The Age of Surveillance Capitalism — Power, Control & the Data Economy | Crisis in Perception

In this episode of Crisis in Perception, we take a deep dive into The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff.This book argues that a new form of capitalism has emerged—one that no longer exploits labor or natural resources alone, but extracts value from human experience itself. Zuboff calls this system surveillance capitalism: an economic logic built on the mass collection, analysis, and monetization of behavioral data.This Deep Dive explores:How companies like Google discovered and normalized behavioral surplusThe rise of instrumentarian power—systems designed not just to predict behavior, but to shape itWhy surveillance capitalism threatens autonomy, democracy, and free willThe transformation of privacy from a right into a commercial obstacleHow digital platforms bypass consent through asymmetry of knowledge and powerHistorical parallels to industrial capitalism, totalitarianism, and behaviorismThe failure of law, politics, and democratic institutions to keep pace with technological powerRather than framing this as a tech problem, this Deep Dive examines surveillance capitalism as a civilizational shift—one that quietly redefines what it means to be human, knowable, and governable.▶ MINI EXPLAINER VERSION👉 https://youtu.be/uBQnT1DBKggSupport Crisis in Perception on Patreon:👉 https://patreon.com/CrisisInPerception