The Hidden History of Big Brother in America

How the Death of Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance Threaten Us and Our Democracy: The Thom Hartmann Hidden History, Book 7

De: Thom Hartmann

Narrado por: Sean Pratt

America’s most popular progressive radio host and New York Times best-selling author Thom Hartmann reveals how the government and corporate America misuse our personal data and shows how we can reclaim our privacy.

Most Americans are worried about how companies like Facebook invade their privacy and harvest their data, but many people don’t fully understand the details of how their information is being adapted and misused. In this thought-provoking and accessible audiobook, Thom Hartmann reveals exactly how the government and corporations are tracking our every online move and using our data to buy elections, employ social control, and monetize our lives.

Hartmann uses extensive, vivid examples to highlight the consequences of Big Data on all aspects of our lives. He traces the history of surveillance and social control, looking back to how Big Brother invented whiteness to keep order and how surveillance began to be employed as a way to modify behavior. As he states, “The goal of those who violate privacy and use surveillance is almost always social control and behavior modification”.
Along with covering the history, Hartmann shows how we got to where we are today, how China - with its new Social Credit System - serves as a warning, and how we can and must avoid a similarly dystopian future. By delving into the Constitutional right to privacy, Hartmann reminds us of our civil right and shows how we can restore it.

©2022 Thom Hartmann (P)2022 Thom Hartmann

Proof even people with Trump Derangement Syndrome can be Anti-Authoritarian

Author clearly has TDS, but maybe that will help the important message of limiting government power this book eventually outlines spread more easily amongst those in power.

Good info.

Good information. I think this subject is far deeper and frightening then 99% of the people in America know. The assumption if you do nothing wrong you have nothing to worry about is 100% bullshit. We depend on the users of these surveillance tools to be responsible and fair in using them. But with the widespread use of body cameras we are finding out the truth is often ignored and the lust and abuse of power is the norm.