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Book SynopsisThe corporate world is watching us, but why does no one watch them?
Trade Review'The non-fiction equivalent of Orwell's '1984'. In a terrifying account of the new age of surveillance, Bloom demonstrates how Big Brother is actually Big Data' -- Simon Springer, author of 'The Discourse of Neoliberalism' and 'The Anarchist Roots of Geography'
'A brisk and insightful guide to our world of increasingly ubiquitous surveillance that poses challenging questions about who is surveilled, who has privacy, and how we are being sold the chains to our own imprisonment' -- Nick Srnicek, King's College London
'Essential reading for those who wish to identify, resist and challenge the surveillance consequences of big data for the individual, for democracy and for society' -- Kirstie Ball, University of St Andrews
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Preface: Completely Monitored
1. Monitored Subjects, Unaccountable Capitalism
2. The Growing Threat of Digital Control
3. Surveilling Ourselves
4. Smart Realities
5. Digital Salvation
6. Planning Your Life at the End of History
7. Totalitarianism 4.0
8. The Revolution Will Not Be Monitored
Notes
Index
