Back in 2018 when I learned Zuboff's book had been published, I asked Bishop's University Library to look in to acquiring it (I have community cardholder status), which they ultimately did in short order.
After slogging through its 550 pages and 100 pages of notes I was left dumbstruck at the time, and I've since come to realize that the developments she covered in that book are now almost quaint & obsolete given how the digital control grid has accelerated since that time a short four years ago.
It's ironic, incidentally, that when Covid broke on to the scene, Bishops became Digital Gulag Central, with its own campus passport, going a step above and beyond the Legault regime's diktats. They even put out a video in the summer of 2021 - a strange piece of propaganda involving carrot & stick, seduction and coercion - in order to get their students vaxxed up and well on their way to myocarditis nirvana. Needless to say I will never set foot on that campus, or indeed most any campus, again. How easily they became institutional agents of tyranny!
It's really worth a couple of minutes of your time to watch this - just make sure you haven't eaten a meal preceding its viewing.
Second, are you at all familiar with the work of Alison McDowell at "Wrench In The Gears"? She is a researcher that has probably done more deep dives into the Digital Panopticon/ Gulag than anyone I can think of. Try this article from April 2020 entitled "Will Covid-19 certificates trigger biometric digital identity roll out?".
Hey my friend. Thanks for your long and informative comment. A lot to unpack. What is the full name of the Zuboff author and book? You got me curious on that one. Also, speaking of Bishop's U (of which I'm an alumni), I have to agree with you and also about the extent I was disgusted to see all their campus vaccine passport rubbish last year when I moved back from China. I feel bad for these new generations. I had an ongoing back-and-forth amicable exchange/discourse via email with a BU prof. about many of these issues. I am still stunned as to the extent that even our educational institutions have been put back decades because of said infiltration. (And this coming from a 35+ year educator, 22 as a teacher/college prof. - so, I know what-the-f I am talking about). Critical thinking is, sadly, not at the forefront of our educational systems at pretty much all levels. BU even has a Climate Studies program and it wouldn't surprise me at all if it is mostly ONE-sided (i.e., not looking at a lot of the actual data that invalidates most of the false narratives surrounding so-called climate change, geoengineering/aerosol spraying and the like). Anyway, NGOs & billionnaires have invested billions into all levels of society to propagate the brainwashing over the last several decades which has sadly been effective. I already exposed David Suzuki a bit for the fraud that he is and actually have some resources I need to go through which point to massive sums of NGO funds his foundation received to push the climate hoax. What a shame. I have zero tolerance for those who willingly sell their souls to the devil either for money, power, or sheer stupidity. That is why I write a lot about these topics. I'll have a more in-depth read at the two links you sent me over the next few days. Digital ID is going to be the MAJOR theme of 2023, for the powers-that-ought-not-be are banking on this to join at the hip their CBDC slavecoin, rollout. Always great to exchange with you my friend. We should definitely meet up in 2023! Cheers
Good evening and Seasons Greetings! Thanks for your reply. To answer your opening question, here is a link to the book in pdf format. I'm old school and prefer printed hard-copy myself. Never got accustomed to the screen thing for long works like this!
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power ~ Shoshana Zuboff
Yes, Bishops and most other "institutions of higher learning", not just here in Quebec or Canada, but in the US and abroad capitulated enthusiastically to the "requirements" of the Covid Narrative like overcooked spaghettini in the face of overwhelming heat and pressure. I don't claim to understand this phenomenon, but I can certainly see its symptoms.
In fact, these last three years have been a relentless series of tectonic epiphanies for me. So many anomalies, screaming alarm bells, flailing red flags. I have undergone a shattering metanoia in my perspective on society, human psychology and human behaviour. (And I was no naive snowflake!)
Just like that, good and decent people were behaviourally manipulated through the tactics of the biggest propaganda campaign/PsyOp/5GW in the history of our species, and everything just fell like dominoes. Utterly astounding!
Was "reality" just a consensus trance all this time? I think so. Else more would have seen the blatant contradictions, deceptions and hypocrisies.
But I don't think one needs to invoke any sort of overly imaginative set of conspiracy theories to comprehend the apparently incomprehensible. The trajectory of historical forces since at least WWII, if not well before, have led us to this "Omega Point".
For instance, just like the wealth disparity gap, the gap between the "working class" and "expertise/professional class" has been widening as well. To the point where it has now reached an almost Eloi-Morlock-like disparity. Hence the "Deplorables". Hence the "Truckers". Well, I was born in to the "great unwashed", and I know where my allegiances lie.
But this is how you get the likes of Madam (Azov) Freeland patronizing the precariat and single moms on fixed incomes that she is helping to create to "tighten their belts" and perhaps consider doing without their Disney+ subscriptions. These people have no scruples, and no empathy or even knowledge of how common people live their lives.
Stay vigilant, and even paranoid if you wish. Circumstances demand these things I'm afraid to say.
Back in 2018 when I learned Zuboff's book had been published, I asked Bishop's University Library to look in to acquiring it (I have community cardholder status), which they ultimately did in short order.
After slogging through its 550 pages and 100 pages of notes I was left dumbstruck at the time, and I've since come to realize that the developments she covered in that book are now almost quaint & obsolete given how the digital control grid has accelerated since that time a short four years ago.
