6/28/2023 0 Comments World without mindWhile neither the companies nor the worldviews are identical, these firms are united in that they have developed platforms that they want you, the consumer, to become addicted to. After briefly tracing Silicon Valley’s cultural history, Foer devotes a chapter to each company, paying special attention to the worldviews of their founders, some of whom - like Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos - are now among the wealthiest and most powerful individuals on the planet. World Without Mind focuses on Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon: the behemoths who control vast swaths of online - and, increasing, offline - life. But Franklin Foer’s thought-provoking and cogent book argues that lack of regulatory oversight has allowed tech companies to devalue knowledge and imperil our democracy. Few business leaders in any sector are ardent fans of government regulation. A recent survey revealed that wealthy technology entrepreneurs lean politically left, with one glaring exception: their views on regulation.
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