Stand out of our Light Freedom and Resistance in the Attention Economy

• Main Author: Williams, James (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2018
• Series: Social Sciences
• Subjects: Political science & theory; Impact of science & technology on society; Ethics & moral philosophy; Social & political philosophy; Other technologies & applied sciences; technology and society; democracy; decision-making
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Are the systems of intelligent persuasion developed by today's tech giants a threat to human freedom? Drawing on insights from Ancient Greece through to Silicon Valley, Williams argues that liberating human attention may be the defining moral and political task of the Information Age. This titl...