Fascinating article about my former business school professor who talks about "surveillance capitalism," a business model based upon providing free services that enable the providers of those services (Google, Facebook) to monitor the behaviour of users in astonishing detail – often without their explicit consent.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/20/shoshana-zuboff-age-of-surveillance-capitalism-google-facebook?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits