The Subduer’s Summary#
We have reached the final page of THE SUBDUER’S MANUAL. Let’s review how we got here.
Part 1, THE CERTAIN PROBLEM, explained that modern technology is pervasive and creates many opportunities for silent abuse via the invisible processes constantly at work behind the scenes.
Part 2, THE POTENTIAL SOLUTION, has provided suggestions on how to orient and equip yourself to use technology on your own terms:
- Reclaim your perspective - rethink what you want from your technology
- Pick your battles - make practical changes wherever you can
- Sharpen your senses - develop better thought patterns for maintaining a higher standard
SUBDUE YOUR TECH#
A closing remark.
SUBDUE YOUR TECH is simply a call to put technology in its rightful place. To make technology your servant. To stand up for yourself. To refuse to have your life converted into an ever-shifting goalpost, moved by opaque algorithms for objectives controlled by invisible strangers who live somewhere on the other side of a one-way mirror. Anything less than this is a gross failure to recognise the value and power you possess. Identify your enemies and defeat them.
Expect better and do not apologise.
SUBDUE.
