Life is not daijoubu

The author argues that crypto and tech product design reduce people to data points, wallets and engagement metrics, and calls for building products that serve people in their wholeness. The piece cites Yuval Harari's criticism of data-ism, Byung-Chul Han's critique of transparency, and Marx and Engels' description of factory workers as a "crippled monstrosity." It also criticizes a Zuckerberg video promoting AI companions to address loneliness, quoting his claim that "the average American has 3 friends, but has demand for 15." It describes a crypto token created from a screenshot of a woman from a dating app without her consent, and concludes that the industry should be humanist.