Zygmunt Bauman addressed spatiotemporal compression as a critical aspect of the transition from solid to liquid modernity. In this transition, speed and flexibility came to define the conditions of social life which no longer relied on spatiotemporal separation as the basis of all power relations. But digitization of these conditions raises the question of whether the present phase of modernity depicts a resolidification of capital and power that exploits the fluidity of a densely intermediated world. By treating databases as the new localities of power, the digital operations inherent to their utility and productivity render the systemic nature of intermediation as solid as the power relations of the pre-digital era. The example of mass surveillance demonstrates the solidity of a new power derived from surreptitious data gathering and collation in populations attuned to intermediation as a way of life. A new mass culture is emerging through spaces of power that have reset speed in the service of datafication. This is not simply a culture of mobility and choice but one prefabricated and utilized for advancing the redesigned solidity of a digitized modernity.

齐格蒙特·鲍曼（Zygmunt Bauman）将时空压缩视为从固体现代到液体现代的过渡的重要方面。在这种转变中，速度和灵活性决定了不再依赖时空分离作为所有权力关系基础的社会生活条件。但是，这些条件的数字化提出了一个问题，即现代性的现阶段是否描绘了利用密集中间世界的流动性的资本和权力的重新整合。通过将数据库视为新的权力所在地，其效用和生产率所固有的数字操作使中介的系统性与前数字时代的权力关系一样牢固。大规模监视的例子表明，在以中介为一种生活方式的人群中，秘密收集和整理数据产生了新的力量。权力空间的兴起正在兴起一种新的大众文化，而这些权力在数据服务方面已重新设定了速度。这不仅是一种流动性和选择性的文化，而且是一种预制的并用于推进数字化现代性重新设计的坚固性的文化。