The Filter Bubble
What The Internet Is Hiding From You
- Published: 30 May 2011
- ISBN: 9780141969923
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 304
Eli Pariser is worried. He cares deeply about our common social sphere and sees it in jeopardy. He has got me worried, too. A must-read
David Kirkpatrick, author of The Facebook Effect
Anyone who cares about the future of [humanity] in a digital landscape should read this book - especially if it is not showing up in your recommended reads on Amazon
Douglas Rushkoff, author of Life Inc
If you feel that the Web is your wide open window on the world, you need to read this book to understand what you aren't seeing
Jaron Lanier, author of You Are Not a Gadget
Internet firms increasingly show us less of the wide world, locating us in the neighborhood of the familiar. The risk, as Eli Pariser shows, is that each of us may unwittingly come to inhabit a ghetto of one
Clay Shirky, author Here Comes Everybody and Cognitive Surplus
You spend half your life in Internet space, but trust me - you don't understand how it works. This book is a masterpiece of investigation and interpretation
Bill McKibben, author of Earth and founder of 350.org
A must-read book about one of the central issues in contemporary culture: personalization
Caterina Fake, co-founder of flickr