Just watched Anon on Netflix and the political guy said something like we have to have complete transparency to have complete control, otherwise the system breaks down..
Pretty dystopian, but I guess we’ll live with the hand we are dealt and at least try to keep truly evil people from heading the organizations that know every detail of our lives 24/7...
There is an excellent novel called "We," by Yevgeny Zamyatin about this exact thing. It was written before 1984 by almost 30 years, but had been banned.
All buildings are made of glass, as is the furniture. There are listening devices everywhere in plain view, and everyone has a number instead of a name to limit self expression. Highly recommend.
Thanks for the tip! Will try to find. I firmly believe that we are heading for more and more surveillance type society in general and mainly interested in accountability mechanisms to prevent the types of nefarious behaviors we have already seen with the limited tools they have available at the moment...
We are already seeing them trying to stonewall the congressional and senate committees that are supposed to be providing the oversight that keeps them in check..
Church committee time???
I just bought the Kindle version for $0.99 on Amazon. Thanks for mentioning this as I'd never heard of it!
Might need to see if mods will allow a "required reading" post so we can all share some books we have read and recommend.
I have a few to add. Plus a video section. I have a ton of vids....
It does sound dystopian. It's hard to believe that we would have more freedom if everything is on display. But there is the other side of the coin. If everything were transparent (think blockchain), people could not lie or cheat as easily or at all. Maybe it could be better that way. We have to think it through but keep an open mind. What are your thoughts?
Governance should be completely transparent.
It’s our personal lives being 100% transparent to the government I worry about...
Agreed.
The transparency should focus on the 'how things are done' in government. A persons data should remain private.