{"id":2624,"date":"2026-07-20T20:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T20:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futurenews24.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/20\/overcoming-surveillance-capitalism-with-awareness\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T00:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T00:59:13","slug":"overcoming-surveillance-capitalism-with-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futurenews24.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/20\/overcoming-surveillance-capitalism-with-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"The Energy of Consciousness: Overcoming Surveillance Capitalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<h2 id=\"presentation-summary\">Presentation Abstract<\/h2>\n<p>It is a personally pushed group presentation from my work expertise on the results of present types of expertise.  In it, I argue that huge gamers like Google and Fb construct predictive profiles which can be then bought to advertisers who then try to affect particular person conduct for industrial\/political acquire.  These enterprise fashions have quietly reshaped society with out public information or consent.   Surveillance Capitalism will not be an inevitable characteristic of contemporary life, however a selected and correctable state of affairs,  one which requires knowledgeable and protracted civic engagement to reverse.<\/p>\n<p>Vistor\u2019s Notice: I introduced this in individual right here in my space in July of 2026. I additionally plan to host a zoom presentation of this materials. See the underside of this web page for hyperlinks to the fabric and to join any future zoom or in individual shows. You&#8217;re free to obtain and use this materials to convey consciousness to the dangerous results of Surveillance Capitalism. I do ask that you just attribute me as the unique creator.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/whatyoubecomedependsonovercome.jpg\" alt=\"whatyoubecomedependsonovercome.jpg Image\"\/><br \/>\nA lot of this presentation is about barely altering our pondering. How we predict can have a huge impact on what we want to see on the earth.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/hannah-arendt.jpg\" alt=\"hannah-arendt.jpg Image\"\/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It has regularly been seen that the surest long-term results of brainwashing is a peculiar type of cynicism &#8211; an absolute refusal to consider within the fact of something<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hannah Arendt<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Why did I embrace this quote?I see divisiveness of not eager to consider in something.Can we agree that the world wants therapeutic proper now?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>[!Warning]<br \/>\nIn my try to make the argument that unrestricted surveillance capitalism can be utilized as a instrument to usher in a motion of Authoritarianism, a few of this materials is perhaps psychologically disturbing.<br \/>\nUnderneath the appropriate circumstances, just like the circumstances we&#8217;re seeing as we speak, damaging focus of energy can occur in any political celebration, although it might tackle totally different types.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 id=\"who-am-i\">Who Am I<\/h2>\n<p>I\u2019m Scott Larson. I&#8217;m a pc skilled who has been serving Santa Rosa and the encompassing areas.<br \/>\nI began serving to folks with pc expertise independently in 2007.<br \/>\nI write about the advantages and weaknesses of varied types of expertise and its philosophical underpinnings.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"my-story\">My Story<\/h2>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/hip-hop-is-read-blog-secret-meeting.png\" alt=\"The Secret Meeting that Changed Rap Music and Destroyed a Generation\"\/><br \/>\n  The Secret Assembly that Modified Rap Music and Destroyed a Era\n<\/div>\n<p>About 20 years in the past, I learn an article from a Hip Hop blogger that acquired an nameless letter a few clandestine assembly between music business executives and promoters.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/prison-pipeline.jpg\" alt=\"prison-pipeline.jpg Image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The creator of the letter was thrown out of the assembly for expressing hostility to a plan of artificially elevating gangster rap over different hip-hop music with the purpose of making a jail pipeline that among the high music execs we\u2019re invested in.<\/p>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/urban-myth-music-industry-private-prisons.png\" alt=\"Article headline about record labels actively recruiting Black men with criminal records to record rap\"\/><br \/>\n  Article headline about file labels actively recruiting Black males with prison data to file rap\n<\/div>\n<p>Now, this story is generally thought-about an city delusion. However when you take a look at the historical past of the personal jail system, there are similarities to that timeline of occasions.