Sarah Westall goes solo to examine civil unrest in France and ask whether the United States has the conditions for similar upheaval. She explores how extreme wealth disparities can increase the likelihood of unrest when combined with economic hardship and other pressures—and questions the real agenda behind France’s protests.Sarah then introduces surveillance pricing: a predatory practice in which some of the largest companies use personal data and behavioral profiles to exploit consumers’ vulnerabilities and charge them more for products and services. The more desperate your circumstances, the higher the price you may face. Left unchecked, this practice could turn everyday transactions into an invisible system of automated discrimination.An unflinching discussion of greed, inequality and the growing power of AI to predict—and profit from—human vulnerability.Sign up for the Newsletter and see exclusives now located at WestallMedia.com or still at SarahWestall.substack.com