Instrumentarian society reduces individuals to collective herd-like existence with no exit

Evidence

CHAPTER SIXTEEN Of Life in the Hive I. Our Canaries in the Coal Mine II. The Hand and the Glove III. Proof of Life IV. The Next Human Nature V. Homing to the Herd VI. No Exit CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The Right to Sanctuary I. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1699

Categorization

• XREF: ‘Homing to the Herd’ and ‘No Exit’ resonate with Zamyatin’s We and Sartre’s No Exit as dystopian constraint narratives. — connects to: Treating humans as a swarm is the foundation of instrumentarian society. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1391; Instrumentarian society is a planned society enforcing total behavioral control — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1394; People affirm collective traits they lack to stay connected yet distinct. (+2 more)
• QUESTION: ‘Our Canaries in the Coal Mine’ suggests specific groups experience instrumentarian harms first — worth identifying.

Broader Connections

• Instrumentarian society is a planned society enforcing total behavioral control #expands (0.88) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1394
• Instrumentarian power does not require conformity or mass submission to norms #contradicts (0.85) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1203
• People affirm collective traits they lack to stay connected yet distinct. #complicates (0.72)