Author, technologist, and former software engineer David Auerbach, who has worked as a developer for both Microsoft and Google, has written a new book that illuminates a startling lack of control over massive tech networks. In “Meganets: How Digital Forms Beyond Our Control Commandeer Our Daily Lives and Inner Realities,” Auerbach introduces the idea of “meganets” — ever-evolving and opaque data networks that influence how people see the world. The primary problem with these networks is that neither their owners or governments can control them, leading to “groupthink” and the breakdown of online and public discourse, threatening social and economic stability.
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