Convenience was framed as freedom.
One-click. Auto-renew. Smart systems. Predictive choice. Less effort, fewer decisions, smoother life. Until friction disappeared — and so did agency.
Convenience doesn’t remove labor.
It relocates control.
When systems decide for you, dependency grows quietly. Skills atrophy. Options narrow. Choice becomes an illusion masked as efficiency. The cage isn’t locked — it’s comfortable.
The danger isn’t surveillance alone.
It’s habituation.
Freedom requires friction. Thought. Participation. The more seamless life becomes, the harder it is to notice when autonomy slips away.
Convenience isn’t evil.
But unchecked, it trains obedience.
👉 Full article / source link: Oxford Internet Institute — “Digital Dependence and Human Agency”
https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/projects/digital-dependence/—
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