Heather Brooke

British-American journalist and freedom of information campaigner; her requests and legal action helped expose the 2009 MPs' expenses scandal; author of Your Right to Know and The Silent State.

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Turning a structural problem like addictive technology into an individual responsibility is the familiar trick of extractive capitalism.

This is the familiar trick of extractive capitalism: turn a structural problem into an individual responsibility.

heatherbrooke.substack.comSaid 14 Sept 2026This on korrents
The West fears death more than cultures where dead bodies are part of everyday life, partly because it rarely sees death in its physical reality.

I think this is one reason we fear death so much more in the West than in cultures where dead bodies are an everyday part of life.

heatherbrooke.substack.comSaid 30 Sept 2025This on korrents

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From one piece What’s Love got to do with Social Media? 4 beliefs · heatherbrooke.substack.com

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Tech leaders are modern-day Dr Frankensteins who build technology to improve life without understanding what makes life meaningful.

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It seems obvious to me that techbros (and they are all bros) are modern-day Dr Frankensteins. They build technology to ‘improve’ life, while having no understanding of what makes life meaningful.

What’s Love got to do with Social Media?heatherbrooke.substack.com
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Fragmented attention and a weakened grasp of truth make people easier to manipulate, which helps would-be dictators.

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Once our attention is fragmented and our understanding of truth weakened, we become easier to manipulate.

What’s Love got to do with Social Media?heatherbrooke.substack.com
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Social media platforms exploit our desire for connection while making genuine connection harder.

social media

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Social media platforms exploit our desire for connection while making genuine connection harder.

What’s Love got to do with Social Media?heatherbrooke.substack.com

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Turning a structural problem like addictive technology into an individual responsibility is the familiar trick of extractive capitalism.

Addictioncapitalism

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This is the familiar trick of extractive capitalism: turn a structural problem into an individual responsibility.

What’s Love got to do with Social Media?heatherbrooke.substack.com

30 September 2025

Heather BrookeKorrents 30 Sept 2025

From one piece Why do we think death is unnatural? 2 beliefs · heatherbrooke.substack.com

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Death has a lot to teach us, and we would be better off facing it head on.

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Death has a lot to teach us and we would be better off facing it head on.

Why do we think death is unnatural?heatherbrooke.substack.com
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The West fears death more than cultures where dead bodies are part of everyday life, partly because it rarely sees death in its physical reality.

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I think this is one reason we fear death so much more in the West than in cultures where dead bodies are an everyday part of life.

Why do we think death is unnatural?heatherbrooke.substack.com

12 May 2025

Heather BrookeKorrents 12 May 2025

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Wanting privacy from powerful agents such as the state is entirely natural, not a sign of wrongdoing.

privacy

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But our desire not to be snooped on by powerful agents is entirely natural.

Royal Secrecyheatherbrooke.substack.com

26 February 2025

Heather BrookeKorrents 26 Feb 2025

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Instead of technology accommodating people, people have been persuaded to become more machine-like to accommodate the technology.

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One of the ironies about technology is that instead of it working to accommodate us, we humans have been persuaded to become more machine-like to better accommodate the technology.

Humans are works of art, not machinesheatherbrooke.substack.com

19 August 2012

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Animal Farm

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It was a toss-up between Animal Farm and 1984.

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Inherit the Wind

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You can dramatise an issue through a play, as in Inherit the Wind.

fivebooks.com
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All the King’s Men

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All the King’s Men is a fictionalised story based on real people, and Malan uses his own life story.

fivebooks.com

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The White Hotel

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The White Hotel runs the gamut – it starts off with an erotic poem, there’s a short story, a pseudo-journal entry, letters, but overall it is a novel.

fivebooks.com

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Korrents What they believe 8 beliefs — each backed by an exact quote.
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- Turning a structural problem like addictive technology into an individual responsibility is the familiar trick of extractive capitalism.
  
  This is the familiar trick of extractive capitalism: turn a structural problem into an individual responsibility.
  
  What’s Love got to do with Social Media? Said 14 Sept 2026
  
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  Addiction capitalism
- Social media platforms exploit our desire for connection while making genuine connection harder.
  
  Social media platforms exploit our desire for connection while making genuine connection harder.
  
  What’s Love got to do with Social Media? Said 14 Sept 2026
  
  Full record — everyone who holds this →
  
  social media
- Fragmented attention and a weakened grasp of truth make people easier to manipulate, which helps would-be dictators.
  
  Once our attention is fragmented and our understanding of truth weakened, we become easier to manipulate.
  
  What’s Love got to do with Social Media? Said 14 Sept 2026
  
  Full record — everyone who holds this →
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Tech leaders are modern-day Dr Frankensteins who build technology to improve life without understanding what makes life meaningful.

It seems obvious to me that techbros (and they are all bros) are modern-day Dr Frankensteins. They build technology to ‘improve’ life, while having no understanding of what makes life meaningful.

What’s Love got to do with Social Media? Said 14 Sept 2026

Full record — everyone who holds this →

The West fears death more than cultures where dead bodies are part of everyday life, partly because it rarely sees death in its physical reality.

I think this is one reason we fear death so much more in the West than in cultures where dead bodies are an everyday part of life.

Why do we think death is unnatural? Said 30 Sept 2025

Full record — everyone who holds this →

Death has a lot to teach us, and we would be better off facing it head on.

Death has a lot to teach us and we would be better off facing it head on.

Why do we think death is unnatural? Said 30 Sept 2025

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Wanting privacy from powerful agents such as the state is entirely natural, not a sign of wrongdoing.

But our desire not to be snooped on by powerful agents is entirely natural.

Royal Secrecy Said 12 May 2025

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privacy

Instead of technology accommodating people, people have been persuaded to become more machine-like to accommodate the technology.

One of the ironies about technology is that instead of it working to accommodate us, we humans have been persuaded to become more machine-like to better accommodate the technology.

Humans are works of art, not machines Said 26 Feb 2025

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- Recommends The White Hotel 19 Aug 2012
  
  The White Hotel runs the gamut – it starts off with an erotic poem, there’s a short story, a pseudo-journal entry, letters, but overall it is a novel.
  
  fivebooks.com 19 Aug 2012
  
  What others say about The White Hotel →
- Recommends All the King’s Men 19 Aug 2012
  
  All the King’s Men is a fictionalised story based on real people, and Malan uses his own life story.
  
  fivebooks.com 19 Aug 2012
  
  What others say about All the King’s Men →
- Recommends Inherit the Wind 19 Aug 2012
  
  You can dramatise an issue through a play, as in Inherit the Wind.
  
  fivebooks.com 19 Aug 2012
  
  What others say about Inherit the Wind →
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Recommends Animal Farm 19 Aug 2012

It was a toss-up between Animal Farm and 1984.

fivebooks.com 19 Aug 2012

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