Mindf*ck: Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America

by Christopher Wylie

Our system is broken, our laws don’t work, our regulators are weak, our governments don’t understand what’s happening, and our technology is usurping our democracy.

We do not let people “opt in” to buildings that have faulty wiring or lack fire exits. That would be unsafe—and no terms and conditions pasted on a door would let any architect get away with building dangerous spaces. Why should the engineers and architects of software and online platforms be any different?