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The New Flesh: Life and Death in the Data Economy
Author(s): Adam C. Jones (Author)
- Publisher: Zer0 Books
- Publication Date: November 26, 2024
- Language: English
- Print length: 112 pages
- ISBN-10: 1803416122
- ISBN-13: 9781803416120
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