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The Filter Bubble: How the New Personalized Web Is Changing What We Read and How We Think

The Filter Bubble: How the New Personalized Web Is Changing What We Read and How We Think - Eli Pariser A very scary book about the hold that large tech companies have over you and your data! Large companies see you as a source of advertising income, and that anything that you thing that you own, they feel that they have a claim on.

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