By the way: confounded's comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16641777 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16641777 over in https://news.ycombinator.

By the way: confounded's comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16641777 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16641777 over in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16640437 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16640437 ("Big Other: Surveillance Capitalism and Prospects of an Information Civilization") is well worth reading and keeping in mind in this context.