“The attitude of absolute control of a population...”
In modern times that dates to the French Revolution & the Reign of Terror. Then the Gestapo and the NKVD/KGB.
Then George Orwell codified it into theory in “1984”’s subversive work “The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism”.
Now, AI technology enables surveillance of the individual almost as an afterthought. Market research or metadata; no telescreen necessary in this age of iPhones.
I had a chilling experience today. My wife & I met a mutual friend from Army days whom we hadn’t seen in years; the latter has me typed as a Trump fan (I am). The subject of car phones for accident location came up but then she went into a rhapsody of how everything we do or say and everywhere we travel and everything we buy (”you buy lots of guns online, and that is noted”) is a matter of government knowledge and that Neanderthals like myself should just go with the flow.
Not “it’s creepy how much they know about us”; but rather how wonderful it is that pre-crime intervention will make us all safer.
Didn’t have an answer for that....like your best friend is now a Pod Person.
Not “it’s creepy how much they know about us”; but rather how wonderful it is that pre-crime intervention will make us all safer.
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