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24 alternatives to The Transparent Society

Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Privacy & Freedom

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Transparent Society launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Hiding from the Internet▲72

   Eliminating personal online information

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Alone Together▲71

   Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other

   2017 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Without Their Permission▲91

   How the 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   We Need Diverse Books▲87

   Advocating and supporting non-majority narratives

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The Sovereign Individual▲77

   Mastering the Transition to the Information Age

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Exposed: Desire and Disobedience in the Digital Age▲62

   Digital Transparence and Expository Society

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Real World of Technology ▲62

   The complex relationship between technology and society

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Pax Technica: How the Internet of Things May Set Us Free or Lock Us Up▲54

   When networks of machines communicate with each other

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Big Disconnect▲62

   Protecting Childhood and Relationships in the Digital Age

   2017 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Technopoly▲61

    The surrender of culture to technology

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future▲67

    Information technology will transform capitalism

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Without Permission▲147

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

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Predictably Irrational▲96

    The hidden forces that shape our decisions

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Secret▲129

    Share anonymously with your friends. Speak freely.

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Future Crimes▲89

    How to protect yourself from digital criminals

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Cobook▲91

    The Unified Address Book

    2014 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Inevitable▲66

    The 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Booklights▲169

    Make America Read Again 📖

    2017 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Streaming, Sharing, Stealing▲55

    Big Data and the Future of Entertainment

    2017 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Future Crimes▲64

    Inside the Digital Underground

    2017 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Chasing Shadows▲10

    Visions of our coming transparent world

    2017 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Blind - Topics▲97

    An anonymous community for tech professionals

    2017 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism▲56

    How machines effect humans in our hyperconnected world

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    World Without Mind▲7

    The Existential Threat of Big Tech

    2017 · 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 →