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episode 16: The Internet Was a Mistake: Surveillance Capitalism and the Public-Private Tech Panopticon
We are now living in the most watched society in history. Our every move is tracked, our conversations monitored, our purchases logged, every link we click is logged, but its okay because its not the government doing it right?
You Are Now Remotely Controlled -- Shoshana Zuboff
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/24/opinion/sunday/surveillance-capitalism.html?fbclid=IwAR0N6cbEaABSR2Yb7lEfLRjtWopZQu-bizbl2k7XaJFQOFfwcnV3riBJ7MI
Willing servants -- Richard Seymour
https://newhumanist.org.uk/5516/willing-servants?fbclid=IwAR3G7zXvBob940xv1ayY1ryPrAfU5Xf5ZU53J2I_bWCwLQ6V8IeUfW_YpEc
Communicative Capitalism and Class Struggle -- Jodi Dean
https://spheres-journal.org/contribution/communicative-capitalism-and-class-struggle/
When the social industry bans the people we hate -- Richard Seymour
https://www.patreon.com/posts/27523240?fbclid=IwAR3M5UICw48xJPlsTWW2at96G0LCjSd8lZ1BQUQ_XGqFfFZ-dIb893Twvas
Your Phone is Listening and it's Not Paranoia
https://www.vice.com/en/article/wjbzzy/your-phone-is-listening-and-its-not-paranoia?fbclid=IwAR1UWg7TOU8ocwC1PXYqpBOuVXC9teau250pEynsUPlhyfKGFXwPtXrXb9o
Music- Bauhaus- The Spy in the Cab