Shoshana Zuboff on surveillance capitalism

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Shoshana Zuboff on surveillance capitalism

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Feb 13, 2019

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John Thornhill talks to the social scientist Shoshana Zuboff about her book, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, and what we need to do to reclaim the more benign impacts of the digital revolution. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Feb 13, 2019

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We are in the midst of a digital revolution, where the line between our physical world and cyberspace is blurring. Tech Tonic is the show that investigates the promises and perils of this new technological age. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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