TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wichowski,Alexis
TI  - The information trade: how big tech conquers countries, challenges our rights, and transforms our world 
SN  - 9780062888983 (hardback)
AV  - HD 9999 W635i 2020
U1  - 303.48/33 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - HarperOne, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers
KW  - Information services industry
KW  - History
KW  - Industria de servicios de información
KW  - Internet industry
KW  - Industria del Internet
KW  - Freedom of information
KW  - Libertad de información
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Introduction
Rise of the citizen-user
Net states IRL
Privacy allies and adversaries
Information-age warfighters
A great wall of watchers
The all-knowing Internet of things
The mind, immersed
A declaration of citizen-user rights
The net state pattern
N2  - "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"--
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