Titel:
Freedom to think : the long struggle to liberate our minds
Persönlicher Verfasser:
PUBDATE:
2022
GVPL_PUBLICATION_INFO:
London : Atlantic Books, 2022.
©2022
Physische Beschreibung:
xxiii, 376 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781838951528
9781838951535
Abstract:
"Without a moment's pause, we share our most intimate thoughts with trillion-dollar tech companies. Their algorithms categorize us and jump to conclusions about who we are. They even shape our everyday thoughts and actions from who we date to how we vote. But this is just the latest front in an age-old struggle. Part history and part manifesto, Freedom to Think charts the history and importance of our most basic human right: freedom of thought. From Galileo to Nudge Theory to Alexa, human rights lawyer Susie Alegre explores how the powerful have always sought to get inside our heads, influence how we think and shape what we buy. Providing a bold new framework to understand how our agency is being gradually undermined, Freedom to Think is a groundbreaking and vital charter for taking back our humanity and safeguarding our reason"--Publisher's description.
Inhalte:
Introduction: the best of all possible worlds -- Part 1. The analogue. Inner freedom -- Of gods and men -- Inside your head -- The politics of persuasion -- The power of human rights -- Part 2. The digital. Facebook knows you better -- The ministry of truth -- Consenting adults -- Social credit -- Pre-crime and punishment -- Body and soul -- We don't need no thought control ... -- The possible -- The backlash -- Freeing our minds.
LANGUAGE:
Englisch
