"The tools of our information age-from search engines to data mining to smart appliances-grew directly out of conflicts from World War I to the present day. Explore how today's Information Society reflects a worldview shaped by a century of war"-- Provided by publisher.

Common carriers : from telegraphs to internet kill switches --Encryption: from Zimmerman to the monetized self -- Massive-scale computing : from depth bombs to deep learning -- The internet : from hydrogen bombs to 5G -- The World Wide Web : from CERN to facial recognition -- Dataism : from reducing noise to reducing people -- Propaganda : from influencing minds to manipulating brains -- Memory organizations : from weaponized librarianship to a digital dark age -- Media consolidation : from Steamboat Willie to Disney+ -- Trust : from Walter Cronkite to Saul Alinsky -- Certainty : from clockwork to complexity -- Pandemic : from the Spanish Flu to COVID-19 -- People : from empty campuses to open arms -- Technology : from Zoom bombs to the Shin Bet -- Sources : from swans in Venice to floods in New Orleans -- Policy : from a commodity to a public good.