Sorting Things Out - (Inside Technology) by Geoffrey C Bowker & Susan Leigh Star (Paperback)

The book "Sorting Things Out" is a thought-provoking exploration of how classification systems shape our worldviews and social interactions.

The authors delve into various classification systems, including medical diagnoses, race classification during apartheid, and virus classification.

They reveal the hidden ways in which these categories influence our lives and argue that standards and classifications can produce both advantage and suffering.

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding how information infrastructures shape our society and how we can challenge the status quo to create a more equitable world.