What if the biggest threat to freedom is not open force, but the quiet normalisation of systems that make us more visible, more trackable, and more dependent?

My book Systems Against the Self: Privacy, Power, and Resistance in the Modern Age explores how surveillance, digital identity, behavioural control, automation, and dependence have become part of ordinary life, often disguised as convenience, safety, and efficiency.

It looks at what is happening beneath the surface, how we got here, and what ordinary people can do in response through privacy, security, self-custody, resilience, and stronger households and communities.

Get it here: https://books2read.com/b/systems-aginst-the-self

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Most modern control does not arrive looking like control.

It arrives as convenience, safety, smoother access, and better user experience. It asks for one more proof, one more permission, one more layer of visibility, until surveillance, digital identity, and dependency begin to feel normal.

My book Systems Against the Self: Privacy, Power, and Resistance in the Modern Age explores how modern systems shape behaviour, identity, access, and freedom, often without appearing openly oppressive.

It also looks at how ordinary people can respond through privacy, security, self-custody, resilience, and stronger households and communities.

Get it here: https://books2read.com/b/systems-aginst-the-self

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We are told modern systems make life easier. Often they do. But what happens when that convenience comes bundled with surveillance, digital Identity checks, behavioural shaping, and quiet dependence?

My book Systems Against the Self: Privacy, Power, and Resistance in the Modern Age explores how privacy became negotiable, surveillance became ordinary, digital Identity became a gatekeeper, and modern systems shape what people see, feel, and accept as normal.

It also looks at what can be done in response through privacy, security, self-custody, resilience, and stronger households and communities.

Get it here: https://books2read.com/b/systems-aginst-the-self.

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Bradley Rettler makes a point that more people need to hear: if we hand more and more of the reasoning over to LLMs, we may slowly weaken our own ability to think. The danger is not just bad outputs. It is centralised thought, in which a few firms shape how millions think.

He ties that to money, too. Most people have no meaningful say in how fiat is created or managed. Rettler calls that "monetary domination". Bitcoin offers a radically different model: open rules, voluntary participation, and the ability to verify for yourself by running a node.

That is why Bitcoin is bigger than price. It pushes back against control, both intellectual and monetary.

Is this the real split now: outsourced thought on one side, self-sovereign money on the other?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg-A9f_YevA

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What if the systems shaping your life were never really neutral?

My book Systems Against the Self: Privacy, Power, and Resistance in the Modern Age explores how surveillance, digital identity, behavioural control, automation, and dependency have become normal parts of modern life, often hidden behind convenience, safety, and polished design.

It looks at how these systems shape what you see, how you behave, and what starts to feel normal, while also offering a path towards privacy, security, self-custody, resilience, and stronger households and communities.

Get it here: https://books2read.com/b/systems-aginst-the-self

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Most people can feel that something is changing.

Privacy is treated as negotiable. Convenience comes bundled with exposure. More of life depends on proving who you are in ways systems will accept. Platforms shape what people see, what they feel, and what starts to seem normal.

My book Systems Against the Self: Privacy, Power, and Resistance in the Modern Age explores how surveillance, digital identity, behavioural control, automation, and dependency became normal parts of modern life, and what ordinary people can do in response.

Get it here: https://books2read.com/b/systems-aginst-the-self

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Linux is being pushed toward OS-level age checks, and that should concern anyone who cares about privacy and self-sovereignty.

LWN says California’s law can reach open-source operating systems from 1 January 2027. Recent reporting also notes systemd now has a birthDate field for user records, while GrapheneOS says it will remain usable without requiring personal information.

Read links below.
https://lwn.net/Articles/1062112/
https://www.techradar.com/pro/one-penguin-that-isnt-suitable-for-kids-linux-will-now-carry-out-age-verification-checks
https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/116261301913660830

Should free software adapt to OS-level age checks, or resist becoming identity infrastructure?

#Linux #Privacy #DigitalRights #OpenSource #SelfSovereignty

What if the biggest changes to freedom no longer arrive looking like force, but like convenience?

My book Systems Against the Self: Privacy, Power, and Resistance in the Modern Age explores how surveillance, digital identity, behavioural control, automation, and dependency have become normal parts of everyday life.

It looks at how these systems shape what we see, how we act, and what begins to feel normal, often without looking openly oppressive.

It is also about response: privacy, security, self-custody, resilience, stronger households, and stronger communities.

Get it here: https://books2read.com/b/systems-aginst-the-self

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"It's Not Me, it's The World."
-- Prince Eryck Gutteral

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The most powerful systems in modern life rarely look brutal. They look useful.

My book Systems Against the Self: Privacy, Power, and Resistance in the Modern Age explores how surveillance, digital Identity, behavioural control, automation, and dependency have become normal parts of everyday life, often softened by convenience, safety language, and polished design.

It looks at what is happening beneath the surface, why it matters, and what ordinary people can do in response through privacy, security, self-custody, resilience, and stronger households and communities.

Get it here: https://books2read.com/b/systems-aginst-the-self.

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