Book · 2019 · Computers
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
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The most important thing if you have the courage is to read or listen to the audiobook of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff.
Roger McNamee · Modern Wisdom · Aug 2019 Listen at 1:22:47 What they say about it
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It changed our lives because Shoshana has been studying Google for more than a decade.
Roger McNamee Modern Wisdom · Aug 2019 You know there's last week i brought up the fact that i keep this uh shashana well shoshanna zuboff book on my shelf the age of surveillance capitalism like we have no idea how many layers of surveillance are baked into everything we do.
Like i'm saying that i don't want i like as a person who keeps this on my desk as like a bible the age of surveillance capitalism by shashana zubov like data collection is massively dangerous and terrifying.
Jason Calacanis This Week in Startups · Jun 2022 She's the author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, the sort of definitive truth treatise on this larger issue.
Chris Williamson Modern Wisdom · Jul 2019 Where and when it comes up
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff is a profound economic and sociological study examining how major technology corporations harvest human experience as behavioral data for profit and control. The book earned enthusiastic recommendations and deep analytical discussion across multiple podcasts. On The Jordan Harbinger Show, Johann Hari referenced the Harvard professor's foundational framework when discussing modern distraction and attention economics. Roger McNamee strongly endorsed the work on Modern Wisdom, calling it a transformative text that explains the underlying economic drivers of tech addiction and data collection, and urging listeners to read or listen to the audiobook. Other hosts and guests treated the volume almost as a vital manual. On This Week in Startups, both a guest host and Jason Calacanis described keeping the volume on their desks as a foundational reference, emphasizing the terrifying dangers of ubiquitous data tracking. In a similar analytical vein, Matthew Crawford discussed Zuboff's insights on EconTalk while exploring modern automobile design and behavioral economics, and Russ Roberts formally introduced the author and her comprehensive text during an interview dedicated to the subject. Gerd Gigerenzer also engaged with the book's core themes on EconTalk, examining algorithmic assumptions. Across these appearances, commentators highlighted the book as essential reading for understanding the modern information economy and reclaiming human autonomy.
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Roger McNamee the most important thing if you have the courage is to read or listen to the audiobook of the age of survei… 2
“earlier this year a professor from Harvard Business School names Shoshanna subha published a book called the age of surveillance captain it actually came out in Europe in the fall of last year but it came out in the States in January and it changed our lives because Shoshanna has been studying Google for more than a decade and she”
“the most important thing if you have the courage is to read or listen to the audiobook of the age of surveillance capitalism by Shoshanna Zubov”
Johann Hari this is a term that comes from professor shashar zubov at harvard 1
“this is a term that comes from professor shashar zubov at harvard”
Russ Roberts her latest book in the subject of today's episode is the age of surveillance capitalism the fight for a hum… 3
“her latest book in the subject of today's episode is the age of surveillance capitalism the fight for a human future at the new frontier of power”
“I want to and I agree with some of your concerns in this book it's a book of concern”
“my guest today has been sure Shana Zuba her book is the age of surveillance capitals”
Chris Williamson she's the author of the age of surveillance capitalism the sort of definitive truth treatise on this larger… 1
“she's the author of the age of surveillance capitalism the sort of definitive truth treatise on this larger issue”
Gerd Gigerenzer and also the other side so this great book by uh shojana supoff yeah about the uh uh both sides assume that… 1
“and also the other side so this great book by uh shojana supoff yeah about the uh uh both sides assume that the algorithms would be so perfect”
Jason Calacanis like i'm saying that i don't want i like as a person who keeps this on my desk as like a bible the age of s… 1
“like i'm saying that i don't want i like as a person who keeps this on my desk as like a bible the age of surveillance capitalism by shashana zubov like data collection is massively dangerous and terrifying”
Matthew Crawford Well, I mean, I I learned a lot from Zuboff's book, The The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, and sort of tak… 1
“Well, I mean, I I learned a lot from Zuboff's book, The The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, and sort of take it take that up and ask I have a chapter titled If Google Built Cars.”
Shoshana Zuboff and I and I know you've read my book and so I know you appreciate that because my argument is just the oppo… 1
“and I and I know you've read my book and so I know you appreciate that because my argument is just the opposite”
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“you know there's last week i brought up the fact that i keep this uh shashana well shoshanna zuboff book on my shelf the age of surveillance capitalism like we have no idea how many layers of surveillance are baked into everything we do”
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“You know, I think the term surveillance capitalism came for Shoshana Zubrov, who we quote in the book, who wrote an excellent book about this. You know, we don't use it.”
“and when you read some of those patents and I discuss some of them in my book it's very clear you know what the data scientists are are saying what they're celebrating”
“one way to look at at what I what I've done in this book especially in in parts one and two is to reverse engineer the competitive dynamics of these markets”
“I think at the time I was finishing revisions and just in the concluding chapter”
“I have a section in Chapter 11 in my book riot where I asked ask how did they get away with it and I answer it was 16 16 reasons that are analyzed in depth in the book”