This is a little broader than what you're asking but this year I read two books that have really affected my thinking and I think everyone should read. First o

This is a little broader than what you're asking but this year I read two books that have really affected my thinking and I think everyone should read. First one up is Command and Control - which is a history of american nuclear weapons/nuclear weapon accidents. It spends most of its time building a narrative around a single major incident but the meaty sections are all about how the technology was invented and deployed and it's a gripping read. Second one - just wrapping it up now - is The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger, which is a history of the shipping container. It sorta reads mostly as a pop econ/biz biography of Malcom McLean but it's really about the power of technology to reshape how we live.