Folks, for years: We have a problem called Surveillance Capitalism, it’s a systemic problem arising from socio-economic factors…
Ex-Googler: Hmm, this problem, very exotic… what shall I call it without criticising either surveillance or capitalism? Time well spent?
Folks: SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM! It’s the feedback loop between accumulation of information (surveillance) and accumulation of wealth (capitalism)
Ex-Googler: …human downgrading?
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https://www.wired.com/story/tristan-harris-tech-is-downgrading-humans-time-to-fight-back/
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@aral As an advocate to #TheVenusProject and #ResourceBasedEconomy, I do not like supporting capitalism and mass surveillance.
