Information civilization under surveillance capitalism may deplete human nature as industry depleted nature

Evidence

Just as industrial civilization flourished at the expense of nature and now threatens to cost us the Earth, an information civilization shaped by surveillance capitalism and its new instrumentarian power will thrive at the expense of human nature and will threaten to cost us our humanity. The industrial legacy of climate chaos fills us with dismay, remorse, and fear. As surveillance capitalism becomes the dominant form of information capitalism in our time, what fresh legacy of damage and regret will be mourned by future generations? — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 47

Categorization

• SEED: The climate-analogy framing is a strong angle for an essay comparing environmental externalities with behavioral-externalities of the data economy.
• XREF: connects to: Information civilization built on surveillance capitalism threatens to cost us our humanity. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1102; Industrial capitalism damaged nature where surveillance capitalism damages human nature. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1099; Surveillance capitalism aims to dominate human nature rather than external nature. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1633 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Surveillance capitalism aims to dominate human nature rather than external nature. #corroborates (0.85) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1633
• Surveillance capitalism threatens human sovereignty over life and authorship of experience #expands (0.75) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1650