[CLSTR]
< Back to situations

Monitor this situation.

[SITUATION] · [QUIET] · [TECHNOLOGY]

2 clusters · 4 sources · 4 days · First seen · Last updated

Societal impacts of surveillance and automation

Overview

Discussions regarding the societal impact of technology have expanded from concerns over individual autonomy and digital surveillance to broader critiques of economic structures.

Initial concerns focused on how technological advancements, such as artificial intelligence and the Pegasus system, may facilitate social control and undermine human agency. Critics highlighted the role of the ‘attention economy’ in using algorithms to manipulate human attention and critical thinking.

Subsequent academic debates have integrated these concerns into the framework of ‘surveillance capitalism,’ examining how platforms extract value from human experience. Additionally, the conversation has shifted toward the relationship between automation and labor, with scholars arguing that employment crises are driven by the structural contradictions of modern capitalism, such as deindustrialization, rather than technological advancement alone.

Entities

Karl Marx · Cornell University · Shoshana Zuboff · Boitempo · Aaron Benanav

Timeline

  1. 10 days ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 2 sources
    Technology and capitalism debates focus on surveillance and automation

    Scholars are analyzing the rise of surveillance capitalism and the structural impacts of automation on the future of work and global economic stability.

  2. 14 days ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 2 sources
    Technology and digital surveillance threaten individual autonomy

    Discussions are rising regarding the impact of surveillance technology and algorithms on human autonomy, citing risks like the Pegasus spyware and the loss of critical thinking through digital control.

Sources

agenciacomunas.com.ar · blogdaboitempo.com.br · consciencia.net · noticiasdemalaga.es