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Franklin Foer is a national correspondent at the Atlantic and the author of World Without Mind: the Existential Threat of Big Tech. He is a former contributing editor to Slate.
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Is there a way to fight Big Tech's power? (Part II) In World without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech , Franklin Foer makes the case that for far too long we've marveled at the products of Silicon Valley without seeing the existential threat they pose as monopolies -- because they are not like other monopolies. For instance, Exxon sells gas and McDonald's sells hamburgers, but what do Google and its parent company Alphabet actually sell? What is it exactly that they are monopolizing? (Listen to Part I .)
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The existential threat posed by Big Tech (Part I) Today's big tech monopolies aren't like those of the Gilded Age. Instead of dominating a single industry like the oil business or steel production, Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple "aspire to encompass all of existence." That's according to journalist Franklin Foer, national correspondent for the Atlantic . His new book is World without Mind: the Existential Threat of Big Tech . ( Listen to Part II .)
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Clinton Campaign Blames Russia for DNC Hack The massive hack of 20,000 emails stolen from the Democratic National Committee's computer servers has caused havoc ahead of this week's nominating convention. But it's also a story with an intriguing – possibly disturbing – Russian subplot. Did Russian hackers backed by the Kremlin release these documents to WikiLeaks in order to help Donald Trump? It's likely according to Franklin Foer, contributing writer to Slate .
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