<\/p>\n<p>![rap conspiracy hot take reddit comment.png Image](\/img\/shows\/sur-cap\/rap conspiracy scorching take reddit remark.png)<br \/>\nReddit remark in regards to the \u201cSecret Assembly\u201d story<\/p>\n<p>This Reddit commentor in 2019 agreed that one thing was off throughout that point interval. Different commentors from that point inform the same story.<\/p>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/Queensryche-OpMindCrime-Guns.jpg\" alt=\"Queensryche Operation Mindcrime Music Video\"\/><br \/>\n  Queensryche Operation Mindcrime Music Video\n<\/div>\n<p> my troubled younger grownup years, this Rap Music story jogs my memory of the music that influenced me. I ponder if my understanding of the world was formed by the music I listened to.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/imagine.jpg\" alt=\"imagine.jpg Image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Presentation Analysis: Music as a generational solution to specific the difficulties of our time. As an apart, are we missing political music in our present period?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/profiling-crowd-screenshot.resized.png\" alt=\"profiling-crowd-screenshot.resized.png Image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This story, true or not, jogs my memory of what&#8217;s occurring with the pervasive elements of expertise.  All the time-online techniques and companies collect information, and this information is slowly used to form society with out our information or consent.<\/p>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/watergate-news-clippings1.jpg\" alt=\"The Watergate Scandal\"\/><br \/>\n  The Watergate Scandal\n<\/div>\n<p>March 1971: Daniel Ellsberg, launched the Pentagon Papers. Nixon used his place to go after him and canopy it up. Nixon resigned after public stress.<\/p>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/trump-greenland-quote.jpeg\" alt=\"News Photo: Trump on Greenland\"\/><br \/>\n  Information Photograph: Trump on Greenland\n<\/div>\n<p>NOW: Now we have an administration that, so far as I can inform, is working unlawfully  with full impunity. And neither celebration in congress is keen to cease it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/they-live-70-social-movement.jpg\" alt=\"they-live-70-social-movement.jpg Image\"\/><br \/>\nTake into consideration the place we\u2019re are proper now\u2026to the place we have been fifty years in the past.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/americandream.jpg\" alt=\"americandream.jpg Image\"\/><br \/>\nConsumerism has slowly taken over our lifestyle. Now we&#8217;re confronted with an Authoritarian political and monetary system that works collectively to disenfranchise its personal folks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/authoritarianism-road.jpg\" alt=\"authoritarianism-road.jpg Image\"\/><br \/>\nConsumerism has been impacting society slowly over time for the final 50 years. With our restricted understanding of how this information is used, we&#8217;ve been largely driving down this highway unaware.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"ethics-of-technology\">Ethics of expertise<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/responsibility.jpg\" alt=\"responsibility.jpg Image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ethics of expertise pertains to:<\/p>\n<p>{Hardware}\/Software program Design Influence: How our decisions and conduct turn out to be effected by the design and implementation of expertise (Is expertise being designed to forestall selection?).<br \/>\nHuman-technology relations Influence:How expertise impacts social relationships (Instance: are there surveillance elements of expertise that trigger a concern of talking out?)<\/p>\n<p>In my occupation I:<\/p>\n<p>Carry out danger assessments of expertise: After I discover dangerous options I like to recommend competing options, or present a report back to my prospects on my considerations<br \/>\nObserve how expertise shapes human conduct: I write about how dangerous expertise impacts tradition and human company<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/terminology.jpg\" alt=\"terminology.jpg Image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>First-party = corporations like Google or Amazon that supply influence-related companies to organizations that wish to promote to customers (You)<br \/>\nSecond-party = Advertisers, or any establishment that pays a First-party to assemble information for revenue<br \/>\nThird-party = Shoppers<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"why-am-i-doing-this\">Why am I doing this?<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/why.png\" alt=\"why.png Image\"\/><br \/>\n(good query, LoL JK)<\/p>\n<p>Freedom:  I like being free to resolve what I wish to see on my pc; by extension, I need my prospects to even have that selection (At the moment that\u2019s not the case)<\/p>\n<p>Duty: I need expertise to be designed round rules that advantages humanity, not destroys it. I need society to have a say in how our expertise progresses<\/p>\n<p>I care about my daughter\u2019s future: I wish to do one thing about this for the longer term era.