@skinnylatte probably a long-shot, but "what happens to people when computers happen to them" puts me in mind of this:
Cyberlibertarianism https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517918149/cyberlibertarianism/
Which I believe argues that there are anti-collective/anti-social tendencies kind of inherent in technology.
Of possible interest.
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