I’m only a bit into it, but without intending to be this is a decent prĂ©cis of Shoshana Zuboff’s The Age of Surveillance Capitalism:
The modern struggle
Lone individuals summoning inhuman willpower,
fasting, meditating, and exercising,
up against armies of scientists & statisticians weaponizing abundant food, screens, & medicine into junk food, clickbait news, infinite porn, endless games & addictive drugs.
— Naval (@naval) January 14, 2019
Quite describes the modern condition, yes?