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1989: About one out of every 63 East Germans collaborated with the Stasi. 2018: About one out every 2 Americans now own a 'smart speaker' Both Orwell AND Huxl
by PeterStuer 8y ago
1989: About one out of every 63 East Germans collaborated with the Stasi.
2018: About one out every 2 Americans now own a 'smart speaker'
Both Orwell AND Huxley lacked imagination
- jasonvorhe 8y agoThis is intellectually dishonest and dismissive to people who actually had to live in a totalitarian surveillance state for decades.
- PeterStuer 8y agoI respectfully disagree. I think those that have lived in a surveillance state (which needs not be overtly totalitarian), are more keen to pick up on the non-advertised impacts of such technologies.