{"product_id":"the-information-trade-alexis-wichowski-9780062888983","title":"The Information Trade: How Big Tech Conquers Countries, Challenges Our Rights, and Transforms Our World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A timely, compelling, and expertly researched passport to the tech companies that rule today's digital landscape.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eBlake Harris, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eConsole Wars\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe History of the Future\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this provocative book about our new tech-based reality, political insider and tech expert Alexis Wichowski considers the unchecked rise of tech giants like Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Tesla--what she calls \"net states\"-- and their unavoidable influence in our lives. Rivaling nation states in power and capital, today's net states are reaching into our physical world, inserting digital services into our lived environments in ways both unseen and, at times, unknown to us. They are transforming the way the world works, putting our rights up for grabs, from personal privacy to national security. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCombining original reporting and insights drawn from more than 100 interviews with technology and government insiders, including Microsoft president Brad Smith, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, the former Federal Trade Commission chair under President Obama, and the managing director of Jigsaw--Google's Department of Counter-terrorism against extremism and cyber-attacks--\u003cem\u003eThe Information Trade \u003c\/em\u003eexplores what happens we give up our personal freedom and individual autonomy in exchange for an easy, plugged-in existence, and shows what we can do to control our relationship with net states before they irreversibly change our future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexis Wichowski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0062888986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062888983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperOne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/11\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/06\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2020","brand":"Alexis Wichowski","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43992847352063,"sku":"9780062888983","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e6d28c65-2042-43de-860e-ae18f15be80e.jpg?v=1683321141","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-information-trade-alexis-wichowski-9780062888983","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}