Deleting Dystopia Re-Asserting Human Priorities in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism

Deleting Dystopia confirms that the existential threats posted by the misuse of advanced digital technologies are real. But, in place of apathy and fatalism, Slaughter explores ways of understanding the threat, conceptualising solutions and identifying strategies that lead away from digital authorit...

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Main Author: Slaughter, Richard A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] University of Southern Queensland [2021]
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