Introduction : from landgrab to data grab. The four X's of colonialism ; Terms and conditions ; Raw materials ; Reading the present through a colonial lens ; Your guide to the book
A new colonialism. No capitalism without colonialism ; Data and the continuation of colonial violence by other means ; The colonial roots of AI ; The resilience of colonialism ; We need not be passive victims - Data territories. When society becomes territory ; New data relations mean new power relations ; Data, IA and the environment ; There's a data grab happening (very) near you ; Data territories and the transformation of work ; Global inequality, redux
Data's new civilising mission. The emperor's new 'civilising' clothes ; Civilising narrative #1 : everyone wants an easier life (aka data extraction as convenience) ; Civilising narrative #2 : this is how we connect! ; Civilising narrative #3 : AI is smarter than humans ; Why civilisational stories work
The new colonial class. The social quantification sector ; The big data harvesters ; The wider colonial class ; Serving the algorithmic state ; Data's lone adventurers ; We the consumers
Voices of defiance. Colonialism's witnesses ; No modernity without colonialism ; Warnings from an earlier computer age ; Imagining the battle to come ; Resources for resistance?
A playbook for resistance. Resistance is already here, and nothing can stop it ; Radically reimagining how we use data ; Introducing the playbook ; Play #1 : working within the system ; Play #2 : working against the system ; Play #3 : working beyond the system - Conclusion : and if we don't resist?
