Shadow Stack Reading List
To know the Shadow Stack:
Layer I: The Material Base (Physics, Energy, Hardware)
| Author | Title | Domain |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Miller | Chip War | Geopolitics |
| Jussi Parikka | A Geology of Media | Media Theory |
| Vaclav Smil | Growth | Energy |
| Charles Hall | Energy & Wealth of Nations | Systems |
| Reza Negarestani | Cyclonopedia | Theory-Fiction |
Layer II: The Infrastructure (Logistics, Protocol, Military Origins)
| Author | Title | Domain |
|---|---|---|
| Yasha Levine | Surveillance Valley | History |
| Keller Easterling | Extrastatecraft | Architecture |
| Deborah Cowen | Deadly Life of Logistics | Logistics |
| Linda Weiss | America Inc.? | Pol. Economy |
| Alexander Galloway | Protocol | Tech Theory |
| Henry Farrell | Underground Empire | Geopolitics |
| Frank Pasquale | The Black Box Society | Law |
Layer III: The Corporate Sovereign (Megacorps, Finance, Vectoralism)
| Author | Title | Domain |
|---|---|---|
| Shoshana Zuboff | Age of Surv. Capitalism | Economics |
| Sheldon Wolin | Democracy Incorporated | Pol. Theory |
| Malcolm Harris | Palo Alto | History |
| McKenzie Wark | Capital is Dead | Theory |
| Yanis Varoufakis | Technofeudalism | Economics |
| Poliks & Trillo | Exocapitalism | Philosophy |
| Martijn Konings | Capital and Time | Finance |
| Vili Lehdonvirta | Cloud Empires | Economics |
Layer IV: The Fragmented Map (Zones, Borders, Cities)
| Author | Title | Domain |
|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Bratton | The Stack | Geopolitics |
| Quinn Slobodian | Crack-Up Capitalism | Geopolitics |
| Achille Mbembe | Necropolitics | Philosophy |
| Mike Davis | City of Quartz | Urbanism |
| Anna Greenspan | Shanghai Future | Urbanism |
| Grégoire Chamayou | Drone Theory | Warfare |
Layer V: The Subject & The Ghost (Psychology, Alienation)
| Author | Title | Domain |
|---|---|---|
| Byung-Chul Han | Psychopolitics | Sociology |
| Mark Fisher | Flatline Constructs | Cultural Theory |
| Douglas Rushkoff | Survival of the Richest | Sociology |
| N. Katherine Hayles | How We Became Posthuman | Cybernetics |
| Franco "Bifo" Berardi | The Soul at Work | Psychology |
| Simone Browne | Dark Matters | Surveillance |
Layer VI: The Exit (Strategy, Collapse, Acceleration)
| Author | Title | Domain |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph Tainter | Collapse of Complex Soc. | Anthropology |
| Nick Land | Fanged Noumena | Accelerationism |
| Andrew Culp | Dark Deleuze | Critical Theory |
| Invisible Committee | The Coming Insurrection | Anarchism |
| Smuggler & XY | The Second Realm | Crypto-Anarchy |
| Paul Virilio | Administration of Fear | Speed / War |
| John Michael Greer | The Long Descent | Systems |