Modern mass surveillance as religious experience
Lindsay WinklerBy Lindsay Winkler with Dave Singer “I will be the gaoler. You will see … that the gaoler will have no salary – will cost nothing to the nation” So said Jeremy Bentham in 1786 after visiting his brother Samuel in Russia. The Panopticon was designed to give people the impression they were constantly watched, …
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Lindsay Winkler: We need to remove our low-pass filters
Lindsay WinklerGuest post from Lindsay Winkler, musician and writer, on how society filters information. Today’s global challenges mean we may have to adjust our low-pass filters. Electrical engineers are familiar with the concept of a low-pass filter. Imagine you want to measure the depth of water in Sydney Harbour at different times. You could take a …
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