<\/p>\n<p>Making my life tougher: It\u2019s tougher to help my prospects\u2019 goals when expertise is designed particularly to obscure option to push folks into dangerous\/unwelcome services afterward if you end up unaware<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"i-have-been-noticing-trends\">I&#8217;ve been noticing tendencies<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/trend-alert.jpg\" alt=\"trend-alert.jpg Image\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/Enshitification.jpg\" alt=\"Enshitification.jpg Image\"\/><br \/>\nEnshitification occurs when the client turns into the product. When consideration and data is bought as a product the person expertise morphs from one thing helpful to one thing exploitative.<\/p>\n<p>Pattern 1: You&#8217;re now not the client (Despite the fact that by all appearances it appears to be like that manner)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/Oligopoly.jpg\" alt=\"Oligopoly.jpg Image\"\/><br \/>\nPredatory pricing is an unlawful antitrust enterprise technique the place a agency intentionally units its costs extraordinarily low, usually at a loss, to drive current rivals out of the market or deter new entrants<\/p>\n<p>Pattern 2:  Many trendy gadgets are designed with information seize capabilities. This allows producers to function at a loss harming small companies who develop protected competing applied sciences.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/commodification.png\" alt=\"commodification.png Image\"\/><br \/>\nPattern 3: These data-capturing skills can be utilized to elicit reactions inflicting divisiveness with the purpose of commodifying our consideration<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/Dark-Pattern-Win11-Free-Uprade.png\" alt=\"Dark-Pattern-Win11-Free-Uprade.png Image\"\/><br \/>\nPattern 3 Instance: We spend vitality combating undesirable options and processes, with these processes getting used as data-gathering factors of reference to resolve how a lot an individual will tolerate<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-i-dont-like-about-modern-technologies\">What I don\u2019t like about trendy applied sciences<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/old-man-cloud-HD.jpg\" alt=\"old-man-cloud-HD.jpg Image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Good applied sciences: Many are designed to steal consideration, cut back our potential to grasp relationships between our expertise, one another, and the world<br \/>\nFirms are utilizing adversarial incentives in {hardware} design to mine information from personal life realizing that it degrades society<br \/>\nThese consideration stealing strategies stay hidden behind Finish Consumer License Agreements(Client Impacting) and Non-Disclosure Contracts(Minimizes Whistle blowing). Makes figuring out motives troublesome.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-is-surveillance-capitalism\">What&#8217;s Surveillance Capitalism?<\/h2>\n<p>A enterprise mannequin that mines behavioral information to be packaged into \u201cprediction merchandise\u201d. This information ultimately results in the palms of business predators to affect society for industrial acquire.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"key-aspects-of-surveillance-capitalism\">Key Elements of Surveillance Capitalism<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/SurCap-Path.png\" alt=\"SurCap-Path.png Image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Behavioral Prediction:\u00a0Firms like Google and Fb gather behavioral metadata from exercise on-line.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/fingerprinting1.jpg\" alt=\"fingerprinting1.jpg Image\"\/><br \/>\nSpecializing in patterns that reveal details about a person\u2019s habits which is then used later to finger print people. The purpose is to foretell future decisions and behaviors.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/Behavior-Modification.jpg\" alt=\"Behavior-Modification.jpg Image\"\/><br \/>\nBehavioral Modification: Past predicting, this mannequin usually seeks to nudge or modify person conduct for industrial acquire, akin to driving customers to particular places or merchandise. (Minor Instance)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/ubiquitous-surveillance.jpg\" alt=\"ubiquitous-surveillance.jpg Image\"\/><br \/>\nUbiquitous Surveillance: Knowledge is harvested not simply from on-line searches, however from smartphones, good residence gadgets, and wearables.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/corporate-crime.jpg\" alt=\"corporate-crime.jpg Image\"\/><br \/>\nDeliberate Non-Transparency: Sometimes companies will cover this criminality by not disclosing how their merchandise collect information, leaving customers in the dead of night. As soon as the harm is finished it\u2019s subsequent to unattainable to acquire treatment.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/election-manipulation.jpg\" alt=\"election-manipulation.jpg Image\"\/><br \/>\nExamples of harm vary from unhealthy actors utilizing bought information to rip-off victims, to steering election outcomes by gaming social media.