Eric Schmidt

Why is the essential promise of technology and the alleviation of drudgery not enough?

A behind-the-scenes account of the most important company on the Internet, from grad-school all-nighters to extraordinary global power.

From Stanford to Silicon Valley, a small town in California spread tech’s gospel of data and control.

In 2002, still reeling from the dot-com crash, Google realized they’d been harvesting a very valuable raw material — your behavior.

By reengineering the economy and society to their own benefit, Google and Facebook are undermining personal freedom and corroding democracy.