I enjoyed that this book was a departure from the usual list of reasons why we should be wary of tech and AI. It provided creative stories that kept me immersed and made me think hard about the changes in the coming future. It would have been nice to have included a discussion on ways to tackle these potential new challenges. Still, I appreciate that there is a book highlighting these issues and doing so in a way that wasn’t boring. I liked the flow of the book and wanted it to keep going. I liked this book more than I expected and would suggest it to anyone interested in tech and the new changes headed to society.

Thanks to NetGalley and the Publisher for the arc.

So, this book was not what I was anticipating. I appreciate what the authors are trying to say (Technology is a slippery slope! Think independently! Protect your personal data! Don't let the government control you!), but I rather disliked the format used to illustrate their points. Each chapter consisted of a fictional account of a dystopian world followed by a nonfiction section discussing their point. The fictional sections were interesting enough, but I felt like there was a disconnect between the sections. Some points in the fiction section were not discussed in the follow-up and oftentimes other real-life events were used in the discussion (which I thought was more effective than referring to a fictional dystopia that the author created). This fiction/discussion strategy just didn't work well for me because I'm more interested in the facts which are leading the authors to draw these conclusions and be concerned instead of the possible wild scenarios which may or may not happen in the future.

Overall, this book just didn't impress me. I felt the authors could have gone into more depth and detail about the issues our current society is facing as we advance technologically. They also did not seem to offer very many solutions to these issues. By the end it almost felt like so much of the propaganda of which they warn us to be wary.

Thanks to the publisher for this ARC in return for an honest review.

Sometimes we didn't realize that technology that we use is serving government's interest. It could be positive or negative for us, because our freedom is at risk. That's why we should aware about it.

This book would helps us to open our eyes, in order to use digital technology wisely. The writing style is in "fiction naration", that's why we could easily absorb the point that author(s) wants to deliver. However, this book explanation is not deep as I expect. So I just give 4 stars.