The Human Farm: How Corporations, Governments, and Algorithms are Turning People into Products

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Usama Bajwa

The Human Farm

Name: The Human Farm
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How Corporations, Governments, and Algorithms are Turning People into Products

Usama Bajwa

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English

Rk Books Publication
06 January 2026

Ethics & moral philosophy; Ethical issues & debates; Impact of science & technology on society

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What if modern freedom is only an illusion-and you are already part of the system?

In The Human Farm, a powerful and unsettling exposé, this book reveals how corporations, governments, and algorithms have quietly transformed human beings into measurable, predictable, and profitable products. No chains. No force. No visible oppressors. Just systems engineered so seamlessly that participation feels voluntary.

We live in an age where attention is harvested, emotions are monetized, and behavior is shaped long before conscious choice occurs. Data has replaced oil as the world's most valuable resource-and human life is its primary source. Every click, scroll, movement, and hesitation feeds vast systems designed to predict, influence, and optimize behavior for profit and control.

This book takes readers deep inside the architecture of modern power:

How surveillance capitalism turned everyday life into an extraction economy How ""free"" services mask the true cost of behavioral data harvesting How addiction, habit loops, and attention engineering are deliberately designed How corporations became behavioral architects shaping desire and identity How autonomy erodes without force-through convenience, personalization, and consent illusions

Unlike conspiracy-driven narratives, The Human Farm offers a sober, structured examination of how control actually operates in the modern world. Drawing from history, psychology, economics, and digital systems, it exposes how centuries of human management evolved into today's invisible, algorithm-driven dominance.

This is not an argument against technology. It is a warning about power without accountability-and a call to awareness.

Because awareness is the first act of resistance.

If human beings are being optimized, managed, and harvested...

the most important question is no longer who is in control-

but whether we still are.

By: Usama Bajwa
Imprint: Rk Books Publication
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 254g
ISBN: 9789692093118
ISBN 10: 9692093115
Pages: 136
Publication Date: 06 January 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active