And human kind has never seen such power to track the citizens every move. It is a two way sword and somehow I do not see it as brightly as you do.
Only if we cower and allow it to be so. My suggestion is to USE this tool and use it every day. BECOME a citizen journalist. Go to local government meetings and report. UNCOVER the good-ole-boy deals that always happen in your town, but no one does anything about. WATCH and REPORT on the state legislative committee meetings that are usually streamed online. CALL up your legislator and interview him/her and write about it.
And I don't want to hear about "I just don't have time to do that." How much time do each of us waste watching the drivel from Hollywood and on the Boob Tube?
This 'citizen journalism' thing is happening more and more. And the more it happens, the more powerful it gets. And that power shift is coming at the expense of the Dinosaur Media.