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Surveillance capitalism is a concept that describes a form of capitalism in which data extracted from individuals’ behaviors in digital and physical environments becomes the primary input for economic value creation. The term specifically refers to the use of data collected through social media, search engines, mobile applications, and the Internet of Things (IoT) digital systems for commercial purposes such as predicting, influencing, and directing user behavior.The concept was most comprehensi

In the data age, the concept of freedom has acquired a complexity unprecedented in human history. Freedom can no longer be reduced merely to individual will or the boundaries of political systems; because in the digital world, an invisible force shapes human behavior, preferences, and thoughts: data.Every click, every swipe, every online action becomes part of vast data networks. These data are not merely statistical information; they are digital traces representing an individual’s identity, hab

Johann Hari’s 2022 book, Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention?, aims to explain the widespread problem of modern individuals’ attention fragmentation not as individual failings but as systemic causes. The book examines the social, economic, technological, and environmental factors underlying attention loss, offering a multidimensional analysis of how today’s societies have eroded their capacity to focus. According to Hari, “attention deficit” is a symptom; the real issue is the existence of