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/American_corporate_flag.jpg\" alt=\"American_corporate_flag.jpg Image\"\/><br \/>\nSurveillance Capitalism is commonly described as an \u201cinformation coup\u201d undermining private privateness and doubtlessly threatening democratic values by favoring monetary pursuits over particular person autonomy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"digital-breadcrumbsmetadata\">Digital Breadcrumbs\/Metadata<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/digital-footprint.jpg\" alt=\"digital-footprint.jpg Image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>These techniques don\u2019t essentially seize your private data, like identify and telephone quantity, to trace you (which is how they get round most privateness legal guidelines).<br \/>\nAs a substitute, they construct profiles primarily based in your conduct patterns and use that as a fingerprint to interact with you if you end up interacting with any of those services or products.<\/p>\n<p>Well-known instance: It was discovered that a young person bought being pregnant merchandise across the starting of her second trimester.<\/p>\n<p>A prediction mannequin was used to construct a profile of her being pregnant. That system was used to mail maternity associated commercials earlier than she informed her household she was pregnant.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"current-applications-of-this-technology\">Present functions of this expertise<\/h3>\n<p>Value Subsides:  Advertising to highly effective promoting corporations is among the methods prices are sponsored to the patron. Many merchandise are constructed and deployed by any firm wishing to know extra about their prospects which is why the price of many applied sciences over time are more and more bought at a loss.<\/p>\n<p>Dangerous: Creates synthetic pricing decreases which has the alternative impact of constructing competing product costs larger, consolidating energy amongst unhealthy actors available in the market.<\/p>\n<p>The first focus of designing dangerous merchandise is to extend the categories and quantities of knowledge gathering inputs<\/p>\n<p>Dangerous: Merchandise will not be designed particularly together with your pursuits in thoughts. This will increase the chance that merchandise are designed towards your needs or wants, A characteristic is perhaps taken away after the acquisition, lowering your freedom and management over the services you buy.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"benefits-of-this-technology\">Advantages of this Expertise<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/driving-directions.jpg\" alt=\"driving-directions.jpg Image\"\/><br \/>\nThere are some good negative effects of those practices: A great instance of a attainable commerce off is driving instructions. Mapping service use cell phones to gauge site visitors jams and offering various routes.<\/p>\n<p>However many of those dangerous practices contain promoting metadata to advertisers, devaluing buying energy and negatively impacting company.<\/p>\n<p>In the long term, when profiles of every buyer are created to trace future habits, these profiles can be utilized to remove the ability of society. When the product focus is on enhancing the flexibility to extract data from society relatively than creating new merchandise that enhance society, we&#8217;re all harmed.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"closing-thoughts-awareness-and-empowerment\">Closing Ideas (Consciousness and Empowerment)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/democracy-being-destroyed.jpeg\" alt=\"democracy-being-destroyed.jpeg Image\"\/><br \/>\nExcept we&#8217;ve actual illustration in our authorities. Firms don\u2019t have vested curiosity in defending privateness.<\/p>\n<p>Your conduct turns into the useful resource for first-party corporations to design democracy-harming merchandise and maintain efforts in the dead of night about the way it shapes our society.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/like-code.jpg\" alt=\"like-code.jpg Image\"\/><br \/>\nWith the appropriate details about conduct, first-party corporations can promote their prediction merchandise to governments and political candidates to destabilize on-line discourse and steer elections.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/dark-tunnel.jpg\" alt=\"dark-tunnel.jpg Image\"\/><br \/>\nAs a result of these corporations don\u2019t share what they&#8217;re doing with this information or how they&#8217;re creating these merchandise, it takes errors from these unhealthy actors to find out how this expertise progresses over time.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/Cambridge-Analytica.jpg\" alt=\"Cambridge-Analytica.jpg Image\"\/><br \/>\nIf you wish to perceive how democracy will be formed in a dangerous manner over time, see the Fb\u2013Cambridge Analytica information scandal within the pamphlet for extra details about this 2012 information breach.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"what-we-can-do\">What we will do<\/h3>\n<h4 id=\"behavioral-awareness\">Behavioral Consciousness<\/h4>\n<p>Finally, these harms are caused by our cultural pathologies. Listed here are some psychological profiles that I feel maintain these issues going.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>[!note]<br \/>\nMany of those profiles are cultural issues. They don&#8217;t seem to be simple to resolve. However by altering our conduct, little by little, on a person degree, we will slowly shift the stability.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>See the Pamphlet for extra data on these matters.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/divisive.jpeg\" alt=\"divisive.jpeg Image\"\/><br \/>\nExternalizing Duty: Refuse accountable different folks, events or techniques.  Settle for duty for our half in the issue by means of our actions or inactions.<\/p>\n<p>Social Norms Acquiescence: Going together with cultural norms that put you in a divisive place of being proper and others being flawed, to dominate an individual or state of affairs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/it-is-a-war.png\" alt=\"it-is-a-war.png Image\"\/><br \/>\nSentimental Habits Indulgence: Feeding off of shock emotionally as a solution to really feel like one thing is being performed, whereas outwardly doing nothing to lower the extent of hurt.<\/p>\n<p>Motion may look totally different for every particular person. All of us come from totally different walks of life and have totally different talent units.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/age-verification-politics.jpg\" alt=\"age-verification-politics.jpg Image\"\/><br \/>\nResponding to Nationwide or Regional requires security: Calls to help initiatives, or payments to extend safety on the expense of freedom, make us much less protected.  Buying and selling safety for freedom reduces our potential to behave.<\/p>\n<p>Giving freely our energy to behave over to folks or establishments that will have agendas that run opposite to our personal won&#8217;t be in the most effective pursuits of a free society<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"exercise-choice\">Train Alternative<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/illustration-muscle-work-leader.png\" alt=\"illustration-muscle-work-leader.png Image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a agency believer that the instruments we use form how we relate to the world.<br \/>\nWe will resolve to stay with instruments that circumvent our will to behave, or strive one thing new and empowering.<\/p>\n<p>A kind of instruments is the software program that runs in your pc known as the Working System.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/operating-system.jpg\" alt=\"operating-system.jpg Image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>At the moment, the Microsoft Home windows Working System has a monopoly on the PC market, however that\u2019s altering. Open Supply, Free software program (as in Freedom-generating) like Linux has come a great distance.<br \/>\nThe Linux Working System works like Home windows or MacOS, with out all of the junk. Its designed from user-centered and selection perspective.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/co-pilot.jpg\" alt=\"co-pilot.jpg Image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Just lately, Microsoft and Apple have been designing new variations of Home windows and MacOS with AI options.<br \/>\nIn my expertise, the way in which these AI options are designed and forcibly deployed take away person management.<\/p>\n<p>Sure applied sciences pushed by AI enhance many elements of our lives, particularly within the medical business.<\/p>\n<p>However with out transparency, we don\u2019t have a say in how these applied sciences influence our lives.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"awareness\">Consciousness<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/awaremess.jpg\" alt=\"awaremess.jpg Image\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/social-engineering.jpg\" alt=\"social-engineering.jpg Image\"\/><br \/>\nOur psychological blind spots can usually forestall us from seeing an issue. We don\u2019t wish to consider our lives are exploitable.<\/p>\n<p>The organizations that interact in harvesting information often have incentives to function in the dead of night regardless of our lack of ability to see what\u2019s proper in entrance of us, to maintain the cash flowing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/fight-the-power.jpg\" alt=\"fight-the-power.jpg Image\"\/><br \/>\nData is energy: Voicing our considerations with others is highly effective. I encourage every of us to not purchase into the politically right perception that we will\u2019t discuss these necessary matters with each other.<\/p>\n<p>The view that every part is a political ideology is pushed onto society to maintain us divided and prevents our potential to arrange.<\/p>\n<p>On the similar time, discourse needs to be respectful. Having beliefs doesn\u2019t make it proper to imagine we&#8217;ve all of the solutions and impose them on others. We have to hear to one another with curiosity, relatively than wanting to vary one another\u2019s viewpoints.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/Democracy-Is-Not-For-Sale.jpg\" alt=\"Democracy-Is-Not-For-Sale.jpg Image\"\/><br \/>\nTo correctly maintain these corporations accountable and steer them in the appropriate path, we want a stronger give attention to ending Residents United, and we want lively enforcement of antitrust legal guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>See the pamphlet for extra data on organizations you&#8217;ll be able to help to assist make these initiatives occur.