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> people in power are organizing, all together, a dystopian reality a la 1984 I'm not sure anyone believes that, really. And it isn't required in order to expl
by certifiedloud 10y ago
> people in power are organizing, all together, a dystopian reality a la 1984
I'm not sure anyone believes that, really. And it isn't required in order to explain the explosion in surveillance.
In my view, it seems that increased surveillance throughout the world is a natural consequence of increased technology. If it's your job to stop crime, why wouldn't you digitize and automate?
The law is the last obstacle, and that is slowly being dismantled.
- mhb 10y agoI.e.: The NSA is a paper clip making intelligence that has been given the task of stopping crime.
- marcosdumay 10y agoBasically that. Paper clip maximizing is a widely known and very common failure mode for bureaucracies. Remember, they never get smaller. (How did people deal with oversized bureaucracies in history? I mean before the XVIII century when no size became too big anymore? Was there any peaceful solution?)