Users

In this astonishing book, Kidron somehow manages to explain everything, in a gripping and accessible way, about one of the biggest crises we face. It is a thrilling story of how democracies can respond to the world’s most powerful industry, told by the woman who is leading the charge. -- Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation In USERS, Kidron clearly makes the case: when profit depends on our attention, our division, and our dependence, harm is not a side effect – it is the strategy. Compelling and deeply human, Kidron brings the insider knowledge of a legislator and the storytelling instincts of a filmmaker to one of the most urgent crises of our time. -- Tristan Harris, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology Beeban Kidron has spent her life watching what Big Tech does to childhood. We fight the same battle: to change design choices that exploit and destroy our children, our truth, our democracies. Users is her reckoning and her roadmap: we must demand better – but only if we have the courage. Read it. Then join our fight! -- Maria Ressa, journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Beeban has been inspirational in galvanising the creative industries against Big Tech’s attempt to hijack our creative rights. This book will help us understand how high the stakes are and how we can fight back. -- Sir Elton John and David Furnish