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Welcome to the Age of Surveillance Capitalism

Welcome to the Age of Surveillance Capitalism

Can we challenge the "church of tech"?

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Jim Buie
May 03, 2021
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Many observers have compared the Information Revolution now underway to that sparked by Johann Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press in the 1400s.

John Naughton, a professor of the public understanding of technology at the Open University, offers this insight:

“The problem with living through a revolution is that it’s impossible to take the long v…

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