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The Noam Chomsky of IT
I'm shocked about latest revelations on Google (and Facebook, ...) power to shape the world and I need help understanding how we've got to this point (and possibly the way out).
I feel everything sound so complicated while it could be easily understood with the help of somebody like Noam Chomsky writing on IT and geopolitics.
Any suggestion on what to read?
- readonthegoapp 5y agoNoam Chomsky prob Shoshana Zuboff Even stuff she wrote 100 years ago legit But her recent stuff good too Think she was one of the first to put it succinctly Facebook or democracy Choice is ours And we've made our choice
- HamburgerEmoji 5y agoWell, I don't know if they'd really fit the bill for you, but what comes to my mind is stuff by Jaron Lanier, and "When Google Met Wikileaks" by Julian Assange. Assange actually seems similar to Chomsky to me because of the depth and breadth of his knowledge.
- Fricken 5y agoMarshall McLuhan, the media theorist.
- jonjacky 5y agoEvgeny Morozov. His recent book To Save Everything, Click Here and earlier book The Net Delusion could be exactly what you are looking for. (I haven't read them myself, have only read reviews.) Seconding Shoshana Zuboff also. Her latest book is The Age of Surveillance Capitalism. Also seconding Jaron Lanier, for the books You Are Not a Gadget and Who Owns the Future?