I’m sorry to say I fat-fingered and deleted my original review, which I will summarize below, and which may seem terse due to its brevity.

The writing and rhetoric is emotionally charged, full of exclamation points, irrelevant arguments, and finger pointing. The audience is defined in an “us vs them” attitude—excluding people who also want freedom.

The book is lacking objective data and persuasive case studies. It needs better depth and breadth.

It would be nice if there was a disclaimer acknowledging this is mostly a first-world problem in context of places and people whose freedoms are severely curtailed or nonexistent.

The book does have chapters; however the ideas seem arbitrarily grouped into sections; and there’s no logical progression in the flow. Unfortunately, the book lacks a bibliography and footnotes, which I regard as essential components. It also lacks both an index and a glossary, which are nice but not absolutely essential.

I’d like to thank NetGalley for this ARC and also extend my best wishes to the author in developing this book further.

Interesting book on the dangers of AI. The author is a civil liberties lawyer and makes the case for limiting tech companies' access and use of our personal data. He is an advocate for General Data Protection Regulation. It was interesting to read something from the perspective of someone in Berlin, whereas most of my books are written by Americans. I didn't agree with everything he wrote and wish he had some sources for some of the items he stated as facts, but he made me think and to me that's the purpose of a book like this.

Note: I've downloaded a bunch of free, (mostly) random, pre-releases of books with the idea of expanding my range and helping authors get reviews. #netgalley