There so much in the book that it would be difficult to write a review of it that wasn't itself a short book. I skimmed that response and found it fascinating that their takeaway was concern about the government. I don't see why surveillance by private corporations is any less concerning than surveillance by the government, especially when those corporations sell data to more malicious foreign governments.
Generally speaking, I don't agree with all of Zuboff's solutions, but she's actually identifying and addressing some critical problems that few are addressing at such length and with such seriousness. Most of the conversations I get into about these issues usually end with someone saying, "Well I don't care if ______ has my data. I have nothing to hide." Zuboff does a tremendous job explaining why the data collection for profit is morally corrupt and how it infiltrates our lives without giving us much ability to resist it. This is why I find the book to be one of the most important about the internet.
I'd be interested to learn more about your thoughts on the book. I read it and found the arguments shallow and the prose deep. Generally speaking there don't seem to be that many critiques or analyses of the book. I found this to be a fair response: https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/the-semantics-of-surveillance-capitalism-much-ado-about-something/
There so much in the book that it would be difficult to write a review of it that wasn't itself a short book. I skimmed that response and found it fascinating that their takeaway was concern about the government. I don't see why surveillance by private corporations is any less concerning than surveillance by the government, especially when those corporations sell data to more malicious foreign governments.
Generally speaking, I don't agree with all of Zuboff's solutions, but she's actually identifying and addressing some critical problems that few are addressing at such length and with such seriousness. Most of the conversations I get into about these issues usually end with someone saying, "Well I don't care if ______ has my data. I have nothing to hide." Zuboff does a tremendous job explaining why the data collection for profit is morally corrupt and how it infiltrates our lives without giving us much ability to resist it. This is why I find the book to be one of the most important about the internet.