Comments on: Texas Border Watch Website

By: Earthman Xosha Rosp

Earthman Xosha Rosp — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 07:30:01 +0000

Big Brother throws a party for everyone who might ever be interested in you, and it’s located in your head. That’s pretty damned scary. And y’know what, alla those people who give us the line about the innocent have nothing to fear will likely be the ones who push us into it, while we feel like we’re doing the right thing as innocent people in a potentially criminal society.

After all - if everyone who’s disagreeing is labelled as hiding something, wouldn’t that be a pretty major stigma to attach to dissent, and great lever to make it happen?

By: Al Billings

Al Billings — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 17:08:05 +0000

David Brin wrote a non-fiction book about this in the 90’s called “The Transparent Society.” Check it out.

By: fuj

fuj — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:22:33 +0000

Robert J. Sawyer wrote a sci-fi novel called ‘Hominids’ (part of a series). The world created by the author seems to picture the “perfect” (matriarchal) technocracy. In this world (an alternate human timeline where neanderthals became the dominant species), each member of society has a camera/computer embedded in them. Each camera is hooked up to the public network, and all output is recorded at the governments database. Not only does this ensure an objective witness at all times and places (true justice!), it allows all members of the society to be entertained by the rest. But yeah, it’s just a book…

By the way, the advent of VR technology has been near for at least a decade. But the moneymen have decided not to push it, because of its frequent side-effects: mystical experiences of oneness, ego death, the shattering of absolutes. Maybe their still devising a way to spin the effects before massmarketing it.