Sunday, February 10, 2019

Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook Dystopia

Facebook, Google and the “Internet of Things” save steps and make connections for us, but these conveniences come at great non-monetary cost and a large extent wind up dividing us and leaving us depressed.  In addition, our privacy gets compromised.

There is a book from Penguin Press that just came out last weak called Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe," by Roger McNamee.  This book has been summarized in an opinion piece by Karen Swisher of NBC, and this overview can be read at https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/facebook-google-other-internet-platforms-are-creating-dystopian-nightmare-it-ncna967506

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