"A penetrating indictment of how today's largest tech companies are hijacking our data, our livelihoods, our social fabric, and our minds-from an acclaimed Financial Times columnist and CNN analyst. Rana Foroohar tells the story of how Big Tech lost its soul-and ate our lunch. Through her skilled reporting and unparalleled access-won through nearly thirty years covering business and technology-she shows the true extent to which behemoths like Google, Facebook, Apple, and Amazon are monetizing both our data and our attention, without us seeing a penny of those exorbitant profits. Finally, Foroohar lays out a plan for how we can resist, by creating a framework that fosters innovation while also protecting us from the dark side of digital technology"--
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ISBN:9781984823984
ISBN:1984823981
ISBN:9780593137444
ISBN:0593137442
ISBN:9781984823991
Physical Description:print xxi, 337 pages ; 25 cm
Edition:First edition.
Publisher:New York :Currency,[2019]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-318) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
A summary of the case -- The valley of the kings -- Advertising and its discontents -- Party like it's 1999 -- Darkness rises -- A slot machine in your pocket -- The network effect -- The Uberization of everything -- The new monopolists -- Too fast to fail -- In the swamp -- 2016: The year it all changed -- A new world war -- How not to be evil.
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