Carissa Véliz

Seleccionado por The Economist como uno de los libros del año. La guía definitiva para afrontar uno de los problemas más acuciantes de nuestro tiempo: la pérdida de la privacidad. Nos vigilan. Saben que estas leyendo estas palabras. Gobiernos y cientos de empresas nos espian: a ti y a todos tus conocidos. A todas horas, todos los dias. Rastrean y registran todo lo que pueden: nuestra ubicacion, nuestras comunicaciones, nuestras busquedas en internet, nuestra informacion biometrica, nuestras relaciones sociales, nuestras compras, nuestros problemas medicos y mucho mas. Quieren saber quienes somos, que pensamos, donde nos duele. Quieren predecir nuestro comportamiento e influir en el. Tienen demasiado poder. Su poder proviene de nosotros, de ti, de tus datos. Recuperar la privacidad es la unica manera de que podamos asumir de nuevo el mando de nuestras vidas y de nuestras sociedades. La privacidad es tan colectiva como personal, y es hora de retomar el control. Privacidad es poder es el primer libro que propone el fin de la economia de los datos. Carissa Veliz explica como nuestros datos personales estan cediendo demasiado poder a las grandes empresas tecnologicas y a los gobiernos, por que esto es importante y que podemos hacer al respecto.

Seleccionado por The Economist como uno de los libros del año.La guía definitiva para afrontar uno de los problemas más acuciantes de nuestro tiempo: la pérdida de la privacidad.Nos vigilan. Saben que estas leyendo estas palabras. Gobiernos y cientos de empresas nos espian: a ti y a todos tus conocidos. A todas horas, todos los dias. Rastrean y registran todo lo que pueden: nuestra ubicacion, nuestras comunicaciones, nuestras busquedas en internet, nuestra informacion biometrica, nuestras relaciones sociales, nuestras compras, nuestros problemas medicos y mucho mas.Quieren saber quienes somos, que pensamos, donde nos duele. Quieren predecir nuestro comportamiento e influir en el. Tienen demasiado poder. Su poder proviene de nosotros, de ti, de tus datos. Recuperar la privacidad es la unica manera de que podamos asumir de nuevo el mando de nuestras vidas y de nuestras sociedades. La privacidad es tan colectiva como personal, y es hora de retomar el control.Privacidad es poder es el primer libro que propone el fin de la economia de los datos. Carissa Veliz explica como nuestros datos personales estan cediendo demasiado poder a las grandes empresas tecnologicas y a los gobiernos, por que esto es importante y que podemos hacer al respecto.

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Todays computer scientists play the same role as the oracles of the ancient world and the astrologers of the Middle Ages. Modern predictions not only advise on war, crop output, and marriages, but algorithms and statisticians also now determine whether we can get a loan, a job, an apartment, or an organ transplant. And when we cede ground to these predictions, we lose control of our own lives.In this powerful, refreshing new look at the many ways prediction shapes our everyday lives, University of Oxford professor Carissa Veliz explains how putting too much stock in others predictions makes us vulnerable to charlatans, con artists, dubious technology, and self-deception. Examining a wide range of subjects both personal and societal, including medicine, climate, technology, society, and others, Veliz uncovers a number of insights: predictions about humans tend to be self-fulfilling; more data doesnt guarantee better outcomes; AI is more likely to increase risk than decrease it; and a free and robust society requires not more prediction, but better preparation.Veliz argues in this incisive and bracingly original book that the main promise of prediction is not knowledge of the future, but rather power over others. Prophecy is an invitation to defy those orders and live life on our own terms.

From an award-winning University of Oxford professor comes a brilliant, urgent new look at propheciesthe predictions that determine our lives, from our personal finances and the quality of our healthcare to the news and social media we consume and the products foisted upon us.Todays computer scientists play the same role as the oracles of the ancient world and the astrologers of the Middle Ages. Modern predictions not only advise on war, crop output, and marriages, but algorithms and statisticians also now determine whether we can get a loan, a job, an apartment, or an organ transplant. And when we cede ground to these predictions, we lose control of our own lives.In this powerful, refreshing new look at the many ways prediction shapes our everyday lives, University of Oxford professor Carissa Veliz explains how putting too much stock in others predictions makes us vulnerable to charlatans, con artists, dubious technology, and self-deception. Examining a wide range of subjects both personal and societal, including medicine, climate, technology, society, and others, Veliz uncovers a number of insights: predictions about humans tend to be self-fulfilling; more data doesnt guarantee better outcomes; AI is more likely to increase risk than decrease it; and a free and robust society requires not more prediction, but better preparation.Veliz argues in this incisive and bracingly original book that the main promise of prediction is not knowledge of the future, but rather power over others. Prophecy is an invitation to defy those orders and live life on our own terms.

