Big data and class

Cathy O'Neil writes on Big data and class.

This is a sentiment I’ve noticed a lot, although it’s not usually this obvious. Namely, the elite don’t need to be monitored, but the rabble does. The rich and powerful get to be quirky philosophers but the rest of the population need to be ranked and filed. And, by the way, we are spying on them for their own good.

In other words, never mind how big data creates and expands classism; classism already helps decide who is put into the realm of big data in the first place.

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The Capitalist know they are in a class war. They know that their survival is at stake. Any means to keep us down and under control is justified.

Our privacy is an impediment to their control. Privacy is a privilege of the Capitalist, not the worker.