{"version":"1.0","type":"link","provider_name":"Hardcover","provider_url":"https://hardcover.app","cache_age":86400,"title":"Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age","url":"https://hardcover.app/books/program-or-be-programmed","description":"\u0026quot;The debate over whether the Internet is good or bad for us fills the airwaves and the blogosphere. But for all the heat of claim and counter-claim, the argument is essentially beside the point: It\u0026#39;s here; it\u0026#39;s everywhere. The real question is, do we direct technology, or do we let ourselves be directed by it and those who have mastered it? \u0026#39;Choose the former,\u0026#39; writes Rushkoff, \u0026#39;and you gain access to the control panel of civilization. Choose the latter, and it could be the last real choice you get to make.\u0026#39;\u0026quot;--Back cover.","author_name":"Douglas Rushkoff","author_url":"https://hardcover.app/authors/douglas-rushkoff","thumbnail_url":"https://assets.hardcover.app/edition/30404964/aa256be4dbb625819bfa1d6c05aea10108784065.jpeg","thumbnail_width":351,"thumbnail_height":500}