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The Reaction Economy

The LRB Podcast

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Is There a Politics Answer to the Power Surveillance Capitalism?

Sally Kohn: How can we become comfortable with our own freedom against the backdrop of surveillance capitalism? She says she doesn't have a simple policy answer, but has problem with excessive use of feedback mechanisms in everyday life. But there remains an aspect of humanity that evades all quantitative analysis and so what to do about it is not always easy or clear-cut according to her view.Kohn: I was interested in where might we instead start from to develop a theory of action.

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