Oxford's Carissa Véliz: privacy surrender is a self-fulfilling prophecy, not fate
CarissaVeliz · x · 2026-11-06
Oxford philosopher Carissa Véliz argues in Project Syndicate that tech leaders manufacture a sense of inevitability around the surrender of privacy and other trends of the moment.
Her core point: predictions become self-fulfilling prophecies only if we believe them and act accordingly. She questions the normalization of private surveillance at unprecedented levels and urges readers not to accept the narrative as unstoppable.
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