Elegantly tracing the intellectual history of computer science, Foer puts the DNA of the very idea of "tech" under the microscope. Google, Facebook, Apple, and Amazon, he argues, are breaking laws intended to protect intellectual property and privacy. This is not the path towards freedom and prosperity, but the total automation and homogenization of our social, political, and intellectual lives. Today's corporate giants want access to every facet of our identities and influence over every corner of our lives. Foer both indicts these companies, and shapes a path towards reining them in.

The valley is whole, the world is one -- The google theory of history -- Mark Zuckerberg's war on free will -- Jeff Bezos disrupts knowledge -- Keepers of the big gate in the sky -- Big tech's smoke-filled room -- The virality virus -- Death of the author -- In search of the angel of data -- The organic mind -- The paper rebellion.