pros: definitely some important topics! some parts that felt compelling and well-written, definitely thoughtfully researched.

cons: felt way longer than necessary. sometimes repetitive. more anti-surveillance than anti-capitalism, which was often very bizarre because zuboff would write things that came off as pro-capitalism or capitalism-neutral?? (I don’t know how one could read marx and the dozens of others she mentions without. yknow. becoming an anticapitalist.) i think it would’ve been a stronger book, too, if it’d delved more into the PIC and MIC as enablers and profiteers of surveillance, rather than focusing entirely on tech companies.