Part 2: The Potential Solution

Part 2 of this manual provides practical suggestions on how you can SUBDUE YOUR TECH. For those who have read SUBDUE YOUR TECH in 3 Steps, the call to RESIST, EQUIP, DEFEND overlaps significantly with the practical suggestions provided in the following sections.

A summary of the main points from Part 1 is provided below.

• Modern tech is great in some ways, but corrupt in many others.
• Computers are everywhere and in everything.
• The tech world is almost completely invisible.
• Software is an invisible person.
• Invisible people and invisible data facilitate invisible lies.
• Your phone screen is a one-way mirror.
• Your life, your mind and your data are extremely valuable.
• You are being coaxed into constantly revealing intimate aspects of your private life to complete strangers.
• The always-online world is driven by data-hungry corporations who have no care for anything other than owning your data and your attention, with no regard to your well-being.