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24 alternatives to Future Crimes

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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 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Future Crimes▲89

   How to protect yourself from digital criminals

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Streaming, Sharing, Stealing▲55

   Big Data and the Future of Entertainment

   2017 · its alternatives →

3. 3BM
   Books mentioned on Hacker News in 2025▲613

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4. 4HC
   HackerBooks.com▲351

   2011 · hackerbooks.com · its alternatives →

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   Criminal Podcast▲115

   Real stories behind unbelievable crimes

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   When To Rob a Bank▲165

   New book from the authors of Freakonomics

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   We Need Diverse Books▲87

   Advocating and supporting non-majority narratives

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Hardware Hacker▲63

   Adventures in Making and Breaking Hardware

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   BubbleSort Zines▲64

   Zines about computer science!

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Predictably Irrational▲96

    The hidden forces that shape our decisions

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Big Disconnect▲62

    Protecting Childhood and Relationships in the Digital Age

    2017 · its alternatives →

12. 12AL
    A list of books recommended by Indie Hackers▲27

    2018 · ihbooks.com · its alternatives →

13. 13HN
    Hacker news for book related news, makers and writers▲15

    2019 · news.bubblin.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Booktrack▲79

    Read with a soundtrack

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Hooked▲173

    Fiction in the form of text messages

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Lean Out▲101

    25 stories from the underrepresented in tech

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Content Trap▲8

    A strategist's guide to digital change

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Everything Is Bullshit▲86

    A Book by Priceonomics: The greatest scams on Earth revealed

    2014 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Cyber War▲65

    The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Without Their Permission▲91

    How the 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Alone Together▲71

    Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Blindspot▲86

    Hidden biases of good people

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Technotopia▲96

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

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Utopia Is Creepy: And Other Provocations▲63

    Critical thoughts on the internet and its effects on society

    2016 · its alternatives →

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