An exposé of the unprecedented form of power called “surveillance capitalism,” and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control our behavior
“Groundbreaking, magisterial, alarming.” – Financial Times
The heady optimism of the Internet’s early days has turned dark. Surveillance capitalism has deepened inequality, sown societal chaos, and undermined democracy.
The fight for a human future has never been more urgent. Shoshana Zuboff argues that we still have the power to decide what kind of world we want to live in: Will we allow surveillance capitalism to wrap us in its iron cage as it enriches the few and subjugates the many? Or will we demand the rights and laws that place this rogue power under the democratic rule of law? Only democracy can ensure that the vast new capabilities of the digital era are harnessed to the advancement of humanity. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism is a deeply original, exquisitely reasoned, and spell binding examination of our emerging information civilization and the life and death choices we face.
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
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"This book is scary and thrilling I haven't realized how much information these companies could mine from us on a daily basis. Without as much thought, we agree to use a lot of services and app. It's not completely avoidable but just knowing what we're agreeing to helps a lot."
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Published date: Mar 03, 2020
Language: English
No. of Pages: 704
Publisher: Publicaffairs
ISBN: 9781541758001
Dimensions:
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1.65" L x
9.2" H
“From the very first page I was consumed with an overwhelming imperative: everyone needs to read this book as an act of digital self‑defense. With tremendous lucidity and moral courage, Zuboff demonstrates not only how our minds are being mined for data but also how they are being rapidly and radically changed in the process. The hour is late and much has been lost already‑but as we learn in these indispensable pages, there is still hope for emancipation.”—Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything
Shoshana Zuboff is the Charles Edward Wilson Professor Emeritus Harvard Business School. She is the Co-Directory of the International Research Fellowship on Surveillance Capitalism or Democracy at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. Zuboff’s work has been recognized with the Axel Springer Award, the EPIC Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Global Privacy Assembly Giovanni Buttarelli Award.
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