Datafied systems collapse social double contingency into single contingency.

Evidence

Hildebrandt (Smart Technologies, 15) expresses this as a shift from the normal “double contingency” of human social reality to a world driven by a “single contingency,” what systems and their drivers want. On the challenge through datafication to mutual expectations assumed by classical phenomenology, see Couldry and Kallinikos, “Ontology.” — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 1187

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces Hildebrandt’s distinction between ‘double contingency’ (reciprocal human expectation) and ‘single contingency’ (what systems want) — a named conceptual frame.
• XREF: The double-vs-single contingency distinction maps onto the surveillance school’s asymmetry-of-knowledge critique and the attention school’s manipulation framing. — connects to: Data processes create a new injustice that is simultaneously social and cognitive. — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 609; Saturated social systems collapse into absorbing black holes — Jean Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulation, 249

Broader Connections

• Saturated social systems collapse into absorbing black holes #expands (0.75) — Jean Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulation, 249