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An in depth, pre-Snowden journalistic investigation into the world of whistleblowers and data leakers.

This was a tough read to get into. Interesting, but dry and dense. Every chapter is also an interweaving of multiple people‘s stories. Pair all that with intentional misgendering and deadnaming of Chelsea Manning and glossing over Julian Assange‘s sexual assault allegations, this is not a book I need to keep or revisit. 🌕🌕🌑🌑🌑

Rana Foroohar is global business columnist and associate editor at the Financial Times and CNN‘s global economic analyst. Published in 2019 it‘s an absorbing and frightening look at how Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google hoard data and intellectual property to maintain market dominance, influence politics and maintain their value and a prescient warning given how the companies are now jostling to influence the incoming Trump presidency.

Very interesting book about the emerging markets, technologies and economies that will shape the next century. Very simple, well written and easy to follow.

Big finance and big tech already control access to digital money but nothing will satisfy those in power until they have total control. Interesting book! I listened to the audiobook.

A new episode of The Checkout Stack dropped this morning featuring Kelly from Waukesha WI. The book-end topic for today‘s episode was “Books to Reset in the New Year”. I tagged a bonus pick from myself, Digital Minimalism which is a great read if reducing your screen time is a goal in the next year. What other book would you recommend?

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2dHWnbUv1y05B1lCMsLq22?si=tuXVyWocSO-zzfE7mnKCp...

“We have to ask what is lost, who is harmed, and what should be forgotten with the embrace of artificial intelligence in decision making. It is of no collective social benefit to organize information resources on the web through processes that solidify inequality and marginalization - on that point I am hopeful many people will agree.”

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An excellent idea & the concept. The diagrams/drawings are fantastic - even a few pages that unfold for a much larger images.

I so very much wanted to enjoy this - even borrowed from hubby‘s shelves. The explanations are so oversimplified that it makes reading difficult, imo. I really disliked & fail to understand the name changes (i.e. bathroom to water room🤦🏻‍♀️)

🎄: 5

This is a really important book that all parents and educators should read. It shows how the epidemic of mental illness stems directly from our shift from ‘play based‘ to ‘phone based‘ childhoods. The data and evidence in this book is truly mind blowing. I had not heard the term ‘sociogenic illnesses‘ before but it makes total sense to me and something I‘ve long suspected is happening. It‘s not all doom and gloom. There are solutions. Read it!