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The Age of Extraction: How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity

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內容簡介 今日主導市場的科技平台，正在操縱我們的注意力、掠奪財富並加劇不平等——為了創造一個惠及所有人的平衡經濟，我們必須奪回控制權。「富有洞察力」— CORY DOCTOROW，《糞便化》 (Enshittification) 作者「必讀之作」— KAREN HAO，《帝國時代》 (Age of Empire) 作者「一個對更公平經濟的熱切呼籲」— DARON ACEMOGLU，《國家為什麼會失敗》 (Why Nations Fail) 共同作者我們的世界正被少數幾個科技平台所支配。它們提供了巨大的便利與娛樂，但同時也是人類發明出來的、最有效的財富掠奪工具之一，從我們所有人手中攫取了大量的金錢、數據和注意力。一個由科技和 AI 驅動的經濟本可以讓我們更富裕，但它也可能邊緣化整個產業、擴大貧富差距，並助長一個雙層社會。隨著技術的演進和市場的適應，社會能否培養出更好的運作方式？我們是否有可能在經濟成長和平均主義之間取得平衡，還是說為時已晚？Tim Wu——這位提出了「網路中立性」(net neutrality) 一詞的傑出學者兼前白宮官員——講述了一個本應承諾廣泛財富與民主的網路，最終卻助長了專制主義蔓延的故事。從生成式 AI 和預測性社群數據，到反壟斷和加密貨幣，吳教授將我們當前的時刻置於近代歷史的關鍵教訓中進行審視。或許最重要的是，吳教授描繪了一個科技進步能服務於最大可能的公眾利益——亦即服務於每一個人——的未來願景。《掠奪時代》 (The Age of Extraction) 簡潔且充滿希望，提出了具有重大意義的建議，旨在重新奪回控制權，從而為所有人實現更好的經濟平衡與繁榮。One of the world’s foremost exponents of anti-monopoly law explains how Big Tech is strangling our economies and how to stop itToday’s tech platforms are some of history's most advanced tools for extracting as much as possible – data, attention, profit-margins – from everyone else. As they become essential, we are at risk of building an economy that is perpetually unfair for much of humanity.Places and spaces where people can exchange information and goods have been at the heart of every economy and every civilization in history, but today’s global platforms - as provided by Amazon, Google, Apple, Meta and others - are different: instead of providing value they extract it, creating vast disparities in wealth and power between the haves and have-nots. For the first time in history, we have the ability to create sustainable prosperity for all, but currently that wealth is concentrated in a tiny number of hands. It isn't abundance that's the problem; it is distribution.In this brilliantly engaging, frequently surprising account, Tim Wu, one of the world’s foremost experts on anti-monopoly law, draws on fascinating case studies in the history of technology's explosive rise to demonstrate emphatically that breaking monopolies will ultimately unleash creativity and growth - and reduce the vast inequality that inevitably leads to social upheaval and political chaos. Wu also sets out an alternative blueprint that preserves the economic flourishing that platforms catalyze, allowing tech platforms to play a major role in creating and sustaining an economic model of prosperity not just for the few but for the many.

作者介紹

作者介紹 Tim WuTim Wu is Julius Silver Professor of Law, Science and Technology at Columbia Law School. He worked in the White House as special assistant to President Biden for technology and competition policy, and is the author of The Master Switch and The Attention Merchants. He currently splits his time between New York City and Oxford.

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最佳賣點 : 一個由科技和 AI 驅動的經濟本可以讓我們更富裕，但它也可能邊緣化整個產業、擴大貧富差距，並助長一個雙層社會。隨著技術的演進和市場的適應，社會能否培養出更好的運作方式？我們是否有可能在經濟成長和平均主義之間取得平衡，還是說為時已晚？

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