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LanternWaste

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3. I recently came across a term that startled me in its stark accuracy. 'Surveillance Capitalism'

Thu Nov 14, 2019, 04:53 PM

Nov 2019

"...a distributed and largely uncontested new expression of power which constitutes hidden mechanisms of extraction, commodification, and control that threatens core values such as freedom, democracy, and privacy"

(The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power ~ Shoshana Zuboff)

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Presidential hopeful Andrew Yang wants your data to be your property [View all] redqueen Nov 2019 OP

I agree with this. It's so simple so logical defacto7 Nov 2019 #1

Also, too good to be true for him to make happen. He'd be setting himself up for huge ancianita Nov 2019 #2

I agree. defacto7 Nov 2019 #4

That's the same argument used against so many ideas... redqueen Nov 2019 #6

I've myself have never made this point. It's just part of a larger argument I could make but won't. ancianita Nov 2019 #8

I recently came across a term that startled me in its stark accuracy. 'Surveillance Capitalism' LanternWaste Nov 2019 #3

Yep - it needs to be addressed and most lawmakers are way behind the curve redqueen Nov 2019 #7

I like to think I'm up-to-date on macro-concerns... LanternWaste Nov 2019 #9

This is a winning issue that Yang is uniquely qualified to address Politicub Nov 2019 #5