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24 alternatives to Future Crimes

A harrowing deep dive into the dark underbelly of tech

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Future Crimes launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Future Crimes▲64

   Inside the Digital Underground

   2017 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Future Crimes▲89

   How to protect yourself from digital criminals

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Booktrack▲79

   Read with a soundtrack

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Breached!▲60

   A Cautionary Tale of Cybersecurity and Intrigue

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Technotopia▲96

   A book about how the future is going to be pretty awesome.

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Dark Net▲62

   A revelatory examination of the internet

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   We Need Diverse Books▲87

   Advocating and supporting non-majority narratives

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Criminal Podcast▲115

   Real stories behind unbelievable crimes

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Streaming, Sharing, Stealing▲55

   Big Data and the Future of Entertainment

   2017 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Hamlet on the Holodeck▲67

    The future of narrative in cyberspace

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Chaos Monkeys▲72

    An exposé of life inside the tech bubble

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Uncommon Stock▲59

    A startup tech thriller

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Hackers▲75

    Heroes of the computer revolution

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Inevitable▲66

    The 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    When To Rob a Bank▲165

    New book from the authors of Freakonomics

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Who Owns the Future▲68

    Dare to rethink how we reward people on the internet

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Who Owns the Future?▲66

    The concentration of money and power in our digital networks

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Design Noir: The Secret Life of Electronic Objects▲60

    Conceptual products & alternate narratives of gadget culture

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Technopoly▲61

    The surrender of culture to technology

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Design of Future Things▲60

    A revealing examination of smart technology

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Mayday! Deep Space▲103

    New take on interactive fiction from author of Robopocalypse

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The Age of Optimists▲60

    Quantitative Glimpse of Tech's Political Endgame

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The Industries of the Future▲60

    Exploring the tech and economic trends of next 10 years

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The Misfit Economy▲68

    Lessons in creativity from pirates & hackers

    2015 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →