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Jake and Phil discuss the implications of Jake's new book on disinformation and digital control in society.

Jake and Phil discuss Jake's new book, THE DISINFORMATION STATE, where he argues that the technological infrastructure we've built to make society safer and more rational has steadily replaced democratic freedoms with systems of digital control. To buy the book: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250363121/theinformationstate/

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