The Power of Awareness: Overcoming Surveillance Capitalism
trinsic2
79 points
9 comments
July 20, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
two-sandwich
I am intrigued by the header, and it seems like this has some good points. However, I'm struggling to parse this content. There's a full image in between almost every sentence. In most cases, I don't find the image adds significantly to the point of the preceding or following sentence, so it just looks like filler for colour. I could put this into an AI but then what's the point of the article in the first place?
newsomix9xl
Awareness is not sufficient to overcome a well financed organized business enterprise. So, I disagree.
agnishom
Awareness is the first step, but very far from the final one. (I am sure the author knows this, but worth reiterating.) Surveillance Capitalism is fueled by large institutions with vast depths of wealth and implemented by world-class supercomputers and algorithms. Fighting surveillance capitalism by individual action is like fighting climate change by drinking through paper straws and bringing totebags to the supermarket.