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Data empire the power of information to organize, control, and dominate

"A new lens on human history outlining data's powerful role in governance and exploitation"--

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Main Author: Risam, Roopika (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2026]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Knowledge, Sociology of > History.
Social epistemology > History.
Information behavior > History.
Information technology > Social aspects > History.
Knowledge management.
Internet governance.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the counts we keep, c. 65,000 BCE
  • The first accountants, c. 9,000-1700 BCE
  • Shapers of form, c. 1800-100 BCE
  • The architects of action, c. 350 BCE-400 CE
  • Arbiters of everything, c. 300-1400 CE
  • The world-takers, c. 1324-1701 CE
  • Masters of measure, c. 1650-1835 CE
  • Subjects of calculation, c. 1760-1907 CE
  • Midwives to a machine, c. 1880-1950 CE
  • Prophets of prediction, c. 1944-2002 CE
  • Sovereigns of code, c. 2001-2026 CE
  • Conclusion : the futures in our hands, c. 2026-2126 CE.

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