Без своего мнения. Как Google, Facebook, Amazon и Apple лишают вас индивидуальности

Informat͡sii͡a - instrument kontroli͡a, tot, kto vladeet ei͡u, obretaet vlastʹ. My - li͡udi informat͡sionnogo veka. My privykli delatʹ pokupki na Amazon, obshchatʹsi͡a cherez Facebook, zadavatʹ poiskovye zaprosy Google i prosto ubivatʹ vremi͡a, polʹzui͡asʹ produkt͡sieĭ Apple. Ėti chetyre kompanii-giganta obʺedini͡aet odno svoĭstvo - vse oni nazyvai͡ut sebi͡a zashchitnikami chelovecheskoĭ individualʹnosti i mnogoobrazii͡a mneniĭ, deĭstvui͡ushchimi vo imi͡a interesov vsekh li͡udeĭ. No tak li vsë khorosho? Ili za "beskorystnymi" t͡seli͡ami tekhnomonopoliĭ stoit tiranii͡a golodnykh do nashikh dannykh algoritmov? Franklin Foer v svoeĭ knige privodit aktualʹnyĭ analiz prichin, kak idealisticheskie mechty o novykh tekhnologii͡akh pionerov Kremnievoĭ doliny prevratilisʹ v mekhanizmy ugnetenii͡a i otchuzhdenii͡a svobody i prav. I ot togo, naskolʹko uspeshno my budem otstaivatʹ sobstvennui͡u avtonomnostʹ pered lit͡som ėtoĭ ugrozy, zavisit nashe nastoi͡ashchee i budushchee.

Information is a tool of control, and whoever possesses it gains power. We are the people of the information age. We are used to shopping on Amazon, communicating via Facebook, asking Google search queries, and just killing time using Apple products. These four giant companies have one thing in common — they all call themselves defenders of human individuality and diversity of opinions, acting in the name of the interests of all people. But is everything all right? Or "unselfish" purposes of tekhnomonolit is the tyranny of our data-hungry algorithms? Franklin Foer in his book provides an up-to-date analysis of the reasons why the idealistic dreams of new technologies of silicon valley pioneers turned into mechanisms of oppression and alienation of freedom and rights. Our present and future depend on how successfully we defend our own autonomy in the face of this threat.