Books

Reading Naomi Klein's Doppelganger and Kyle Chayak's Filterworld in quick succession provides a pretty holistic overview of all the impact algorithmically filtered experiences online can have. 

Filterworld: commodifying, and flattening culture 
Doppelganger: hollow out humans by turning them into (static) brands, fostering divide 

Add to that some Byung-Chul Han, Society of the Spectacle by Debord and a little of Baudrillard's concept of Hyperreality and you get a good grasp of why life with Big Tech feels as it does. 

Any other books you'd recommend falling into that theme?

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definitely check out 'surveillance capitalism' by shoshana zuboff

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Photography is the story I fail to put into words.' - Destin Sparks

i'm not sure if this fits your request exactly, but i'd highly recommend reading a classic - baudrillard's "simulacra and simulation" if you haven't already. this book had a big impact on me when i was young

this has definitely been referenced in these books too! 

Gotta put it on my list of books to purchase next. Thank you!