2022/12/20

“Profit Is the Main Driver”—Mél Hogan Describes Root Cause of Extractive Data Economy

“When I say profit is the main driver behind this, it’s really important, because this is not necessarily how it needs to be, but it is how these systems are set up.”
– Environmental Media Lab Director Mél Hogan, describing the extractive and eugenicist tendencies underpinning the data economy. “It’s why all those Big Tech guys are telling everyone to vote Republican … [that and lobbying are] intentional political manoeuvres to maintain those hierarchies.”
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