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| Introduction |
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PART I Decoding the Technologists |
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Chapter 1 The Imperfections of the Optimization Mindset |
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Should We Optimize Everything? |
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6 | (4) |
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The Education of an Engineer |
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10 | (5) |
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The Deficiency of Efficiency |
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15 | (3) |
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What Is Measurable Is Not Always Meaningful |
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18 | (1) |
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What Happens When Multiple Valuable Goals Collide? |
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19 | (6) |
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Chapter 2 The Problematic Marriage of Hackers and Venture Capitalists |
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The Engineers Take the Reins |
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28 | (3) |
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The Ecosystem of Venture Capitalists and Engineers |
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31 | (2) |
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"The Optimization Mindset Meets Corporate Growth |
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33 | (4) |
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37 | (5) |
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The New Generation of Venture Capitalists |
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42 | (3) |
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Technology Companies Turn Market Power into Political Power |
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45 | (6) |
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Chapter 3 The Winner-Take-All Race Between Disruption and Democracy |
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51 | (28) |
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Innovation Versus Regulation Is Nothing New |
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53 | (6) |
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Government Is Complicit in the Absence of Regulation |
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59 | (4) |
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The Fate of Plato's Philosopher Kings |
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63 | (5) |
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What's Good for Companies May Not Be Good for a Healthy Society |
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68 | (5) |
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73 | (6) |
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PART II Disaggregating the Technologies |
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Chapter 4 Can Algorithmic Decision-Making Ever Be Fair? |
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Welcome to the Age of Machines That Learn |
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82 | (5) |
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Designing Fair Algorithms |
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87 | (7) |
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94 | (5) |
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A New Era of Algorithmic Accountability |
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99 | (2) |
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The Human Element in Algorithmic Decisions |
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101 | (2) |
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103 | (4) |
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107 | (4) |
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Chapter 5 What's Your Privacy Worth? |
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111 | (42) |
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The Wild West of Data Collection |
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115 | (5) |
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120 | (7) |
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From the Panopticon to a Digital Blackout |
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127 | (2) |
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Technology Alone Won't Save Us |
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129 | (4) |
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We Can't Count on the Market, Either |
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133 | (4) |
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137 | (3) |
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Protecting Privacy for the Benefit of Society |
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140 | (2) |
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Four Letters That Are Key to Your Privacy |
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142 | (3) |
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145 | (8) |
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Chapter 6 Can Humans Flourish in a World of Smart Machines? |
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153 | (34) |
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156 | (4) |
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What Is So Smart About Smart Machines? |
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160 | (5) |
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Is Automation Good for the Human Race? |
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165 | (2) |
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Plugging into the Experience Machine |
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167 | (3) |
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The Great Escape from Human Poverty |
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170 | (2) |
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What Is Freedom Worth to You? |
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172 | (2) |
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174 | (3) |
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Should Anything Be Beyond the Reach of Automation? |
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177 | (1) |
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178 | (4) |
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What Can We Offer Those Who Are Left Behind? |
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182 | (5) |
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Chapter 7 Will Free Speech Survive the Internet? |
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187 | (46) |
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The Superabundance of Speech and Its Consequences |
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191 | (7) |
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When Free Speech Collides with Democracy and Dignity |
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198 | (4) |
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What Are the Offline Harms of Online Speech? |
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202 | (7) |
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209 | (4) |
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A Supreme Court for Facebook? |
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213 | (3) |
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Moving Beyond Self-Regulation |
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216 | (5) |
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The Future of Platform Immunity |
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221 | (6) |
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Creating Space for Competition |
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227 | (6) |
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PART III Recoding the Future |
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Chapter 8 Can Democracies Rise to the Challenge? |
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233 | (32) |
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237 | (2) |
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It's Not Just You, It's Us |
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239 | (4) |
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243 | (1) |
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Technologists, Do No Harm |
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244 | (8) |
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New Forms of Resistance to Corporate Power |
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252 | (5) |
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Governing Technology Before It Governs Us |
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257 | (8) |
| Acknowledgments |
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265 | (4) |
| Notes |
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269 | (36) |
| Index |
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