Today’s Sunday Rerun is a post I originally published in May 2018. It looks at the way popular metaphors shape how we see our relationship with tech companies and their products—and our sense of personal responsibility and agency in using technologies. I’m hoping to write more on this subject in the months ahead, so I’m republishing this as a starting point.

Mines and Factories

Am I a data mine, or am I a data factory? Is data extracted from me, or is...