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# Don't Be Evil: How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles -- and All of Us Hardcover – November 5, 2019

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Insightful look into internet tech giants threat
  

*by C***S on Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2020*

Don’t Be Evil is a broad, insightful look at large internet companies' threat to personal rights, democracy, and the political system than previous.  It covers more ground and is more readable than “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism” by Zuboff.  (Zuboff’s book is well worth reading, more of an academic treatise with opinions/ideology tossed in.  Filter the opinions to see there is a complete study of big tech surveillance, with evidence.)“Evil” has enough evidence to support stories within the text, considerable evidence listed in the notes for those who doubt and wish to access it.  I have downloaded a couple of citations, look forward to reading.I can’t add much to Athan’s excellent November 18 summary except to note an area for extended consideration, the impact of 5G.  I suspect 5G is likely to ramp up surveillance capitalism because of explosion of information and ease of capture (humorous vis a vis Shannon … “creation” of information).  Given significant potential benefits of 5G in manufacturing and supply chains, I suspect Google will know more about how things work than companies.  Because 5G is highly dependent on (distributed) software, hacking may be a problem (… doubtful robust hardware firewalls with processing power will be employed in the many types of internet connected devices … your appliances may be targets).Re reviewers … From the tone Rana is clearly center left.  However, how she sees this politically doesn’t negate her thesis and warnings.  Everyone should think deeply about the implications of what has occurred with the rise of the internet data companies, consequences and eventualities for the current direction.  The accumulation of economic and political power has reached beyond a tipping point.  Being captive - products and services -to a very few companies isn’t much different than being captive to any system.  Internet companies now dominate large pieces of the economy with lawmakers/regulators doing nothing except whine … lobbying money.As a curious observer, I like evidence.  A recent article on Amazon offers a tidbit.  Though Amazon claims it is highly competitive because it receives only a small percent of retail revenue, many interviews among the hundreds of 3d party sellers on the Amazon platform show sellers feel they have no choice … Amazon or no market.  For its part Amazon takes a small percent of each sale (same as credit card companies and banks) for no effort expended except allowing a listing, micro incremental capital.  In this sense Amazon’s return is likely higher than Visa/MC.  Another lookback by Tim Wu noted Google and Facebook have eliminated start up competitors by each buring more than 100 companies, leveraging their financial power/income from running virtual monopolies … money from ad sales based on your data (~$550B global, $330B digital).  This doesn’t feel like competitive ‘free market capitalism, questionable whether good for the country.  The beat goes on, with fewer choices online and brick and mortar.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    An important set of cohesive questions about Big Tech
  

*by P***N on Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2019*

Building upon books such as World Without End and Weapons of Math Destruction, Don't Be Evil makes the case that Big Tech is doing more harm than good. Foroohar proves her central thesis in spades. I find it impossible to argue the opposite these days using any reasonable standard. Her thoughts on venture capital, the bias of algorithms, election interference, and other related topics should gave anyone pause.Sure, I'd nitpick with a few of her assertions. For instance, at one point she refers to Uber has profitable when it's lost billions every quarter. Perhaps this was just an oversight. More generally, I also have difficulty putting Netflix in the same bucket as Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google when it comes to power. FAANGS might make for a nice acronym but I'd argue that Microsoft exerts far more power than the world's most valuable streaming company.Regardless of my small gripes, this book is spot-on. Foroohar synthesizes the main arguments against the tech titans that have become far too powerful—and I defended them for years. Now more than ever, we need to ask ourselves tough questions about Big Tech's power. Promises that the industry will regulate itself are as laughable as banks making the same claim prior to the financial crisis. Her final chapter is her strongest and it's high time to act now with sensible, bi-partisan legislation and oversight.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Must Read
  

*by N***D on Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2019*

This is an important book. Makers and Takers was an important book. Rana writes well. She researches well and presents arguments in ways that require serious consideration - even if they challenge the readers a priori assumptions on socio-political matters.She brings the credibility of her role at the FT to writing a book that, while it may not be fully aligned with a majority of FT readers (I am making an assumption that FT readership screws conservative or libertarian - that may be wrong) nevertheless can not be brushed aside.We do enjoy the convenience that Big Tech brings to our lives. We may need to think a bit harder about the trade-offs.While Rana my not be prepared for this, or inclined to go in this direction, the natural pathway to implementing her suggestions for change is a political one. She should give it some consideration!Congratulations

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