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Book SynopsisRead this if you want to understand how to shape our technological future and reinvigorate democracy along the way.Reed Hastings, cofounder and CEO of Netflix
A triumph: an analysis of the critical challenges facing our digital society that is as accessible as it is sophisticated. Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO of New America
A forward-thinking manifesto from three Stanford professorsexperts who have worked at ground zero of the tech revolution for decadesthat reveals how big techs obsession with optimization and efficiency has sacrificed fundamental human values and outlines steps we can take to change course, renew our democracy, and save ourselves.
In no more than the blink of an eye, a nave optimism about technologys liberating potential has given way to a dystopian obsession with biased algorithms, surveillance capitalism, and job-displacing robots. Yet too few of us see any alternative to accepting the onward marc