Move Fast and Break Things by Jonathan Taplin Summary
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Tech giants Facebook, Google, and Amazon aren't just disrupting industries - they're undermining democracy itself. Taplin's explosive expose reveals how Silicon Valley's "move fast" mantra devastated creative industries, sparked Obama's concern, and left artists like Levon Helm struggling despite fame.
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The Digital Hijacking of a Cultural Revolution
Remember when the internet promised to be the ultimate democratizing force? A place where power would be decentralized, information would flow freely, and creative communities would thrive without corporate gatekeepers? That vision-deeply rooted in 1960s counterculture-has been thoroughly corrupted. What began as a revolution has instead created unprecedented monopolies that extract massive value while creating little of their own. Google, Facebook, and Amazon now dominate with a monopolistic control that would have been unthinkable-or at least illegal-in earlier eras. The scale is staggering: Mark Zuckerberg can reach over two billion people with a single algorithmic tweak-more individuals than any government or religious leader in history. Jeff Bezos controls not just how books are sold but increasingly how they're published. Google processes over 3.5 billion searches daily, effectively deciding what information most people access. How did we get here? And more importantly, where do we go from here?
The Libertarian Takeover of American Culture
The Economics of Digital Extraction
The Cultural Costs of Digital Monopoly
The Political Economy of Platform Power
Resistance and Renaissance
Reclaiming Our Digital Future
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