World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech

by Franklin Foer

Book Overview

A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017

Franklin Foer reveals the existential threat posed by big tech, and in his brilliant polemic gives us the toolkit to fight their pervasive influence.

Over the past few decades there has been a revolution in terms of who controls knowledge and information. This rapid change has imperiled the way we think. Without pausing to consider the cost, the world has rushed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1101981113
• ISBN13: 9781101981115
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Penguin Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Very important book, even more pertinent now in 2023

Foer does a great job of painting the big picture of Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook and their worrying attitudes towards individuals and society as a whole, while also diving into the details. He warns of things that are currently unfolding. Cuts through all the noise and talks about what is really happening behind the scenes of these big tech companies and their data harvesting operations all the way to their development of AI. A very important book.