Sometimes when I feel the need to broaden my horizon vis-à-vis the world of science, I pick up the latest copy of New Scientist. On the current cover is a story entitled 'Free will – the illusion we can't live without', something that instantly made me pick up the magazine. The article itself, titled 'The [...]
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In 1785, the English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham[1] described his 'Panopticon'[2], which is essentially a prison where all of the prisoners are under surveillance. Not much in that description that makes if differ from your everyday prison. However, the beautiful (or disturbing, depending on the eyes of the beholder) thing about Bentham's construction [...]
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Tagged: jeremy bentham, john twelve hawks, narus, narusinsight, nsa, society, surveillance, trends