The Information Trade Quotes

“If we kept our personal data private, would our global internet experience still be full and rich and diverse and accessible, or would the internet become a different place”
― Alexis Wichowski, The Information Trade: How Big Tech Conquers Countries, Challenges Our Rights, and Transforms Our World

“if you have Facebook open on your phone and then open another app, Facebook will collect data on what you’re doing on that app, too”
― Alexis Wichowski, The Information Trade: How Big Tech Conquers Countries, Challenges Our Rights, and Transforms Our World

“attention residue,” a sort of mental jetlag that ties us to whatever we were just paying attention to. And it lingers, especially when we’ve switched to a new task without first completing the previous one”
― Alexis Wichowski, The Information Trade: How Big Tech Conquers Countries, Challenges Our Rights, and Transforms Our World

“While Facebook may permit us to create idealized versions of ourselves on our profiles, recommendation systems know the real us. They mirror our desires. In this way, they are perhaps the most honest reflections of ourselves in the digital world.”
― Alexis Wichowski, The Information Trade: How Big Tech Conquers Countries, Challenges Our Rights, and Transforms Our World

“data collection power of the ISP, the internet service provider”
― Alexis Wichowski, The Information Trade: How Big Tech Conquers Countries, Challenges Our Rights, and Transforms Our World

“To know a man, look only to his friends. To know a king, look only to whom he employs. “The wise man,” it concludes, “is exceedingly careful about the company he keeps” (君子慎所藏).”
― Alexis Wichowski, The Information Trade: How Big Tech Conquers Countries, Challenges Our Rights, and Transforms Our World

“Er tīng wéi xǖ, yăn jiàn wéi shí (耳听为虚，眼见为实). It means, in effect, “Seeing is believing”
― Alexis Wichowski, The Information Trade: How Big Tech Conquers Countries, Challenges Our Rights, and Transforms Our World

“Rén pà chūmíng zhū pà zhuàng (人怕出名猪怕壮), which means, “People fear fame like the pig fears being fattened for the slaughter.”
― Alexis Wichowski, The Information Trade: How Big Tech Conquers Countries, Challenges Our Rights, and Transforms Our World