Technology and The Self

Method and content Asymmetry

How do we manage our lives among all these technologies We know were being surveyed, but what do we do about it

Tech: manipulates our desire to connect w people. We connect using technology to be seen, to be together. But we become less of individuals once were all here online, connecting, but only through the ideas that we share. Our differences could be down played.

The authoritarian state unites us, but then controls us. The authority can become more powerful if the people took pleasure from it

Behavior when your being watched vs when you are not You internalize the idea that your being watched. Us being watched has become a part of who we are, and how we behave

Technologies of the self

Participatory surveillance: mark poster