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TL;DR: Gilles Deleuze's 1990 essay "Les sociétés de contrôle" accurately predicted the shift from disciplinary societies to control societies, marked by the pervasive influence of digital platforms and technology. Deleuze foresaw how power dynamics would evolve with the rise of information technology, leading to a society where control is decentralized, subtle, and interwoven into everyday digital interactions, fundamentally altering how we live and interact.

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he's an anthropologist, he doesn't make predictions or be a prophet.

only Foucault, and not even on his research, only when being a rock star and giving interviews.

anyway, deleuze there is showing how society already is. how the phone company used privilege information since the 1890 or so etc.

now whatsapp and and apple replaced the phone company in that data collection, and scales are larger, but it's still the same, just intensified.

anyway, you must read the foundations. on anthropology every banal looking word carries a whole complex concept that is not clearly shown in bibliography or other means. losing that context seriously harms the understanding.

I agree with you, but I also find that in this particular essay, Deleuze manages to explain his ideas very clearly, making it easier to follow and understand without getting lost in his complex concepts.

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