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The technetronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values. Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about the citizen. These files will be subject to instantaneous retrieval by the authorities - Zbigniew Brzezinski, in Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era (1970).

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have never really understood why people object to being filmed when they are in public spaces. Isn't the whole point about a public space that it is, well, public? - Matthew Taylor http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/public-policy/privacy-on-parade/?utm_…

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The potential downside of smartphones... Halcyon In Business 27 May 2011

As ever, Dilbert distills perfectly the essence of an increasingly serious issue, i.e. how much privacy are we willingly and unknowingly trading away in our rush towards ever more "intelligent" devices.

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The technetronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values. Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about the citizen. These files will be subject to instantaneous retrieval by the authorities - Zbigniew Brzezinski, in Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era (1970).

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All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income - Samuel Butler

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have never really understood why people object to being filmed when they are in public spaces. Isn?t the whole point about a public space that it is, well, public? - Matthew Taylor http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/public-policy/privacy-on-parade/?utm_…

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