The Hand That Watches

Surveillance stopped being a thing done to you and became a thing you do, hourly, to yourself.

RLRicky Lanusse22 March 2026 · 14 min

An open hand with an eye in its palm, projecting a rainbow beam down which a single tiny figure is walking.

The instrument panel of a modern life — steps, sleep, screen time, engagement — is a monitoring apparatus that nobody had to install, because everybody asked for it.

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