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Our Meganets Nightmare: David Auerbach on How Digital Forces Beyond Our Control Commandeer Our Daily Lives and Inner Realities

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In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to MEGANETS author David Auerbach on how digital forces beyond our control are commandeering our daily lives and inner realities.DAVID AUERBACH is a writer and software engineer who has worked for Google and Microsoft. His writing has ap­peared in The Times Literary Supplement, MIT Technology Review, The Nation, The Daily Beast, n+1, and Bookforum, among many other publications. He has lectured around the world on technology, literature, philosophy, and stupidity. He lives in New York City. His latest book is “MEGANETS:how digital forces beyond our control are commandeering our daily lives and inner realities” (2023)Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS N