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Ted Chiang explores this idea in a short story called "The Truth of Fact, The Truth of Feeling" (https://devonzuegel.com/post/the-truth-of-fact-the-truth-of-fee
by yannyu 4y ago
Ted Chiang explores this idea in a short story called "The Truth of Fact, The Truth of Feeling" (https://devonzuegel.com/post/the-truth-of-fact-the-truth-of-feeling-by-ted-chiang-subterranean-press https://devonzuegel.com/post/the-truth-of-fact-the-truth-of-...), which takes place in a world where commercial, individual, always-on recording exists. Ted Chiang also wrote the short story that the movie Arrival was based on.
- mwigdahl 4y agoHalperin's debut novel _The Truth Machine_ also has people living "documented lives", with always-on video and audio recording, as a primary plot element.
- oliwary 4y agoAs does the Neanderthal parallax by Robert J. Sawyer [0]. It describes an advanced civilization of Neanderthals who have taken completely different societal choices. IIRC, each neanderthal has a recording device that constantly films and uploads a 3D feed of their surroundings. In case of murder, the court can access this recording to determine find the killer. [0] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/264946.Hominids https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/264946.Hominids