What do Facebook, Google, and TikTok really see when they look at us — and what do they miss?
In this episode of Singularity.FM, Nikola Danaylov (aka Socrates) interviews Petter Törnberg, Assistant Professor of Computational Social Science at the University of Amsterdam and co-author of Seeing Like a Platform: An Inquiry into the Condition of Digital Modernity.
Together they explore:
How platforms have become the new eyes of power
Why algorithms don’t just mirror society — they reshape it
The dangers of algorithmic tyranny and invisible control
The shift from industrial modernity to digital modernity
Why self-organization often hides new forms of hierarchy
Whether AI will become the ultimate platform of platforms
How citizens, activists, and policymakers can still resist
📘 Petter’s books:
Seeing Like a Platform (2025)
Intimate Communities of Hate (2024)
You can watch the full video recording here: https://www.singularityweblog.com/petter-tornberg/
