The People Vs Tech

Bartlett, Jamie

dc.contributor.author	Bartlett, Jamie
dc.date.accessioned	2021-07-07T11:26:23Z
dc.date.available	2021-07-07T11:26:23Z
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1785039065
dc.identifier.uri	http://elib.ipa.government.bg:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/1022
dc.description	Tech has radically changed the way we live our lives. But have we unwittingly handed too much away to shadowy powers behind a wall of code, all manipulated by a handful of Silicon Valley utopians, ad men, and venture capitalists? And, in light of recent data breach scandals around companies like Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, what does that mean for democracy, our delicately balanced system of government that was created long before big data, total information and artificial intelligence? In this urgent polemic, Jamie Bartlett argues that through our unquestioning embrace of big tech, the building blocks of democracy are slowly being removed. The middle class is being eroded, sovereign authority and civil society is weakened, and we citizens are losing our critical faculties, maybe even our free will. The People Vs Tech is an enthralling account of how our fragile political system is being threatened by the digital revolution. Bartlett explains that by upholding six key pillars of democracy, we can save it before it is too late. We need to become active citizens; uphold a shared democratic culture; protect free elections; promote equality; safeguard competitive and civic freedoms; and trust in a sovereign authority. This essential book shows that the stakes couldn’t be higher and that, unless we radically alter our course, democracy will join feudalism, supreme monarchies and communism as just another political experiment that quietly disappeared.	bg_BG
dc.language.iso	en	bg_BG
dc.publisher	Ebury Press	bg_BG
dc.subject	technology	bg_BG
dc.subject	people	bg_BG
dc.title	The People Vs Tech	bg_BG
dc.title.alternative	How the internet is killing democracy (and how we save it)	bg_BG
dc.type	Book	bg_BG