Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to The Real World of Technology

The complex relationship between technology and society

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Real World of Technology launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Technopoly▲61

   The surrender of culture to technology

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Alone Together▲71

   Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other

   2017 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Technotopia▲96

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

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Real-Time Technology: Moving Beyond Static Apps▲63

   A look at users and technology

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The Inevitable▲66

   The 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Tools for Thought▲69

   The history and future of mind-expanding technology

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future ▲61

   An optimistic road map for the future

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future▲67

   Information technology will transform capitalism

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Cobook▲91

   The Unified Address Book

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Cyber-Proletariat: Global Labour in the Digital Vortex▲67

    How technology is shaping the future of human labor

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Understanding Media▲70

    The Extensions of Man

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    We Need Diverse Books▲87

    Advocating and supporting non-majority narratives

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism▲56

    How machines effect humans in our hyperconnected world

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    World Without Mind▲7

    The Existential Threat of Big Tech

    2017 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Interface Culture▲67

    How the digital medium changes the way we write and speak

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Sapiens▲185

    A brief history of humankind

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Sociable▲93

    Documenting how technology transforms societies

    2017 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Sovereign Individual▲77

    Mastering the Transition to the Information Age

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Gum▲123

    The social network of things

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Big Data▲73

    A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work & Think

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Booktrack▲79

    Read with a soundtrack

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    bookmarq▲98

    Book suggestions from your friends and influencers

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The Nature of Technology▲64

    What It Is and How It Evolves

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Smarter Than You Think▲128

    How tech boosts our cognitive abilities

    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 →