Exposed: Desire and Disobedience in the Digital Age
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| Rating | : | 4.65 (901 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0674504577 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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I can think of no other manuscript I’d rather have leaders consider, as they make these decisions, than Harcourt’s. A way in which we could start to disobey… The book is rich with detail, both in its descriptions and analysis of the surveillance state and in its analysis of the commercial operations of internet giants such as Google, Facebook and Appleand especially the ways in which the state and private actors combine into a ‘tentacular oligarchy’ of control. Harcourt’s vision of this new digital age stands out for its sweep, its vividness, and its a
Exposed offers a powerful critique of our new virtual transparence, revealing just how unfree we are becoming and how little we seem to care.Bernard Harcourt guides us through our new digital landscape, one that makes it so easy for others to monitor, profile, and shape our every desire. To the contrary: we crave exposure and knowingly surrender our privacy and anonymity in order to tap into social networks and consumer convenienceor we give in ambivalently, despite our reservations. Exploiting our boundless desire to access everything all the time, digital technology is breaking down whatever boundaries still exist between the state, the market, and the private realm. But we have arrived at a moment of reckoning. If we do not wish to be trapped in a steel mesh of wireless digits, we have a responsibility to do whatever we can to resist. We are building what he calls the expository societya platform for unprecedented levels of exhibition, watching, and influence that is reconfiguring our political relations and reshaping our notions of what it means to be an individual.We are not scandalized by this. Disobedience to a regime that relies on massive data mining can take many forms, from aggressively encrypting personal information to leaking government secrets, but all will require conviction and courage.. Social media compile data on users, retailers mine information on c
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. Bernard E. Harcourt is Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law at Columbia University and Directeur d’études at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris