Walter Isaacson was required by Steve Jobs to write the book. The book was written over forty interviews in two years and provides an insight into how the Apple CEO had crossed several hurdles to make his name and fame. Every single aspect of his life and job is included. The book was released 19 days after his death on October 24, 2011.