I think the information age will control us

[_BuRjaCi_]

Originally posted by Pekka
Right, right, the technology is not the problem, I agree. It rarely is. It's merely a tool.

Plus, the tool has great potential. Like said, it enables faster communication and disables distance barriers and restrictions of physical location. So.. it can go either way, so far both elements are co-existing.

It depends mostly on the development of culture and legislation; both however are still looking grim.

I just look at China and freak out, not to mention that the NSA has the capability to read any E-mail it pleases. Without a warrant!
How are the huddled masses supposed to revolt against their energy-fattened masters?
Who would bother to organize a protest these day's without the internet? Through snail mail!?! Over an unsecured phone-line?

I must say, the technology presents us with the tools to create a totally stagnant Orwellian society. The future sucks. (luckily the past and present suck as well )

[Provost Harrison]

Pekka has a very salient point, and I think it comes down to pure scaremongering. In this country we are supposed to be at a high alert from terrorist threats and our rights are being eroded in away, whereas in reality, we are probably at a fraction of the threat we were at during the Northern Irish hostilities.

It's all about control. What is innocuous now (the ID card, surveillance cameras, car tracking to allow determination of "mileage used and on what roads") can be all too easily twisted to have complete monitoring over your every move.