So if you want an accessible introduction to #SurveillanceCapitalism, watch Parks and Recreation Season 7 Episode 5: Gryzzlbox

I’m amazed. Whoever wrote that was spot on.

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@aral have you read Shoshana Zuboff's book, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism? I heard about it on NPR and just ordered a copy.

@hinton I’ve skimmed it ;) Shoshana (who coined the term) and I differ on our exact definition of it (I don’t see it as a corruption of capitalism but as the natural evolution of it). The main problem, as far as I’m concerned is capitalism. Surveillance Capitalism is a useful way of identifying an element of it that is unique to the digital network era (maybe even not that: surveillance in other forms has always been part of capitalism to some degree.)

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