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/gardening.resized.jpg\" alt=\"gardening.resized.jpg Image\"\/><br \/>\nIt\u2019s been my expertise that persistence in supporting a greater world, by means of motion, will ultimately yield outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>We will\u2019t depend on authorities initiatives to try this for us, particularly now; we every want to speculate time in making the world a greater place if we wish to see enhancements.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"conclusion\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>Knowledge gathering is a fancy downside as a result of we obtain many advantages from these applied sciences in society.<br \/>\nWith the current lawlessness in our political and company establishments, I\u2019m beginning to marvel if the advantages are well worth the trade-offs.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re focused on studying extra about gaining Freedom with the expertise you utilize, please scan the QR code on the pamphlet, and I can maintain you updated on future occasions.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"reflections-and-questions\">Reflections and Questions<\/h2>\n<p>How does this make you&#8217;re feeling?<\/p>\n<p>In the event you can replicate on how you&#8217;re feeling about this, we&#8217;re already making progress.<\/p>\n<p>What are some issues this tech may be capable to predict about you?<\/p>\n<p>If we don\u2019t prefer it, what sorts of life adjustments have to occur?<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t an inevitable extension of Capitalism, however a selected mutation that requires our voice to form it.<\/p>\n<p>By: Scott Larson<br \/>\nDate: 2026-04-03<\/p>\n<p>Welcome and thanks for displaying up for this occasion!<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>[! hint]<\/p>\n<p>You should use the bottom of the pamphlet to jot down down questions<br \/>\nThe Presentation ought to take round an hour to finish<br \/>\nThere will likely be about 40 minutes on the finish of the presentation for questions<br \/>\nThe presentation slides and the pamphlet will likely be accessible on my web site after the presentation.  Use the QR code on the backside of the presentation to make use of the shape get on my mailing for the hyperlinks to the supplies and notifications about future occasions. I\u2019ll be internet hosting a zoom presentation of this materials within the close to future so in case you are focused on attending once more on-line or know people who is perhaps  ship them a hyperlink to the shape.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 id=\"outline\">Define<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"introduction\">Introduction<\/h3>\n<h3 id=\"who-am-i-1\">Who am I<\/h3>\n<h3 id=\"my-story-1\">My Story<\/h3>\n<h3 id=\"philosophy-of-technology\">Philosophy of Expertise<\/h3>\n<h3 id=\"why-am-i-doing-this-1\">Why am I doing this?<\/h3>\n<h3 id=\"what-i-dont-like-about-modern-technologies-1\">What I don\u2019t like about trendy applied sciences<\/h3>\n<h3 id=\"what-is-surveillance-capitalism-1\">What&#8217;s Surveillance Capitalism?<\/h3>\n<h3 id=\"closing-thoughts-awareness-and-empowerment-1\">Closing Ideas (Consciousness and Empowerment)<\/h3>\n<h3 id=\"conclusion-1\">Conclusion<\/h3>\n<h3 id=\"reflections-and-questions-1\">Reflections and Questions<\/h3>\n<h2 id=\"synopsis\">Synopsis<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m a pc skilled who has been serving Santa Rosa and the encompassing areas since 2007. I&#8217;ve expertise in investigative {hardware}\/software program problem-solving and in writing in regards to the  advantages and harms of expertise.<\/p>\n<p>2026 goes to be a troublesome time. Political and social divisiveness is at an all-time excessive. On this presentation, I discover the pervasiveness of sure client merchandise, specializing in the moral and political ramifications of those merchandise being designed and deployed as a profit whereas, on the similar time, secretly getting used to counterpoint capitalists and by extension, its companions on the costly of society.<\/p>\n<p>To assist us by means of this yr and to enhance our democracy, I advocate for enhancing schooling in social and political consciousness by drawing on elements of consciousness that promote self-determination, encouraging folks to make knowledgeable decisions in troublesome conditions relatively than accepting what&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"summary\">Abstract<\/h2>\n<p>This presentation is a primer on the hostile results of Surveillance Capitalism.<br \/>\nSurveillance Capitalism is a system or a set of applied sciences that intention to glean data from society to revenue from particular person conduct. Having these techniques in place reduces freedom in our society and is a trademark of Authoritarianism.