The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power

An exposé of the unprecedented form of power called "surveillance capitalism," and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control our behavior

"Groundbreaking, magisterial, alarming." - Financial Times

The heady optimism of the Internet's early days has turned dark. Surveillance capitalism has deepened inequality, sown societal chaos, and undermined democracy.

The fight for a human future has never been more urgent. Shoshana Zuboff argues that we still have the power to decide what kind of world we want to live in: Will we allow surveillance capitalism to wrap us in its iron cage as it enriches the few and subjugates the many? Or will we demand the rights and laws that place this rogue power under the democratic rule of law? Only democracy can ensure that the vast new capabilities of the digital era are harnessed to the advancement of humanity. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism is a deeply original, exquisitely reasoned, and spell binding examination of our emerging information civilization and the life and death choices we face.

Author: Shoshana Zuboff
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 01/15/2019
Pages: 704
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.10lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.40w x 2.40d
ISBN: 9781610395694


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2018
Choice 07/01/2019

About the Author
Shoshana Zuboff is the Charles Edward Wilson Professor Emeritus Harvard Business School. She is the Co-Directory of the International Research Fellowship on Surveillance Capitalism or Democracy at the Harvard Kennedy School's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. Zuboff's work has been recognized with the Axel Springer Award, the EPIC Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Global Privacy Assembly Giovanni Buttarelli Award.