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Re: Surveillance capitalism: the goal is to automate us

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On 2019-01-21, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jan 2019 14:09:23 +0100
> Dario Niedermann <dario@darioniedermann.it> wrote:
>
>> Nice article and interview with prof. Zuboff on surveillance capitalism:
>
>> A couple of extracts:
>> 
>> | These processes are meticulously designed to produce ignorance by
>> | circumventing individual awareness and thus eliminate any possibility
>> | of self-determination. As one data scientist explained to me, "We can
>> | engineer the context around a particular behaviour and force change
>> | that way [...]
>
>
> The article brings to mind the fact that essentially every company I do
> business with is eager to convince me to enroll in auto-bill pay
> systems, where they receive their money without the inconvenience of an
> actual consumer verifying the costs, rates, and charges being applied
> for the service.  My answer is a consistent "get fucked."  I read every
> bill and bitch loudly when it does not correspond to what I was
> expecting.

And, surprise, surprise, it's always wrong in their favour.


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Surveillance capitalism: the goal is to automate us Dario Niedermann <dario@darioniedermann.it> - 2019-01-21 14:09 +0100
  Re: Surveillance capitalism: the goal is to automate us RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2019-01-21 18:18 +0300
    Re: Surveillance capitalism: the goal is to automate us Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-01-21 16:50 +0000
      Re: Surveillance capitalism: the goal is to automate us RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2019-01-21 20:21 +0300
        Re: Surveillance capitalism: the goal is to automate us Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-01-21 17:37 +0000
          Re: Surveillance capitalism: the goal is to automate us The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2019-01-21 10:59 -0800
            Re: Surveillance capitalism: the goal is to automate us RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2019-01-22 17:05 +0300
            Re: Surveillance capitalism: the goal is to automate us Ronny Biggs <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2019-01-22 22:59 -0400
              Re: Surveillance capitalism: the goal is to automate us kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2019-01-22 23:06 -0500
                Re: Surveillance capitalism: the goal is to automate us Kerry Imming <kcimming@pobox.com> - 2019-01-23 12:16 -0600
                Re: Surveillance capitalism: the goal is to automate us Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-01-23 18:47 +0000
                Re: Surveillance capitalism: the goal is to automate us Filip454 <filip454.grupydyskusyjne@hotmail.com> - 2019-01-24 03:38 +0100
                Re: Surveillance capitalism: the goal is to automate us Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-01-24 09:52 +0000
                Re: Surveillance capitalism: the goal is to automate us Filip454 <filip454.grupydyskusyjne@hotmail.com> - 2019-01-24 03:41 +0100
              [OT] overpopulation Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net> - 2019-01-23 04:07 +0000
                Re: [OT] overpopulation gage@whereever.com - 2019-01-23 23:48 -0600
                Re: [OT] overpopulation gage@whereever.com - 2019-01-24 00:03 -0600
              Re: Surveillance capitalism: the goal is to automate us Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-01-23 10:21 +0000
                Re: Surveillance capitalism: the goal is to automate us Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-01-24 09:50 +0000
              Re: Surveillance capitalism: the goal is to automate us RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2019-01-23 21:25 +0300
                Re: Surveillance capitalism: the goal is to automate us Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-01-23 18:45 +0000
              Re: Surveillance capitalism: the goal is to automate us Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2019-01-23 21:36 -0400
                Re: Surveillance capitalism: the goal is to automate us Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-01-24 09:52 +0000
              Re: Surveillance capitalism: the goal is to automate us The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2019-01-23 20:48 -0800
      Re: Surveillance capitalism: the goal is to automate us Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2019-01-21 17:03 -0500

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