The early twenty-first century has witnessed a revolution in the control of knowledge and information. Without pausing to consider the costs, we have allowed four titanic companies to become the most powerful gatekeepers the world has ever known. We store with Amazon, connect through Facebook, turn to Apple for entertainment, and rely on Google for information. But what do these companies really want, and what long-term effects will their monopolies have on our culture? As Franklin Foer convincingly argues in this brilliant pamphlet, they have created an unstable and narrow culture of misinformation. They have led us down a path to a world without private contemplation, autonomous thinking, or solitary introspection—a world without spirit. At stake is nothing less than who we are and what we will become. "World Without Mind" passionately and deeply informs the necessity of reclaiming our autonomy.