Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-390) and index.

Contenidos : Foreword (Douglas Rushkoff)

Introduction

Part I – Intrusive Tactics: Tracked, Hijacked, and Hooked

The Power of Data (p 9)

The Social Contract (p 21)

Foreclosing the Future (p 27)

Disconnection and Connection (p 39)

Blind Solutions (p 51)

Part II – Political Data Games: Targeted, Manipulated, and Motivated
6. Brave New Digital World (p 61)
7. Cambridge Analytica and Global Disinformation (p 69)
8. The Great Radicalizers (p 85)

Part III – Gig Economy Blues: Corporate Windfalls or Living Wages?
9. (Although listed in some sources as “Bernie Is Born” at p 95)
10. Digital War Games around the World (p 105)

Part IV – An Internet for Us All: Overcoming Inequality
17. Keeping Network Power Local (p 171)
18. Questioning Connectivity (p 181)
19. African‑Born Technology (p 191)
20. AI in Uganda (p 205)
21. Innovating from the Ground Up in Kenya (p 213)
22. Mobile Power to the People: Indigenous Networks in Mexico (p 235)

Part V – Looking Toward Tomorrow: Our Path Is Not Locked In
23. Blockchain: A Crazy Free‑for‑All, and Maybe More? (p 259)
24. Technology for All (p 283)
25. Educating and Protecting Our Future (p 297)

Conclusion (p 313)

Notes (p 317)

Index (p 391)

In the provocative book, Ramesh Srinivasan describes the internet as both an enabler of frictionless efficiency and a dirty tangle of politics and economics. We may love the immediacy of Google search results, the convenience of buying from Amazon, and the elegance and power of our Apple devices, but it's a one-way, top-down process. We're not asked for our input--only for our data. Srinivasan focuses on the disconnection between designers and users, producers and consumers, and the tech elites in Silicon Valley and China and the rest of us.