This new pressure to constantly acquire skills is very much in line with what occurs in a network society. Workers are connected yet they face this obligation individually. What might seem to be a personal endeavor mirrors wider structural patterns. Consider the precarious position of platform workers who might spend hours improving their skills with platforms only to have algorithm changes and a reduction in visibility. The digital era promised empowerment and instead has given many the constant demand of reskilling to keep up with the quick pace of technology. This need for education places the responsibility completely with the individual worker, adding to the uncertainties of work. Look how this reshuffling of responsibilities is a marker of contemporary power structures. The information era has enabled great networks but also this new form of individualized risk. Think of the early internet enthusiasts with the promise of endless possibilities yet today we face these issues. These new demands are a byproduct of the very technologies that promised freedom and autonomy, making the social fabric more brittle. The connections are great yet they do not prevent this modern hardship.

The call to action is one of societal reckoning, much like Foucault proposed, where the subtle powers of technology shape human realities and the only path forward is a rigorous examination of our condition.