Surveillance Capitalism - a podcast by Ryder Richards

In this episode Ryder discusses how ideas become pervasive. We accept that technology is progress, and the thing we created, now controls us under the guise of being essential or more efficient. And essentialism is at odds with human needs and society. 

Ryder walks through how online surveillance to enhance products also captured 'exhaust data' which tracked users behavior. Eventually google figured out how to capitalize on this data, turning it into a revenue stream, but at the cost of user security and consent. 

While many people claim not to care, Ryder maps out a few examples of how this path is leading to negative results and manipulation by Facebook, Tinder, Pokemon Go, and Walmart. He also discusses the tech and techniques developed and pioneered online being used by China to control citizens through social credit scores and facial recognition for tracking and abusing ethnic minorities. 

The Will to DIY website has references and sources: https://thewilltodiy.com/step-15-surveillance-capitalism/

2:18 Technology as the new religion: removing human agency for the sake of "progress"

5:00 Your tears were lost, but now they are found. And Google will use them to manipulate you. 

8:59 Control Corp's happy familteam loves their tracking devices!

13:27 "Lure Modules" via Pokemon Go: pre-determining your behavior 

15:49 "You really hurt your Uncle Walmart" the panopticon of time

19:30 China's social credit system: the "trustworthiness score"

 

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