Shoshanna Zuboff's "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism" is a stirring read. The work is substantial, composed of over 500 pages of narrative, with an extra ~150 pages of notes and references. It is divided into 3 sections covering 1) the relationship between surveillance and industrial capitalism, focusing mostly on the industrial revolution and social implications of Ford's assembly line 2) surveillance capitalism's components and sources of power, and a correction of the "you are the product" metaphor which is frequently used to describe surveillance tech 3) the social implications and psychological transformations that are currently occurring (or will occur) under surveillance capitalism Despite the literal weight of the book and the technical content on which it is based, Zuboff's writing is poetic and engaging, and it makes for an easy (but long) read. I found the third section of the book to be most interesting, in which she discusses the