Post by mlane16 on Oct 25, 2013 16:20:46 GMT -8
For those of you who are fans of 1984, A Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, The Hunger Games, or any dystopian scifi book, you should check out a new book called the circle:
www.amazon.com/The-Circle-Dave-Eggers/dp/0385351399
As the review below note the book is basically taking a "World without privacy" to its logical extreme. The author's intent in writing the book is neither to stop people from using social media nor to really even to say that data mining is "evil". Instead its to make them more thoughtful on how people use social media and how companies use users private data.
www.nytimes.com/2013/10/15/opinion/nocera-a-world-without-privacy.html?_r=0
www.nytimes.com/2013/10/10/business/media/the-circle-a-novel-by-dave-eggers-prompts-debate-on-technology.html
Its also heavily based on 1984 even down to its own set of 3 slogans:
www.amazon.com/The-Circle-Dave-Eggers/dp/0385351399
As the review below note the book is basically taking a "World without privacy" to its logical extreme. The author's intent in writing the book is neither to stop people from using social media nor to really even to say that data mining is "evil". Instead its to make them more thoughtful on how people use social media and how companies use users private data.
www.nytimes.com/2013/10/15/opinion/nocera-a-world-without-privacy.html?_r=0
www.nytimes.com/2013/10/10/business/media/the-circle-a-novel-by-dave-eggers-prompts-debate-on-technology.html
Its also heavily based on 1984 even down to its own set of 3 slogans:
- SHARING IS CARING.
- SECRETS ARE LIES.
- PRIVACY IS THEFT.
