Book description
In this page-turning contemporary thriller, National Book Award Finalist and New York Times bestselling author Paolo Bacigalupi explores the timely issue of how public information is distorted for monetary gain, and how those who exploit it must be stopped. Everything Alix knows about her life is a lie. At least…
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1 author picked The Doubt Factory as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Imagine
your father runs a corporate propaganda/social manipulation agency. Big
corporations hire their firm to distort, hide, distract, and obfuscate their
corporate misdeeds and scandals. And you
are pals with a bunch of eco-activists who are taking on that client with a
series of for-the-media direct actions.
This book explores how our electronic perceptions of the news and our world are
colored by deliberate and strategic manipulations. What was written as a work of fiction in 2014
has now become a part of our daily digital lives.
In a world with AI, deepfakes presented as real…as well as heavy propaganda…
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