It's ironic, incidentally, that when Covid broke on to the scene, Bishops became Digital Gulag Central, with its own campus passport, going a step above and beyond the Legault regime's diktats. They even put out a video in the summer of 2021 - a strange piece of propaganda involving carrot & stick, seduction and coercion - in order to get their students vaxxed up and well on their way to myocarditis nirvana. Needless to say I will never set foot on that campus, or indeed most any campus, again. How easily they became institutional agents of tyranny!
It's really worth a couple of minutes of your time to watch this - just make sure you haven't eaten a meal preceding its viewing.
Bishop's University "Moments Like These" : https://youtu.be/Tx3RmGEiip0
Second, are you at all familiar with the work of Alison McDowell at "Wrench In The Gears"? She is a researcher that has probably done more deep dives into the Digital Panopticon/ Gulag than anyone I can think of. Try this article from April 2020 entitled "Will Covid-19 certificates trigger biometric digital identity roll out?".
https://wrenchinthegears.com/2020/04/08/will-covid-19-certificates-trigger-biometric-digital-identity-roll-out/
She was, and continues to be far ahead of the curve in outlining our trajectory into a digital dystopia.
Last: did you read Tessa Lena's substack post from this morning? Here it is for your edification:
Zombies of the Algorithm: A Soul in Prison - "First, they came for the unvaccinated..."
https://tessa.substack.com/p/zombies-of-algorithm
This is but one current example of the nightmare coalescing around us while "the citizens" chew their digital cud.
Cheers!...I guess?
Hey my friend. Thanks for your long and informative comment. A lot to unpack. What is the full name of the Zuboff author and book? You got me curious on that one. Also, speaking of Bishop's U (of which I'm an alumni), I have to agree with you and also about the extent I was disgusted to see all their campus vaccine passport rubbish last year when I moved back from China. I feel bad for these new generations. I had an ongoing back-and-forth amicable exchange/discourse via email with a BU prof. about many of these issues. I am still stunned as to the extent that even our educational institutions have been put back decades because of said infiltration. (And this coming from a 35+ year educator, 22 as a teacher/college prof. - so, I know what-the-f I am talking about). Critical thinking is, sadly, not at the forefront of our educational systems at pretty much all levels. BU even has a Climate Studies program and it wouldn't surprise me at all if it is mostly ONE-sided (i.e., not looking at a lot of the actual data that invalidates most of the false narratives surrounding so-called climate change, geoengineering/aerosol spraying and the like). Anyway, NGOs & billionnaires have invested billions into all levels of society to propagate the brainwashing over the last several decades which has sadly been effective. I already exposed David Suzuki a bit for the fraud that he is and actually have some resources I need to go through which point to massive sums of NGO funds his foundation received to push the climate hoax. What a shame. I have zero tolerance for those who willingly sell their souls to the devil either for money, power, or sheer stupidity. That is why I write a lot about these topics. I'll have a more in-depth read at the two links you sent me over the next few days. Digital ID is going to be the MAJOR theme of 2023, for the powers-that-ought-not-be are banking on this to join at the hip their CBDC slavecoin, rollout. Always great to exchange with you my friend. We should definitely meet up in 2023! Cheers
Good evening and Seasons Greetings! Thanks for your reply. To answer your opening question, here is a link to the book in pdf format. I'm old school and prefer printed hard-copy myself. Never got accustomed to the screen thing for long works like this!
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power ~ Shoshana Zuboff
http://library.lol/main/AC68D3686A1FD9F06E8AAE3A3F9599CB
Yes, Bishops and most other "institutions of higher learning", not just here in Quebec or Canada, but in the US and abroad capitulated enthusiastically to the "requirements" of the Covid Narrative like overcooked spaghettini in the face of overwhelming heat and pressure. I don't claim to understand this phenomenon, but I can certainly see its symptoms.
In fact, these last three years have been a relentless series of tectonic epiphanies for me. So many anomalies, screaming alarm bells, flailing red flags. I have undergone a shattering metanoia in my perspective on society, human psychology and human behaviour. (And I was no naive snowflake!)
Just like that, good and decent people were behaviourally manipulated through the tactics of the biggest propaganda campaign/PsyOp/5GW in the history of our species, and everything just fell like dominoes. Utterly astounding!
Was "reality" just a consensus trance all this time? I think so. Else more would have seen the blatant contradictions, deceptions and hypocrisies.
But I don't think one needs to invoke any sort of overly imaginative set of conspiracy theories to comprehend the apparently incomprehensible. The trajectory of historical forces since at least WWII, if not well before, have led us to this "Omega Point".
For instance, just like the wealth disparity gap, the gap between the "working class" and "expertise/professional class" has been widening as well. To the point where it has now reached an almost Eloi-Morlock-like disparity. Hence the "Deplorables". Hence the "Truckers". Well, I was born in to the "great unwashed", and I know where my allegiances lie.
But this is how you get the likes of Madam (Azov) Freeland patronizing the precariat and single moms on fixed incomes that she is helping to create to "tighten their belts" and perhaps consider doing without their Disney+ subscriptions. These people have no scruples, and no empathy or even knowledge of how common people live their lives.
Stay vigilant, and even paranoid if you wish. Circumstances demand these things I'm afraid to say.