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The challenges to humanity posed by the digital future the first detailed examination of the unprecedented form of power called surveillance capitalism and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control our behaviorIn this masterwork of original thinking and research Shoshana Zuboff provides startling insights into the phenomenon that she has named surveillance capitalism The stakes could not be higher a global architecture of behavior modification threatens human nature in the twentyfirst century just as industrial capitalism disfigured the natural world in the twentiethZuboff vividly brings to life the consequences as surveillance capitalism advances from Silicon Valley into every economic sector Vast wealth and power are accumulated in ominous new behavioral futures markets where predictions about our behavior are bought and sold and the production of goods and services is subordinated to a new means of behavioral modificationThe threat has shifted from a totalitarian Big Brother state to a ubiquitous digital architecture a Big Other operating in the interests of surveillance capital Here is the crucible of an unprecedented form of power marked by extreme concentrations of knowledge and free from democratic oversight Zuboffs comprehensive and moving analysis lays bare the threats to twentyfirst century society a controlled hive of total connection that seduces with promises of total certainty for maximum profitat the expense of democracy freedom and our human futureWith little resistance from law or society surveillance capitalism is on the verge of dominating the social order and shaping the digital futureif we let itTable of contentsINTRODUCTION1 Home or exile in the digital futureI THE FOUNDATIONS OF SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM2 August 9 2011 Setting the stage for Surveillance Capitalism3 The discovery of behavioral surplus4 The moat around the castle5 The elaboration of Surveillance Capitalism Kidnap corner compete6 Hijacked The division of learning in societyII THE ADVANCE OF SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM7 The reality business8 Rendition From experience to data9 Rendition from the depths10 Make them dance11 The right to the future tenseIII INSTRUMENTARIAN POWER FOR A THIRD MODERNITY12 Two species of power13 Big Other and the rise of instrumentarian power14 A utopia of certainty15 The instrumentarian collective16 Of life in the hive17 The right to sanctuaryCONCLUSION18 A coup from aboveAcknowledgementsAbout the authorDetailed table of contentsNotesIndex. 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