Hvordan knuse overvåkningskapitalismen

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Norwegian (Bokmål) language

Published Aug. 2, 2021 by Lulu.

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978-82-93828-03-7
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4 stars (5 reviews)

I dag er det en utbredt tro at maskinlæring og kommersiell overvåkning kan gjøre selv en konspirasjonsteoretiker uten talegaver til en magisk manipulator med evne til å finne de sårbare blant oss og ved hjelp av argumenter skapt med kunstig intelligens, og sette vettet deres ut av spill og gjøre dem til flat-jord-tilhengere, vaksineskeptikere eller til og med nynazister. Når RAND beskylder Facebook for «radikalisering», og når Facebook i sin tur sprer feilinformasjon om coronaviruset og bortforklarer det ved å henvise til algoritmene sine, er det implisitte budskapet at maskinlæring og overvåkning kan endre vår oppfattelse av hva som er sant.

Men hva om det finnes en annen forklaring? Hva om det er de materielle forutsetningene som har endret seg til fordel for disse manipulatorene? Hva om det er opplevelsen av å leve i en verden full av ekte konspirasjoner, slik de viser seg i samhandlingen mellom rike mennesker, lobbyistene …

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A Very Wonky and Well-Written Guide to Trustbusting Tech Billionaires

5 stars

OK, so this book is kind of right in Cory Doctorow's wheelhouse. Sure, he writes really insightful fiction that is really fun to read, but he truly shines when when writing concise, easy-to-understand non-fiction about social and policy issues surrounding technology.

This book definitely isn't for everybody, but if you're interested in the political, economic, and social tools that can be used to unseat the tech billionaires and destroy surveillance capitalism then this is 100% something that you should consider reading.

One important connection that Doctorow made was how the military/government have become reliant on big tech surveillance. If you didn't want to throw out your Google/Amazon "smart" device before, you probably will after reading this book.

Review of 'How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

A variety of good ideas in this book, including the central thesis: that surveillance capitalism isn't really some special all-powerful form of capitalism. But I'm not convinced of trust-busting, reanimated antitrust law as a weapon against Big Tech is the solution.

I find it curious that Doctorow mentions the antitrust case against IBM that was rendered moot by the personal computer revolution, but doesn't note that AT&T was broken up, only to rise again in the Internet Age.

I will, however, heartily agree with the best idea he expresses here:

"I believe that online tools are the key to overcoming problems that are much more urgent than tech monopolization: climate change; inequality; misogyny; and discrimination on the basis of race, gender identity, and other factors. The internet is how we will recruit people to fight those fights, and how we will coordinate their labor. Tech is not a substitute for …

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