Don't be evil : how big tech betrayed its founding principles -- and all of us
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
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337 pages ; 24 cm - Edition First edition.
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2019.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Table of Contents
Don't Be Evil : How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles -- and All of Us
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Author's Note | p. xi | |
Chapter 1 | A Summary of the Case | p. 3 |
Chapter 2 | The Valley of the Kings | p. 33 |
Chapter 3 | Advertising and Its Discontents | p. 51 |
Chapter 4 | Party Like It's 1999 | p. 65 |
Chapter 5 | Darkness Rises | p. 86 |
Chapter 6 | A Slot Machine in Your Pocket | p. 108 |
Chapter 7 | The Network Effect | p. 129 |
Chapter 8 | The Uberization of Everything | p. 151 |
Chapter 9 | The New Monopolists | p. 174 |
Chapter 10 | Too Fast to Fail | p. 192 |
Chapter 11 | In the Swamp | p. 210 |
Chapter 12 | 2016: The Year It All Changed | p. 229 |
Chapter 13 | A New World War | p. 249 |
Chapter 14 | How to Not Be Evil | p. 269 |
Acknowledgments | p. 287 | |
Notes | p. 289 | |
Bibliography | p. 315 | |
Index | p. 319 |