In the twenty-first century the individual is more likely to disintegrate gently from within than to be brutally crushed from without. Today most corporations and governments pay homage to my individuality, and promise to provide medicine, education and entertainment customised to my unique needs and wishes. But in order to do so, corporations and

Around 2014–15 the U.S. National Security Agency deployed an AI system called Skynet that placed people on a “suspected terrorists” list based on the electronic patterns of their communications, writings, travel, and social media postings. According to one report, that AI system “engages in mass surveillance of Pakistan’s mobile phone network, and

This ferocity is well illustrated in surveillance capitalists’ determination to discourage, eliminate, or weaken any laws governing the rendition of biometric information, especially facial recognition.