{"product_id":"9781324106319","title":"Vaporware, Inc.","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHIS ITEM IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER ONLY AND WILL BE RELEASED ON 12 JANUARY \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e2027\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow Silicon Valley Sells the Future to Control the Present\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA critical reexamination of techno-optimism's empty promises, and how the lessons of the past can help us regain control of our future.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor thirty years, techno-optimists have promised dramatic technological innovation as long as we - the public, journalists, regulators, and policymakers - keep out of the way. The results have been great for Silicon Valley but haven't gone so well for everyone else. They promise to stop climate change while building resource-intensive data centers, evade governmental regulations at our expense, and watch wealth inequality soar as they enjoy a permissive tax code. Venture capitalists and the companies they fund have amassed wealth, status, and political power, but their bold pronouncements have amounted to little more than vaporware.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eVaporware, Inc.\u003c\/em\u003e, political scientist and tech commentator David Karpf looks back at the history of the digital future to understand the ideological project of techno-optimism, and why it has gone so wrong for the rest of us. With sharp wit and keen insight, Karpf debunks the foundational myths of the techno-optimists and traces how tech billionaires amassed power by selling the idea of the future. Eye-opening and essential,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eVaporware, Inc.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a critical reappraisal of how Silicon Valley works and how we can make it work better.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karpf, David","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":67614990237950,"sku":"9781324106319","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0556\/1532\/4335\/files\/Vaporware_inc.png?v=1790790596","url":"https:\/\/wanderingraccoonbooks.com\/products\/9781324106319","provider":"Wandering Raccoon Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}