{"title":"Julian Assange","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore the intriguing world of Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, through this captivating selection of books. Known for his profound impact on journalism, politics, and the digital age, Assange offers unique insights into the rapidly evolving landscapes of technology and information freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eCypherpunks\u003c\/em\u003e, Assange dives into the complex relationship between privacy and digital technology, offering an essential exploration of how personal liberties are being reshaped in the internet era. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the crossroads of computing and civil rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJulian Assange In His Own Words\u003c\/em\u003e provides a rare glimpse into the mind of one of the most controversial figures of our time. Through personal reflections and interviews, readers can engage with Assange's thoughts on transparency, politics, and the power of information.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen digital pioneer and author Assange meets the tech giant in \u003cem\u003eWhen Google Met WikiLeaks\u003c\/em\u003e, a compelling narrative unfolds. This book captures the conversation between Assange and Google CEO Eric Schmidt, tackling topics at the intersection of technology, privacy, and the future of the internet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhether your interest lies in computing, philosophy, or the psychology behind the digital age, these books by Julian Assange provide valuable perspectives and thought-provoking content for seekers of knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"cypherpunks-by-julian-assange-9781944869083","title":"Cypherpunks","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCypherpunks are activists who advocate the widespread use of strong cryptography (writing in code) as a route to progressive change. Julian Assange, the editor-in-chief of and visionary behind WikiLeaks, has been a leading voice in the cypherpunk movement since its inception in the 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow, in what is sure to be a wave-making new book, Assange brings together a small group of cutting-edge thinkers and activists from the front line of the battle for cyber-space to discuss whether electronic communications will emancipate or enslave us. Among the topics addressed are: Do Facebook and Google constitute \"the greatest surveillance machine that ever existed,\" perpetually tracking our location, our contacts, and our lives? Far from being victims of that surveillance, are most of us willing collaborators?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAre there legitimate forms of surveillance, for instance in relation to the \"Four Horsemen of the Infopocalypse\" (money laundering, drugs, terrorism, and pornography)? And do we have the ability, through conscious action and technological savvy, to resist this tide and secure a world where freedom is something which the Internet helps bring about?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe harassment of WikiLeaks and other Internet activists, together with attempts to introduce anti-file sharing legislation such as SOPA and ACTA, indicate that the politics of the Internet have reached a crossroads. In one direction lies a future that guarantees, in the watchwords of the cypherpunks, \"privacy for the weak and transparency for the powerful\"; in the other lies an Internet that allows government and large corporations to discover ever more about internet users while hiding their own activities. Assange and his co-discussants unpick the complex issues surrounding this crucial choice with clarity and engaging enthusiasm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46816702365932,"sku":"9781944869083","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/12415633482880.jpg?v=1757851071"},{"product_id":"when-google-met-wikileaks-by-julian-assange-9781944869113","title":"When Google Met WikiLeaks","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn June 2011, Julian Assange received an unusual visitor: the chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, arrived from America at Ellingham Hall, the country residence in Norfolk, England, where Assange was living under house arrest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor several hours, the besieged leader of the world's most famous insurgent publishing organisation and the billionaire head of the world's largest information empire locked horns. The two men debated the political problems faced by society and the technological solutions engendered by the global network—from the Arab Spring to Bitcoin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey outlined radically opposing perspectives: for Assange, the liberating power of the Internet is based on its freedom and statelessness. For Schmidt, emancipation is at one with US foreign policy objectives and is driven by connecting non-Western countries to American companies and markets. These differences embodied a tug-of-war over the Internet's future that has only gathered force subsequently.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen Google Met WikiLeaks\u003c\/em\u003e presents the story of Assange and Schmidt's encounter. Both fascinating and alarming, it contains an edited transcript of their conversation and extensive, new material, written by Assange specifically for this book, providing the best available summary of his vision for the future of the Internet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46817202176236,"sku":"9781944869113","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/12415933482880.jpg?v=1757886066"},{"product_id":"julian-assange-in-his-own-words-by-julian-assange-9781682192634","title":"Julian Assange In His Own Words","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe WikiLeaks publisher and free speech campaigner Julian Assange has, since April 2019, been remanded at a maximum security prison in London facing extradition to the United States over WikiLeaks' groundbreaking 2010 publications. Now, in this crisp anthology, Assange's voice emerges—erudite, analytic, and prophetic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJulian Assange In His Own Words\u003c\/em\u003e provides a highly accessible survey of Assange's philosophy and politics, conveying his views on how governments, corporations, intelligence agencies, and the media function. As well as addressing the significance of the vast trove of leaked documents published by WikiLeaks, Assange draws on a polymathic intelligence to range freely over quantum physics, Greek mythology, macroeconomics, modern literature, and empires old and new.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on his insights as the world's most famous free speech activist, Assange invites us to ask further questions about how power operates in a world increasingly dominated by a ubiquitous internet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAssange may be gagged, but in these pages, his words run free, providing both an exhortation to fight for a better world and an inspiration when doing so.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000658641132,"sku":"9781682192634","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/25715403482786.jpg?v=1763294620"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/julian-assange.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}