@sda @Sphinx a couple of books popped into my head

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208243.Programming_the_Human_Biocomputer
(I haven't read this one, only the Center of the Cyclone, which was good)

and this is more computer oriented, but is short and sweet anyway:

https://rushkoff.com/books/program-or-be-programmed/

and this quote has been posted on the fedi recently too:

“I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.”

― William Blake, Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion

(was just compelled to infodump, feel free to sip or chug lol)