The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff
The book explores the emergence of surveillance capitalism, a new form of capitalism that thrives on personal data. The author details how tech companies, such as Google and Facebook, collect and use personal data to predict and modify human behavior as a means to produce revenue and market control. The book delves into the consequences of this phenomenon on economy, society, and democracy, warning about the dangers of unchecked data collection and manipulation.
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This book is on the following lists:
- 72nd on The 100 best books of the 21st century (The Guardian)