Book
The information trade : how big tech conquers countries, challenges our rights, and transforms our world / Alexis Wichowski.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062888983 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: x, 294 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : HarperOne, 2020.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| Subject: | Freedom of information > History. Information services industry > History. Internet industry > History. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroud Branch | 303.4833 Wic | 31681010186229 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
A government and tech expert explains how the major tech companies are disrupting reality and endangering our future and offers advice based on over 100 interviews with insiders on how to best regulate and reform the industry. 20,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
"In this eye-opening, must-read book, a political insider and tech expert explains what's at stake for our tech-enabled lives-and what we can do about it. Neither an industry apologist nor irrational fearmonger, Alexis Wichowski considers the unchecked rise of tech giants like Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Tesla-what she calls "net states"-and their growing and unavoidable influence in our lives. Combining original reporting, extensive research, and interviews with technology and government insiders, including Microsoft president Brad Smith, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, and the world's first ambassador to Silicon Valley, Alexis Wichowski explores what happens when we cede our power to tech giants, willingly trading our personal freedom and individual autonomy for an easy, plugged-in existence. Written for the tech-savvy and tech-phobic alike, The Information Trade lays out how net states are conquering countries, challenging our rights, and transforming our future. Most importantly, it shows what we can do to control our relationship with net states before they irreversibly alter how we are governed, how we think, how we act, and how we live"-- - HARPERCOLL
"A timely, compelling, and expertly researched passport to the tech companies that rule today's digital landscape."'Blake Harris, bestselling author of Console Wars and The History of the Future.
In this provocative book about our new tech-based reality, political insider and tech expert Alexis Wichowski considers the unchecked rise of tech giants like Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Tesla'what she calls 'net states'' and their unavoidable influence in our lives. Rivaling nation states in power and capital, today's net states are reaching into our physical world, inserting digital services into our lived environments in ways both unseen and, at times, unknown to us. They are transforming the way the world works, putting our rights up for grabs, from personal privacy to national security. Â
Combining original reporting and insights drawn from more than 100 interviews with technology and government insiders, including Microsoft president Brad Smith, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, the former Federal Trade Commission chair under President Obama, and the managing director of Jigsaw'Google's Department of Counter-terrorism against extremism and cyber-attacks'The Information Trade explores what happens we give up our personal freedom and individual autonomy in exchange for an easy, plugged-in existence, and shows what we can do to control our relationship with net states before they irreversibly change our future.
- HARPERCOLL
"A timely, compelling, and expertly researched passport to the tech companies that rule today's digital landscape."âBlake Harris, bestselling author of Console Wars and The History of the Future.
In this provocative book about our new tech-based reality, political insider and tech expert Alexis Wichowski considers the unchecked rise of tech giants like Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Teslaâwhat she calls ânet statesââ and their unavoidable influence in our lives. Rivaling nation states in power and capital, todayâs net states are reaching into our physical world, inserting digital services into our lived environments in ways both unseen and, at times, unknown to us. They are transforming the way the world works, putting our rights up for grabs, from personal privacy to national security. Â
Combining original reporting and insights drawn from more than 100 interviews with technology and government insiders, including Microsoft president Brad Smith, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, the former Federal Trade Commission chair under President Obama, and the managing director of JigsawâGoogleâs Department of Counter-terrorism against extremism and cyber-attacksâThe Information Trade explores what happens we give up our personal freedom and individual autonomy in exchange for an easy, plugged-in existence, and shows what we can do to control our relationship with net states before they irreversibly change our future.
