Data Scientist and Whistleblower
Christopher Wylie is a Canadian data scientist and whistleblower who exposed Cambridge Analytica's misuse of Facebook data for political targeting. His book Mindf*ck details how he helped build the company's data operation and ultimately chose to reveal its practices to the public.
by Christopher Wylie
Wylie, the whistleblower who exposed Cambridge Analytica's harvesting of Facebook data, recounts how psychographic targeting was weaponized for Brexit and the 2016 US election. The book argues that the surveillance-advertising infrastructure built by Silicon Valley was adapted, with minimal friction, into an instrument of psychological warfare.
The books Christopher Wylie references, cites, and recommends most frequently.
by Walter Isaacson
Isaacson traces the digital revolution from Ada Lovelace to the internet age. The key insight: the greatest breakthroughs came from collaboration between visionaries, not lone geniuses in isolation.
by Steven Levy
Levy had unprecedented access to Google's founders, engineers, and executives over two years to chronicle the company's algorithms, culture, and strategic battles. Levy argues that Google's engineering-led culture and willingness to automate judgement represented a fundamentally new way of building a company.
by Richard Thaler
Thaler and Sunstein argue that small changes in how choices are presented, nudges, can dramatically improve decisions without restricting freedom. Choice architecture is a powerful tool for public policy and beyond.
Who Christopher draws from, and who draws from Christopher — aggregated across every book in this collection. Counts show the number of citation links, not the depth of each one.