Surveillance is a foundational mechanism in converting investment into profit.

Evidence

This new market form is a unique logic of accumulation in which surveillance is a foundational mechanism in the transformation of investment into profit. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 162

Categorization

• DEFINE: The book’s core definition of surveillance capitalism as a distinct logic of accumulation with surveillance as the foundational profit mechanism.
• XREF: connects to: Routine bodily self-monitoring has become a competitive, profit-generating infrastructure — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 25; Securitization couples financial risk management with surveillance and militarized security. — Max Haiven, Cultures of Financialization, 47; Walmart’s power operates through securitization linking financial risk management to surveillance — Max Haiven, Cultures of Financialization, 558 (+1 more)