Matthew Ford’s War in the Age of the Smartphone is an essential companion for anyone seeking to understand the changing nature of conflict in the digital age. Just as World War II expanded modern conflict into “total war,” where civilians inevitably became legitimate targets, Ford drives home the reality that in the smartphone era nobody
Data isn’t going away. That much is clear. Short of a solar flare, societal collapse or extinction event, data will continue to underwrite the twenty-first century information economy.
Launched in 2007, this one device now makes it possible to record events, find work, manage teams, locate ourselves on the planet, upload our experiences to social media, get a mortgage, read the newspaper, order a taxi, rent a holiday home, buy almost anything and get it delivered to our front door.
