THE COSTS OF CONNECTION

Just about any social need is now met with an opportunity to connect through digital means. But this convenience is not free?it is p urchased with vast amounts of personal data transferred through shadowy backchannels to corporations using it to generate profit. Th e Costs of Connection uncovers this process, this data colonialism, and its designs for controlling our lives?our ways of knowing/ o ur means of production/ our political participation.Colonialism might seem like a thing of the past, but this book shows that the hi storic a...[Read more]