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Information Dystopianew
I was raised on the idea that the information age would usher in a democratic, communication-based utopia, but last week offered at least two object lessons in why that particular dream was a lie.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Annalee Newitz |
02-07-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
A Polite Message From the Surveillance Statenew
Say what you want about Google being an evil corporate overlord that steals all your private data, turns it into info-mulch and then injects it into the technoslaves to keep them drugged up and helpless. There are still some good things about the company despite all that.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Annalee Newitz |
01-31-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
High-Tech Military Gigs Are All the Rage Againnew
Back in the Reagan era, the tens of thousands of engineers who got sucked into corporations with big military contracts called it "the defense industry," but today's police-state teenyboppers are calling it "the security industry."
Metro Silicon Valley |
Annalee Newitz |
08-07-2004 |
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