S12E16 - How Surveillance Turns You Into a Puppet of the Internet
Published: October 3, 2025
Duration: 14:07
https://youtu.be/Xr9l6xSrM28
Platforms have one overriding goal: to keep us online as long as possible. And they’ve learned that nothing hooks us like outrage. But here's something many people don't realize: privacy and surveillance have everything to do with it. In this video I want to explore how surveillance is the key to polarization and how, ultimately, it's the engine that makes platform-driven polarization work.
00:00 We’re More Polarized Than Ever
00:27 Outrage
02:08 Manipulation
08:47 Targeting vs Filter Bubbles
10:05 What We Should Do
Privacy is our ally...