Silicon Valley is coming for our democracy
Jill Lepore’s new book paints a vision of American government corrupted by the forces of automation, surveillance and control
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William Davies
William Davies is a professor of political economy at Goldsmiths. His books include Nervous States: How Feeling Took Over the World (Jonathan Cape).
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