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My Take
Shoshana Zuboff strikes me as one of the most necessary thinkers of our moment. A Harvard Business School professor emerita, she gave us the vocabulary of surveillance capitalism, naming the quiet machinery that turns our online lives into someone else's raw material. What impresses me most is her range, moving fluently across economics, sociology and psychology to see a problem whole rather than in fragments. Her 2019 Axel Springer Award felt well deserved. I have deep respect for scholars who refuse to look away from the shadow side of convenience, and who insist we reckon with the price of the tools we love.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Shoshana Zuboff
- Name (Japanese)
- ショシャナ・ズボフ
- Reading
- しょしゃな・ずぼふ
- Born
- November 18, 1951 (age 74)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Rabbit
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- economist / sociologist / university teacher / psychologist / writer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Harvard University
Awards & achievements
- 2019 Axel Springer Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://shoshanazuboff.com/
- Xhttps://x.com/shoshanazuboff
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoshana%20Zuboff
Frequently asked questions
When was Shoshana Zuboff born?
Born November 18, 1951 (age 74).
What does Shoshana Zuboff do?
Shoshana Zuboff works as economist, sociologist, university teacher, psychologist, writer.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-21
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.