Proclivia and Phidias: A dialogue part 2
Charlene CatPrevious… By Charlene Cat with Dan Wild Phidias: I would love to go to space. The other night I had a strange dream. It was of a rocket with five astronauts, so they are called. But it failed on launch and returned to the ground and became a ball of fire. One astronaut survived. What …
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Proclivia and Phidias: A dialogue somewhat in the style of Plato
Charlene CatBy Charlene Cat with Dan Wild Phidias: My dear Proclivia, the state of the empire is not looking good. But we have only started our walk. Why am I already bringing up the decline and fall of the empire? Oh, and I hope you don’t mind me calling you Proclivia? Proclivia: You can call me …
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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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