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02320aam a2200313 i 4500 001 2032A1C2DABF11EEBE8532184BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240305010131 008 220831t20232023enk b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0861544579 020 $a 9780861544578 035 $a (OCoLC)1342621794 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d SINLB $d OCLCF $d UAB $d OCLCO $d NZKAP $d SILO 050 4 $a JC585 M556 2023 100 1 $a McCarthy-Jones, Simon, $d 1978- $e author. 245 10 $a Freethinking / $c Simon McCarthy-Jones. 246 14 $a Freethinking : $b protecting freedom of thought amidst the new battle for the mind 246 3 $a Free thinking 264 1 $a London : $b Oneworld Publications, $c 2023. 300 $a xi, 403 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a Big Brother is watching us...and mind control is, in a real sense, a reality. What are we going to do about it? When one of his articles goes viral, Simon McCarthy-Jones finds himself, at all hours of the day and night, having the thought 'check Facebook'. But was it really his thought? How often do you think of something, only for your computer spookily to feed you just the right ad. Or Google a 'unique' question, only for autocomplete to get there well ahead. In Free Thinking, psychologist Simon McCarthy-Jones unpicks the research into how our minds work and how it's being used to manipulate us for corporate profit. He investigates what is meant by freedom of thought -- a human right frequently invoked, but rarely defined. In the face of radically advanced surveillance and mental manipulation, McCarthy-Jones shows that there are solutions: many of the sources of threats to our minds -- psychology, technology and government -- can also offer us new ways to protect our freedom of thought. We can structure society to support free thought, finding a way for science and technology, coupled with social and political will and supported by the law, to liberate and enhance our ability to think freely. 650 0 $a Intellectual freedom. 650 0 $a Freedom of information. 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9780861544585 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240717023652.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2032A1C2DABF11EEBE8532184BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search