“In a way, the situation we’re facing here is more troubling than what’s happening in China.” He seems to be speaking unironically, so I say, “You’re forgetting the part about how there’s no authoritarian government telling us how to live our lives.” “There’s no need for that. Amazon tells us what we should buy and Netflix tells us what we should watch. These matchmakers, telling us who we should date. Except here we aren’t even aware of how we’re being directed.”
