4. I, Robot

Author: Isaac Asimov

“I, Robot” is a collection of nine science fiction short stories which came at a point when robots seemed like such a far point in human evolution. The stories originally appeared in the American magazines Super Science Stories and Astounding Science Fiction between 1940 and 1950. The stories are woven together as Dr. Susan Calvin tells them to a reporter who is the narrator, in the 21st century. Though the stories can be read separately, they share a theme of the interaction of humans, robots, and morality, and when combined they tell a larger story of Asimov's fictional history of robotics.

3. The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society

Author: James Beniger

James Beniger suggests in this book that it’s all about information right from the very first wheel that humans made until 3D processors. Beniger argues that information has been used by society to control production, that’s what made possible the big transition from the ancient society into the industrialized one, when people, using information shaped into machines and factories, could control production, thus feeding the needs of the entire society. It’s a must to keep in your library.