![]() ![]() However, the uncontract proposed by surveillance capitalism and resulting in behavioral modifications is the exact opposite of that: it imposes unilateral power. Contracts enable groups of people to enact certainty and predicted outcomes in the midst of an uncertain world. The will to make promises about the future was formalized through “contracts” between individuals, starting under the Roman Empire. ![]() According to Zuboff, we have reached a time when the elemental freedom of will is under attack from behavior modifications willed by surveillance capitalists, and therefore, we should now fight for our right to the Future Tense. Zuboff examines what will is, using Hannah Aarendt’s work on will as the “organ of the future,” much like memory is the “organ of the past.” She coalesces centuries of moral philosophy into the idea that the ability to make a promise is what gives us the ability to impact our future, using our own freedom of will. Chapter 10 – Intro and table of contents – Chapter 12Ĭhapter 11 – The Right to the Future Tense ![]()
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