Tech leaders openly claim broad social impact as developers’ mandate.

Evidence

Microsoft’s Nadella encouraged his developers: “Whether it’s precision medicine or precision agriculture, whether it’s digital media or the industrial internet, the opportunity for us as developers to have broad, deep impact on all parts of society and all parts of the economy has never been greater.” The vision that Nadella unveiled that day is emblematic of the wider surveillance capitalist template for our futures. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1295

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Tech CEOs publicly described total knowledge of users as their ambition — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1581; Tech companies promote personal openness because it drives their profits, not democracy — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 622

Broader Connections

• Tech CEOs publicly described total knowledge of users as their ambition #exemplifies (0.82) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1581
• Tech companies promote personal openness because it drives their profits, not democracy #complicates (0.75) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 622