Common Circuits: Hacking Alternative Technological Futures - Luis Felipe R. Murillo (Stanford University Press) https://www.sup.org/books/anthropology/common-circuits

"How hackers facilitate community technology projects that counter the monoculture of "big tech" and point us to brighter, innovative horizons.

A digital world in relentless movement—from artificial intelligence to ubiquitous computing—has been captured and reinvented as a monoculture by Silicon Valley "big tech" and venture capital firms. Yet very little is discussed in the public sphere about existing alternatives. Based on long-term field research across San Francisco, Tokyo, and Shenzhen, Common Circuits explores a transnational network of hacker spaces that stand as potent, but often invisible, alternatives to the dominant technology industry. In what ways have hackers challenged corporate projects of digital development? How do hacker collectives prefigure more just technological futures through community projec