The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of PowerModern · Nonfiction, Politics, Economics
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
2018 · 691 pages · Nonfiction
42
Modern
★ 4.05 on Goodreads · 14K ratings
≈ 17 hours to read · about 5 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
On the Guardian 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list. 4.05★ from 14K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
42Must-Read Score
- Critics41 out of 100 · counts 35%+16
- Readers45 out of 100 · counts 50%+26
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
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Where it ranks
- #48 of the 55 politics books we rank
- #66 of the 100 science and ideas books we rank
- #230 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #812 of the 1,344 books we rank
On the lists
- Guardian 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
Reads as
Practical, Thought-provoking
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