“Nearly 50 years ago, long before smartphones and social media, the social critic Lewis Mumford put a name to the way that complex technological systems offer a share in their benefits in exchange for compliance.“
This “bribe” makes it clear that “this is not an offer of a gift but of a deal“
“the bargain we are being asked to ratify takes the form of a magnificent bribe.”
A fascinating theory and tool to understand the current world.
“The danger, however, was that “once one opts for the system no further choice remains.”
