Surveillance capitalists’ social vision must be inferred from their operations.

Evidence

The only way to grasp the theory advanced in their applied utopistics is to reverse engineer their operations and scrutinize their meaning, as we have done throughout these chapters. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1293

Categorization

• QUESTION: What would a fuller, first-hand account of surveillance capitalists’ stated theories look like, if it exists at all?
• XREF: connects to: Surveillance capitalism feeds on the social transformations it causes — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1104; Surveillance capitalism operates through Big Other to engineer behavior rather than souls — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1196; Surveillance capitalism aims to produce guaranteed outcomes rather than impose behavioral norms — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 629 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Surveillance capitalism operates through Big Other to engineer behavior rather than souls #expands (0.85) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1196
• Surveillance capitalism aims to produce guaranteed outcomes rather than impose behavioral norms #expands (0.80) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 629
• Surveillance capitalism aims to author people rather than destroy them #expands (0.80) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1062
• Surveillance capitalism feeds on the social transformations it causes #expands (0.75) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1104
• Surveillance capitalism may realize Skinner’s utopia in service of profit #expands (0.75) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1188