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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism with Shoshana Zuboff

Mar 26, 2019 · 42m
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  • Shoshana Zuboff argues 'data is the new oil' framing misses how surveillance capitalism fundamentally restructured economy and consumer relationships
  • Surveillance capitalism involves companies collecting data to predict and modify human behavior rather than simply extracting value like resource extraction
  • Understanding and fighting surveillance capitalism requires recognizing how it differs from traditional capitalism and impacts individual autonomy

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Shoshana Zuboff
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