Books like The Human Use of Human Beings

The Human Use of Human Beings by Norbert Wiener reads as prescient, analytical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

God & Golem Inc.

Norbert Wiener · 1964

Both explore cybernetics & ethics

82% genome match

The Gutenberg Galaxy

Marshall McLuhan · 1962

Both explore society

68% genome match

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP)

Harold Abelson · 1985

Same tech feel

62% genome match

Technics and civilization

Lewis Mumford · 1934

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

Nine chains to the moon

R. Buckminster Fuller · 1938

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

Darwin among the machines

George Dyson · 1997

Both explore cybernetics

64% genome match

Advances in Computers

Marshall C. Yovits · 1971

Same tech feel

59% genome match

Koukaku Kidoutai

Masamune Shirow · 1995

Both explore cybernetics

63% genome match

Mirrorshades - Una Antologia Ciberpunk

Bruce Sterling · 1986

Both explore cybernetics

61% genome match

The Singularity Is Near

Ray Kurzweil · 2005

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

Computers and thought

Edward A. Feigenbaum · 1963

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

The shape of things

Vilém Flusser · 1999

Same philosophy feel

57% genome match