<\/p>\n<p>With out consciousness and motion, all types of law-abiding behaviors, like protests, are criminalized by governments and companies that work collectively to deploy surveillance applied sciences in an effort to streamline commerce, or, in worst-case situations, steal sources from the general public. When expertise turns into open to surveillance actions, it turns into simpler for prison actors, in and out of doors the nation, to focus on the weak, just like the aged and kids. Let\u2019s work collectively to make our societies safer by understanding these threats.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"behavioral-awareness-1\">Behavioral Consciousness<\/h2>\n<p>Finally, these harms are caused by our cultural pathologies. Listed here are some psychological profiles that I feel maintain these downside going (Please word that many of those are cultural issues that we have to, however will not be simple to, resolve by altering our conduct, little by little, on a person degree and cease ready for others to avoid wasting us):<\/p>\n<p>Externalizing Duty:<\/p>\n<p>Blaming different folks and establishments for the reason for the issue and never taking duty for our half in creating, or permitting the issue to exist (I.E: selecting to disregard the issue by making excuses that its too onerous, or it\u2019s too time consuming to resolve)<br \/>\nMarginalizing folks you don\u2019t agree with, or which have a special viewpoint\/political stance than you by participating in, or Indulging in weapons of mass distraction:  Attacking folks which can be utilizing politically incorrect wording, or attacking factors of view you don\u2019t like. There&#8217;s a time and place for every part, Not each state of affairs is an excuse to additional your political viewpoint and in lots of circumstances, this conduct finally ends up inflicting divisions and sidelining resolutions<\/p>\n<p>Social Norms Acquiescence: Going together with cultural norms that put you in a divisive place of being proper and others being flawed with the intention of dominating an individual or state of affairs. Psychologically we&#8217;re wired to maneuver in the direction of ego stability. When conditions current themselves that threaten this stability, we are inclined to assault the state of affairs or messenger<br \/>\nSentimental Habits Indulgence :  Feeding off of shock emotionally as a solution to really feel like one thing is being performed whereas outwardly doing nothing to lower the extent of hurt. Disregarding exterior circumstances by refusing to appreciate that the world is formed by particular person motion. Self-righteousness can inadvertently generate cruelty in our society on a big scale. The circumstances round these behaviors may look totally different for everybody. The necessary level to pay attention to is that distinction is an asset for robust societies. All of us have various varieties expertise due to our variations.  Lets all work collectively even when we disagree on sure factors.<br \/>\nResponding to Nationwide or Regional requires security: By demanding security, or going together with calls to extend security from the chaos of the world we make the world extra prone to authoritarians and subsequently extra harmful. Keep away from the psychological pull to really feel protected throughout harmful instances. Research present that the notion of feeling protected promotes a false sense of safety and improve a willingness to obey upfront. Calls to help initiatives, or payments to extend safety on the expense of freedom falls below this class, makes us much less protected and takes particular person company away from folks and provides it to authoritarian leaders and establishments that will have agendas that run opposite to our personal.<\/p>\n<p>See the \u201cSupply Materials\u201d part beneath for sources I draw from on these matters to craft these recommendations.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"resources-to-learn-more\">Sources (To Study Extra)<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"understanding-the-neuroscience-epistemology-and-the-metaphysics-of-the-choices-we-make\">Understanding the Neuroscience, epistemology, and the metaphysics of the alternatives we make<\/h3>\n<p>Find out how our reliance on extreme left mind pondering is negatively shaping our future and how one can deploy extra proper mind pondering<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"philosophy-of-emerging-technologies\">Philosophy of rising applied sciences<\/h3>\n<h3 id=\"surveillance-capitalism\">Surveillance Capitalism<\/h3>\n<h3 id=\"courses\">Programs<\/h3>\n<p>Freedom Coaching (https:\/\/freedomtrainers.internet\/trainings\/) Learn to refuse to cooperate with official insurance policies and actions nonviolently. Freedom Coaching helps us learn to take away our acquiescence at an enormous scale, the place undemocratic actors will be stopped of their tracks.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"organizations-you-can-support\">Organizations you&#8217;ll be able to Assist<\/h3>\n<p>Combat for the Future  (https:\/\/www.fightforthefuture.org\/) |We harness the ability of the Web to channel outrage into motion, defending our most simple rights within the digital age.