Un ensayo para reflexionar sobre los peligros de los nuevos oráculos que dominan nuestra era. «De los oráculos y horóscopos a los algoritmos, de los dados a los datos: cómo intentamos predecir el fut

An Economist BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR As the data economy grows in power Carissa Véliz exposes how our privacy is eroded by big tech and governments why that matters and what we can do about it The moment you check your phone in the morning you are giving away your data Before you ve even switched off your alarm a whole host of organisations have been alerted to when you woke up where you slept and with whom As you check the weather scroll through your suggested friends on Facebook you continually compromise your privacy Without your permission or even your awareness tech companies are harvesting your information your location your likes your habits and sharing it amongst themselves They re not just selling your data They re selling the power to influence you Even when you ve explicitly asked them not to And it s not just you It s all your contacts too Digital technology is stealing our personal data and with it our power to make free choices To reclaim that power and democracy we must protect our privacy What can we do So much is at stake Our phones our TVs even our washing machines are spies in our own homes We need new regulation We need to pressure policy makers for red lines on the data economy And we need to stop sharing an

Seleccionado por The Economist como uno de los libros del año.La guía definitiva para afrontar uno de los problemas más acuciantes de nuestro tiempo: la pérdida de la privacidad.Nos vigilan. Saben que estas leyendo estas palabras. Gobiernos y cientos de empresas nos espian: a ti y a todos tus conocidos. A todas horas, todos los dias. Rastrean y registran todo lo que pueden: nuestra ubicacion, nuestras comunicaciones, nuestras busquedas en internet, nuestra informacion biometrica, nuestras relaciones sociales, nuestras compras, nuestros problemas medicos y mucho mas.Quieren saber quienes somos, que pensamos, donde nos duele. Quieren predecir nuestro comportamiento e influir en el. Tienen demasiado poder. Su poder proviene de nosotros, de ti, de tus datos. Recuperar la privacidad es la unica manera de que podamos asumir de nuevo el mando de nuestras vidas y de nuestras sociedades. La privacidad es tan colectiva como personal, y es hora de retomar el control.Privacidad es poder es el primer libro que propone el fin de la economia de los datos. Carissa Veliz explica como nuestros datos personales estan cediendo demasiado poder a las grandes empresas tecnologicas y a los gobiernos, por que esto es importante y que podemos hacer al respecto.

An Economist BEST BOOK OF THE YEARAs the data economy grows in power, Carissa Véliz exposes how our privacy is eroded by big tech and governments, why that matters and what we can do about it.The moment you check your phone in the morning you are giving away your data. Before youve even switched off your alarm, a whole host of organisations have been alerted to when you woke up, where you slept, and with whom. As you check the weather, scroll through your suggested friends on Facebook, you continually compromise your privacy.Without your permission, or even your awareness, tech companies are harvesting your information, your location, your likes, your habits, and sharing it amongst themselves. Theyre not just selling your data. Theyre selling the power to influence you. Even when youve explicitly asked them not to. And its not just you. Its all your contacts too.Digital technology is stealing our personal data and with it our power to make free choices. To reclaim that power and democracy, we must protect our privacy.What can we do? So much is at stake. Our phones, our TVs, even our washing machines are spies in our own homes. We need new regulation. We need to pressure policy-makers for red lines on the data economy. And we need to stop sharing and to adopt privacy-friendly alternatives to Google, Facebook and other online platforms.Short, terrifying, practical: Privacy is Power highlights the implications of our laid-back attitude to data and sets out how we can take back control.If you liked The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, youll love Privacy is Power because it provides a philosophical perspective on the politics of privacy, and it offers a very practical outlook, both for policymakers and ordinary citizens.