{"product_id":"the-age-of-extraction-9780593466582","title":"The Age of Extraction","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORKER \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOK OF 2025 • Tech platforms manipulate attention, extract wealth, and deepen inequality. In this new book, Tim Wu (\u003ci\u003eThe Attention Merchants\u003c\/i\u003e) explains how we can reclaim control and create a balanced economy that works for everyone.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“The magic of Tim Wu’s \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Extraction\u003c\/i\u003e is its simplicity. . . . Essential reading.” —Karen Hao, author of \u003ci\u003eEmpire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur world is dominated by a handful of tech platforms. They provide great conveniences and entertainment, but also stand as some of the most effective instruments of wealth extraction ever invented, seizing immense amounts of money, data, and attention from all of us. As technology evolves and our markets adapt, can society cultivate a better life for everyone? Is it possible to balance economic growth and egalitarianism, or are we too far gone?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTim Wu—the preeminent scholar and former White House official who coined the phrase “net neutrality”—explores the rise of platform power and details the risks and rewards of working within such systems. \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Extraction\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of an Internet that promised widespread wealth and democracy in the 1990s and 2000s, only to create new economic classes and aid the spread of autocracy instead.  Wu frames our current moment with lessons from recent history—from generative AI and predictive social data to the antimonopoly and crypto movements—and envisions a future where technological advances can serve the greatest possible good.","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":67591538180486,"sku":"9780593466582","price":19.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9780593466582.jpg?v=1791494671","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/the-age-of-extraction-9780593466582","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}