bookJan 15, 2019Closed access
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
Abstract
"Shoshana Zuboff, named "the true prophet of the information age" by the Financial Times, has always been ahead of her time. Her seminal book In the Age of the Smart Machine foresaw the consequences of a then-unfolding era of computer technology. Now, three decades later she asks why the once-celebrated miracle of digital is turning into a nightmare. Zuboff tackles the social, political, business, personal, and technological meaning of "surveillance capitalism" as an unprecedented new market form. It is not simply about tracking us and selling ads, it is the business model for an ominous new marketplace that aims at nothing less than predicting and modifying our everyday behavior--where we go, what we do, what…
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- Capitalism
- Frontier
- Power (physics)
- Profit (economics)
- The Internet
- Monopoly
- Market economy
- Political science
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Decent work and economic growth
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