The great political debate of the last century was about how much of our collective life should be determined by the state and what should be left to the market and civil society. In the future, the question will be how far our lives should be directed and controlled by powerful digital systems -and on what terms? Jamie Susskind argues that rapid and relentless innovation in a range of technologies - from artificial intelligence to virtual reality - will transform the way we live together. Certain technologies and platforms, and those who control them will gather data about human lives, filtering our perception of the world, choosing what we know, shaping what we think, affecting how we feel, and guiding how we act. Their algorithms will resolve vital questions of social justice, hierarchies of status, and the future of democracy. Future Politics challenges readers to rethink what it means to be free or equal, what it means for a political system to be just or democratic and proposes ways in which we can - and must - regain control.