The Costs of Connection: How Data Is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating It for Capitalism PB_Gift_Guide Bobbie Louise Hawkins

Bobbie Louise Hawkins

It sits on a farmhouse porch in 1931

The mystery is baffling

Sam seemed to have his own idea for how life should be

The Costs of Connection: How Data Is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating It for Capitalism PB_Gift_Guide Bobbie Louise HawkinsJust about any social need is now met with an opportunity to "connect" through digital means. But this convenience is not freeit is purchased with vast amounts of personal data transferred through shadowy backchannels to corporations using it to generate profit. The Costs of Connection uncovers this process, this "data colonialism," and its designs for controlling our livesour ways of knowing; our means of production; our political participation.