[cryoshon]

for those of us who are digital natives, even if we spend great effort in covering our tracks, they likely know more about us than we know about ourselves.

they use this information to employ a system of psychological levers which results in us willingly handing their proxies our money.

is it a good business practice. certainly. is it simple theft? my instinct is to say no, and instead ask:

is this new mastery of knowledge about peoples behaviors and the ability to affect other behaviors on a mass scale the most terrifying form of feudalism that mankind has known?