‘Franklin Foer (USA)’

"We live in a desolate world that doesn’t think"

Without worrying about the consequences, the world has embraced the products and services of four giant companies. Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon present themselves as advocates of individualism, efficiency and diversity, but meanwhile their algorithms lead to uniformity, privacy violations, and comfort overdose. The result is an unstable, narrow-minded and poorly informed world in which there is no room for introspection. A world that does not think for itself.

Franklin Foer is a journalist and writes for, among others, Slate, New York, Atlantic and The New Republic. He wrote the book A world without mind.