In this video, we explore how modern communication technologies have given rise to the most destopian mass surveillance states the world has ever known. Technology is out of humanity's control, has ceased to serve us, has enslaved us and compelled us to participate in the preparation of our own destruction. We are relying on the fascinating book by jeremy weisman, the crowd sourced penopticon.
In the book The Origins of Totalitarianism Hannah Arendt describes the rudimentary mass surveillance system used by the secret police force of the Russian Empire. “Every suspect was noted on a large card in the center of which his name was surrounded by a red circle; his political friends were designated by smaller red circles […]
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Smartphones and Social Media: A Mass Surveillance Dystopia first appeared on
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