- [[we are all data mine sites now]] - We are our selves-as-data, as we exist in monopolistic, malevolent PLATFORMS. - This is a reduction, shrinking, collapse of the self. - Not to be confused with [[{1.2a2d1} identity collapse]] – the flattening of the self over time. - [ ] Think of [[2023 - McMullin, Tara - Beyond Creating Versus Consuming]] – reproductive labor, [[art monsters]], body in thinking of women online… - We become data points, which makes us easier to be confused with other collections of data points. - As Klein points out, “We aren’t transcending to something higher, just less ourselves.” - This tracks with the flattening and collapsing of everything in the context of social media: [[{1.2a2} context collapse]], [[{1.2a2e} content collapse]], [[{1.2a2a} social media decontextualizes our relationships by flattening our social network|{1.5a2} relationship collapse]]… - [[when a human being becomes a set of data... everything shrinks]]