Social Capital, 9780008524234
Paperback
Ireland’s tech revolution: progress, power, and the human cost online.

Social Capital

life online in the shadow of ireland’s tech boom

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  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    17 August 2023

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Summary

Social Capital: Ireland’s Faustian Pact with Big Tech

A David and Goliath story about Ireland’s role as prime real estate for the world’s largest tech multinationals, and the considerable impact it has had on us as individuals.

At the start of the millennium, the Tech giants landed on Ireland’s shores. Dublin, once one of Europe’s poorest cities, became a beacon of Silicon Valley’s promise of progress and power. As the face of the capital was remade in the i…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780008524234
ISBN-10:0008524238
Author:Aoife Barry
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:HarperCollins
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:17 August 2023
Weight:360g
Dimensions:234mm x 153mm x 22mm
About The Author

Aoife Barry

Aoife Barry is assistant news editor and reporter at The Journal, one of Ireland’s most-read online news sites. Her work has also appeared in The Irish Times and The Irish Independent, and she has a regular slot on RTE Radio 1’s Today with Claire Byrne. She has been a contributor on Today FM’s The Last Word and TV3’s Tonight With Vincent Browne, and received a Justice Media Award for her reporting. This is her first book.

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