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I've read about many game-changing surveillance technologies lately, and what's public is probably just the tip of the iceberg. I should be in dire fear of a 1
by beloch 13y ago
I've read about many game-changing surveillance technologies lately, and what's public is probably just the tip of the iceberg. I should be in dire fear of a 1984-style surveillance state thanks to the continuing revelations about the NSA's spying programs. However, I increasingly find myself numb to it all. I haven't acted on anything. I don't know what to do so I keep on living my life as if nothing had happened. If ever Toffler's term, "Future Shock" applied, it applies to me now. Technology has transformed the world I live in so fast that I don't know how to respond. Consequently, I do nothing. I used to think future shock was something that could only happen to my grandparents!
- eliasmacpherson 13y agoYour reaction is normal for someone who didn't see this coming, or believe it was happening already. Remember how Toffler described how those who dealt with "Future Shock" successfully, they took control of aspects of their own life. That's what you have to act on, what you can control. So they question you should ask yourself is - what can you control? Anything you can control, you should be able to teach others how to control, be it their computer or their online behaviour. That is unless you are happy with the present state of affairs and are comfortably numb.
- ZoF 13y agoComfortably numb.
- eliasmacpherson 13y agoThis is an excellent starting point, if it's something you would consider. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7216942 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7216942 http://freedombone.uk.to/ http://freedombone.uk.to/