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24 alternatives to The Man Who Lied to His Laptop

What we can learn about ourselves from our machines

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Man Who Lied to His Laptop launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Hardware Hacker▲63

   Adventures in Making and Breaking Hardware

   2016 · nostarch.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Lying▲64

   An analysis to the human capacity to lie

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Honest Truth About Dishonesty▲66

   How we lie to everyone, especially ourselves

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator▲16

   An exposé of the current online media world

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Hackers▲75

   Heroes of the computer revolution

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   What the Dormouse Said▲55

   How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator▲83

   The inside mechanics of how blogs & news are made.

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Hackers and Painters▲15

   The computer world and motivations of those who occupy it

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Without Permission▲147

   Lessons learned from reddit, hipmunk & YC - in book form!

   2014 · withouttheirpermission.com · its alternatives →

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    Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy▲61

    The many faces of anonymous

    2015 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →

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    On Bullshit▲76

    Why bullshitters are more dangerous than liars.

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Codebreaker - The Augmented Self▲61

    The man who collected too much data

    2016 · marketplace.org · its alternatives →

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    Obfuscation▲53

    A user's guide for privacy and protest

    2015 · mitpress.mit.edu · its alternatives →

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    The Most Human Human▲58

    What computers teach us about what it means to be human

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Dataclysm▲71

    What our online lives tell us about our offline selves

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Spy the Lie▲65

    Former CIA officers teach you how to detect deception

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Phishing for Phools▲63

    The economics of manipulation and deception

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Social Engineering▲62

    The Art of Human Hacking

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data,▲5

    and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Why We Fail▲76

    Learn from other people's failures.

    2016 · rosenfeldmedia.com · its alternatives →

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    How To Create A Mind▲67

    An explanation of how computers will reach consciousness

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Sapiens▲185

    A brief history of humankind

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Smarter Faster Better▲83

    The secrets of being productive in life and business

    2016 · hudsonbooksellers.com · its alternatives →

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    Code▲76

    The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

    2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →

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