<br \/>\nFreedom Home (https:\/\/freedomhouse.org\/)| Freedom Home is the oldest American group dedicated to the help and protection of democracy all over the world. It was formally established in New York in 1941 to advertise American involvement in World Struggle II and the struggle towards fascism<br \/>\nHanna Arendt Heart (https:\/\/hac.bard.edu\/) | The Mission of the Hannah Arendt Heart at Bard Faculty is to create and nurture an institutional house for daring, dangerous and provocative desirous about our political world within the spirit of Hannah Arendt.<br \/>\nAmerican Promise (https:\/\/americanpromise.internet\/) | The \u201cFor Our Freedom\u201d modification is a proposed addition to the U.S. Structure designed to control political spending, making certain that election expenditures will be restricted to guard free speech, truthful elections, and political participation. It goals to empower states to control marketing campaign financing, countering the results of choices like Residents United<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"possible-solutions\">Potential options<\/h3>\n<p>This expertise, and and the way it\u2019s getting used to surveil society and to remove selection is being accelerated by our present political and cultural local weather. This began occur with the arrival of the web and has sharply elevated in tempo with AI.<\/p>\n<p>The The Hannah Arendt Heart for Politics and Humanities launched an fascinating article (https:\/\/medium.com\/amor-mundi\/expropriation-notes-on-the-revolution-to-come-1e4de79a693b) on the issue lately that I feel has the potential to enhance our state of affairs.<\/p>\n<p>The issue is that we&#8217;ve misplaced our potential to talk and be heard and if we wish these circumstances to return, we have to kind councils grounded within the expertise of individuals performing collectively.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"supporting-alternative-businesses--unsubscribing-from-bad-actors\">Supporting various companies &amp; Unsubscribing from unhealthy actors<\/h3>\n<p>Reduce Off the Spigot (https:\/\/cutoffthespigot.com) | A search engine that appears class by class to seek out options to badly behaving corporations, huge companies, and personal fairness corporations.<br \/>\nResist and Unsubscribe (https:\/\/www.resistandunsubscribe.com\/) | Individuals are feeling powerless to thwart the Trump administration\u2019s assault on our nation\u2019s values. Praised by tech CEOs, surrounded by sycophants, and** enriched by his return to the White Home, the president\u2019s actions march on unchecked. Individuals, nevertheless, have a strong weapon that has been hiding in plain sight.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"specific-reference-sources-on-how-these-technologies-are-used\">Particular reference sources on how these applied sciences are used<\/h3>\n<p>(Listing abuse sources for: License Plate readers, facial recognition and search\/ai )<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"source-material\">Supply Materials<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"understanding-how-surveillance-capitalism-works\">Understanding how Surveillance Capitalism Works<\/h3>\n<h3 id=\"behavioral-awareness-2\">Behavioral Consciousness<\/h3>\n<h2 id=\"presentation-links\">Presentation Hyperlinks<\/h2>\n<h2 id=\"song-against-war-and-corruption\">Tune In opposition to Struggle and Corruption<\/h2>\n<p>For What It\u2019s Price &#8211; Buffalo Springfield<br \/>\nThink about &#8211;  John Lennon<br \/>\nEminence Entrance &#8211; The Who<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a Native Pc Technician who has an curiosity in empowering folks with applied sciences that allow autonomy.<br \/>\nYou could find out extra about me on my web site https:\/\/scottRlarson.com.<br \/>\nYou possibly can electronic mail me at inquiries@scottRlarson.com<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re focused on a philosophical tackle this topic, take a look at my \u201cAndor In Our Time\u201d (https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/tags\/andorinourtime\/) video essays on how the Andor TV collection from Disney has classes to show us about getting extra concerned in civics.<\/p>\n<p>If you wish to be taught extra about my journey from Home windows to Linux, or these applied sciences you&#8217;ll be able to go to my web site and take a look at my articles on the topic. (scottRlarson.com)<\/p>\n<p>Be a part of my mailing record for notification for future occasions by scanning the QR code:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/img\/presentations\/sur-cap\/qrcode-sur-cap.png\" alt=\"QR Code to Mailing List Form Page\"\/><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottrlarson.com\/presentations\/overcoming-surveillance-capitalism-with-awareness\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presentation Abstract It is a personally pushed group presentation from my work expertise on the results of present types of expertise. In it, I argue that huge gamers like Google and Fb construct predictive profiles which can be then bought to advertisers who then try to affect particular person conduct for industrial\/political acquire. 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