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Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2023-02-17

Books mentioned on How the $500 Billion Attention Industry Really Works

2 books · With Tim Huang · Watch on YouTube

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

  1. Here comes everybody

    Clay Shirky · at 10:20

    Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky is an examination of how social technology and digital media facilitate collective action, group formation, and mass coordination without traditional institutional hierarchies.

    Recommended
    “so the book I've been reading there is Clay shirkey's Here Comes everybody which is kind of this early book and kind of like filled with excitement about the promise of social technology and social media”
    Tim Huang How the $500 Billion Attention Industry Really Works 2023-02-17 Listen at 10:20
    Where to get it
    Amazon Audible Bookshop.org Open Library

  2. The profiteers

    Sally Denton · at 10:24

    The Profiteers by Sally Denton is a historical nonfiction work that examines the rise and influence of the Bechtel corporation and its deep involvement in major American infrastructure and government projects.

    Recommended
    “so there's a great book I'd recommend by Sally Denton called the profiteers which is about this company Bechtel which is one of the big companies that helped build the Hoover Dam”
    Tim Huang How the $500 Billion Attention Industry Really Works 2023-02-17 Listen at 10:24
    Where to get it
    Amazon Audible Bookshop.org Open Library