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I'm rereading (considering it came up in Congress and that I've read and learned a lot since the first time) Age of Surveillance Capitalism, and have a more critical eye, and this time around stuff that stems from her pro-capitalism bias is occasionally jaw droppingly shocking...Permalink On twitter.com
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Like, the obsession with Henry Ford is gross, sorry, it just is; but the conceit that we wouldn't have the assembly line if it wasn't for the amazing vision and capitalist drive of Henry Ford is not only completely illogical but contradictory...Permalink On twitter.com
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Either capitalism is an immense force uniquely driving innovation & the assembly line was fundamentally an inevitable outcome of this economic style... or Henry Ford was a genius & only he could have invented it, even tho the components existed elsewhere... but it can't be both.On twitter.com
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There's some incredibly on point brilliant stuff in this book but occasionally there will be something so inherently nonsensical that I have to put it down for the rest of the day. This doesn't invalidate her criticism, but her framing can be very frustrating.Permalink On twitter.com
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