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Title: The Revolution Will Be Digitised
Author: Heather Brooke
Narrator: Heather Brooke
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-21-12
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 10 votes
Genres: Science & Technology, Technology
Publisher's Summary:
There is more information in the world than ever before, but who is in control? At the centre is the Establishment: governments, corporations and powerful individuals who have more knowledge about us, and more power, than at any other time in history. Circling them is a new generation of hackers, pro-democracy campaigners and internet activists who no longer accept that the Establishment should run the show. In her gripping, revelatory new book, award-winning journalist and campaigner Heather Brooke takes us inside the Information War, from the hackerspaces of Boston and Berlin to the UK's journalism hub and Iceland's free speech revolution; from the headquarters of Google and Facebook to the murky world of Julian Assange and Wikileaks. Along the way Brooke explores the most urgent questions of the digital age: where is the balance between freedom and security? In an online world, does privacy still exist? And will the internet empower individuals, or usher in a new age of censorship, surveillance and oppression?
Members Reviews:
Heather Brooke wrote a tour de force
Full disclosure: Heather Brooke is a hero of mine. I even bought her roses... twice.
That said, I read "The Revolution Will Be Digitised" and was enthralled with how Heather Brooke exposed more than just WikiLeaks and Julian Assange's immoral conduct, but also the information mining that's going on. From the Obama Campaign working with data brokers to the surveillance state growing around us in the name of "national security".
Heather Brooke also writes a lot about the information war or how, "Citizens around the world have long declared a desire to be trusted with the formation of their own opinions, and that can only come when they have access to the facts. This is the essence of the information war. Do we trust citizens to communicate freely and come to their own conclusions, or do we believe those in authority have a right to restrict and manipulate what we know?"
Certainly a thought-provoking tome.
Didn't Finish
The subject matter of this book is certainly interesting. However, it has been let down by the author's choice of writing style. While it is not my preference, I don't mind the occasional non-fiction book written in story format. My problem with this book is that the format is inconsistent, switching between narrative and story and back again without warning. I was too annoyed to finish the book. Perhaps somebody else will like it better.
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Title: The Revolution Will Be Digitised
Author: Heather Brooke
Narrator: Heather Brooke
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-21-12
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 10 votes
Genres: Science & Technology, Technology
Publisher's Summary:
There is more information in the world than ever before, but who is in control? At the centre is the Establishment: governments, corporations and powerful individuals who have more knowledge about us, and more power, than at any other time in history. Circling them is a new generation of hackers, pro-democracy campaigners and internet activists who no longer accept that the Establishment should run the show. In her gripping, revelatory new book, award-winning journalist and campaigner Heather Brooke takes us inside the Information War, from the hackerspaces of Boston and Berlin to the UK's journalism hub and Iceland's free speech revolution; from the headquarters of Google and Facebook to the murky world of Julian Assange and Wikileaks. Along the way Brooke explores the most urgent questions of the digital age: where is the balance between freedom and security? In an online world, does privacy still exist? And will the internet empower individuals, or usher in a new age of censorship, surveillance and oppression?
Members Reviews:
Heather Brooke wrote a tour de force
Full disclosure: Heather Brooke is a hero of mine. I even bought her roses... twice.
That said, I read "The Revolution Will Be Digitised" and was enthralled with how Heather Brooke exposed more than just WikiLeaks and Julian Assange's immoral conduct, but also the information mining that's going on. From the Obama Campaign working with data brokers to the surveillance state growing around us in the name of "national security".
Heather Brooke also writes a lot about the information war or how, "Citizens around the world have long declared a desire to be trusted with the formation of their own opinions, and that can only come when they have access to the facts. This is the essence of the information war. Do we trust citizens to communicate freely and come to their own conclusions, or do we believe those in authority have a right to restrict and manipulate what we know?"
Certainly a thought-provoking tome.
Didn't Finish
The subject matter of this book is certainly interesting. However, it has been let down by the author's choice of writing style. While it is not my preference, I don't mind the occasional non-fiction book written in story format. My problem with this book is that the format is inconsistent, switching between narrative and story and back again without warning. I was too annoyed to finish the book. Perhaps somebody else will like it better.