{"product_id":"the-information-trade-how-big-tech-conquers-countries-challenges-our-rights-and-transforms-our-world-isbn-9780062888983","title":"The Information Trade: How Big Tech Conquers Countries, Challenges Our Rights, and Transforms Our World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A timely, compelling, and expertly researched passport to the tech companies that rule today's digital landscape.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eBlake Harris, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eConsole Wars\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe History of the Future\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this provocative book about our new tech-based reality, political insider and\u003cbr\u003etech expert Alexis Wichowski considers the unchecked rise of tech giants like\u003cbr\u003eFacebook, Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Tesla—what she calls “net\u003cbr\u003estates”— and their unavoidable influence in our lives. Rivaling nation states\u003cbr\u003ein power and capital, today’s net states are reaching into our physical world,\u003cbr\u003einserting digital services into our lived environments in ways both unseen and,\u003cbr\u003eat times, unknown to us. They are transforming the way the world\u003cbr\u003eworks, putting our rights up for grabs, from personal privacy to national security.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining original reporting and insights drawn from more than 100 interviews with technology and government insiders, including Microsoft president Brad Smith, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, the former Federal Trade Commission chair under President Obama, and the managing director of Jigsaw—Google’s Department of Counter-terrorism against extremism and cyber-attacks—\u003cem\u003eThe Information Trade \u003c\/em\u003eexplores what happens we give up our personal freedom\u003cbr\u003eand individual autonomy in exchange for an easy, plugged-in existence, and shows what we can do to control our relationship with net states before they irreversibly change our future.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"Alexis Wichowski is a wonderfully tireless investigator of the Internet's Great Powers, what she calls 'net states.' But as she follows the money (and the power), she also illuminates the fundamental questions of digital life: Who are we, really, when we are online? And how are we changing?\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eScott Malcomson, author of Splinternet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[an] eye-opening debut...Wichowski’s detailed reporting and careful attention to the big picture make for a quick and thought-provoking reading experience. This erudite analysis should be required reading for tech CEOs, policy makers, and everyone concerned about the ubiquity of a handful of companies in their daily lives - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Eminently accessible, deeply researched.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A timely, compelling, and expertly researched passport to the tech companies that rule today's digital landscape. With accessible real-world examples and clever connect-the-dots analysis, Wichowski pinpoints the causes responsible for the ever-increasing effects that these companies are having on our daily lives.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlake Harris, bestselling author of Console Wars and The History of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperOne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888983306469,"sku":"NP9780062888983","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062888983.jpg?v=1730230237","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-information-trade-how-big-tech-conquers-countries-challenges-our-rights-and-transforms-our-world-isbn-9780062888983","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}