The Future of Technology Is Not Here Yet

The regime is strong because it will use new technology to keep troublemakers down. We are told that some unspecified combination of digital information vacuuming, data processing and artificial intelligence will allow the government to monitor all citizens for any kind of oppositional or otherwise undesirable behavior. Not heard are admissions that every technological breakthrough we have been promised for 30 years has always been a lie. And most likely we have passed the peak of technological accomplishment and are now moving backward. The real major impact of technology is that it allows troublemakers to communicate and coordinate much more securely and efficiently than they used to.