It's even sadder than that: Big Data isn't even listening to him: they're just collecting information they can sell. It's not listening, it's exploitation.

i once pictured a future where the only ones who Like your post about getting a new job are the corporations you owe money to :|

Back 10 years ago or so, a singer named Vienna Teng released a song called 'Hymn of Acxiom' that's loosely based around this idea. Acxiom was one of the larger data brokers at the time, biggest company you've never heard of, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF-7WiLykGM

Not quite a one hit wonder because she has done some other stuff that is interesting, but because of the context on this one, it really took off for a bit and it is honestly really well done. I think about often whenever I think about the future of AI.