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Tech Panic : Why We Shouldn't Fear Facebook and the Future by Robby Soave (2024, Trade Paperback)

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Tech Panic: Why We Shouldn't Fear Facebook and the Future by Soave, Robby [Paperback]

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PublisherThreshold Editions

ISBN-10198215960X

ISBN-139781982159603

eBay Product ID (ePID)21050406723

Product Key Features

Book TitleTech Panic : Why We Shouldn't Fear Facebook and the Future

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicIndustries / Computers & Information Technology, Sociology / General, Public Policy / Science & Technology Policy

Publication Year2024

GenrePolitical Science, Social Science, Business & Economics

AuthorRobby Soave

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight8.8 Oz

Item Length8.4 in

Item Width5.5 in

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LCCN2021-012262

SynopsisFrom award-winning journalist and author of the "methodical, earnest, and insightful" ( The Guardian ) Panic Attack , an examination of recent kneejerk calls to regulate Big Tech from both sides of the aisle. Not so long ago, we embraced social media as a life-changing opportunity to connect with friends and family all across the globe. Today, the pendulum of public opinion is swinging in the opposite direction as Facebook, Twitter, Google, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and similar sites are being accused of corrupting our democracy, spreading disinformation, and fanning the flames of hatred. We once marveled at the revolutionary convenience of ordering items online and having them show up on our doorsteps overnight. Now we fret about Amazon outsourcing our jobs overseas or building robots to do them for us. With insightful analysis and in-depth research, Robby Soave offers "a refreshing dose of sanity and common sense about big tech" (David French, author of Divided We Fall ) and explores some of the biggest issues animating both the right and the left: bias, censorship, disinformation, privacy, screen addiction, crime, and more. Far from polemical, Tech Panic is grounded in interviews with insiders at companies like Facebook and Twitter, as well as expert analysis by both tech boosters and skeptics--from Mark Zuckerberg to Josh Hawley. You will learn not just about the consequences of Big Tech, but also the consequences of altering the ecosystem that allowed tech to get big. Offering a fresh and crucial perspective on one of the biggest influences of the 21st century, Soave seeks to stand athwart history and yell, Wait, are we sure we really want to do this?

LC Classification NumberHM851.S565 2021