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

Tim Huang recommended Here comes everybody by Clay Shirky and The profiteers by Sally Denton.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   Here comes everybody

   Clay Shirky · at 1:04:10

   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 1:04:10

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible
2. 

   The profiteers

   Sally Denton · at 1:04:33

   The Profiteers by Sally Denton is a deeply researched work of investigative journalism focusing on the massive construction company Bechtel and its extensive, complex relationship with the United States government, including its prominent role in building the Hoover Dam.

   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 1:04:33

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible