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The Resource World without mind : the existential threat of big tech, Franklin Foer

World without mind : the existential threat of big tech, Franklin Foer

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World without mind : the existential threat of big tech
Title
World without mind
Title remainder
the existential threat of big tech
Statement of responsibility
Franklin Foer
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Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Over the past few decades there has been a revolution in terms of who controls knowledge and information. This rapid change has imperilled the way we think. Without pausing to consider the cost, the world has rushed to embrace the products and services of four titanic corporations. We shop with Amazon; socialise on Facebook; turn to Apple for entertainment; and rely on Google for information. These firms sell their efficiency and purport to make the world a better place, but what they have done instead is to enable an intoxicating level of daily convenience. As these companies have expanded, marketing themselves as champions of individuality and pluralism, their algorithms have pressed us into conformity and laid waste to privacy. They have produced an unstable and narrow culture of misinformation, and put us on a path to a world without private contemplation, autonomous thought, or solitary introspection - a world without mind. In order to restore our inner lives, we must avoid being co-opted by these gigantic companies, and understand the ideas that underpin their success.--
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Foer, Franklin
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Literary form
non fiction
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  • Amazon.com (Firm)
  • Facebook (Firm)
  • Apple Computer, Inc
  • Google (Firm)
  • Technology
Target audience
adult
Label
World without mind : the existential threat of big tech, Franklin Foer
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Control code
on1007656160
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xiii, 257 pages
Isbn
9781787330283
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1007656160
Label
World without mind : the existential threat of big tech, Franklin Foer
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1007656160
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xiii, 257 pages
Isbn
9781787330283
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1007656160

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