I Just came across this document on the Data Protection Commissioners website. Its a projected vision of public surveillance in the near future, a dsytopian one as far as individual privacy is concerned. Thought provoking and worth a read.
A Report on the Surveillance SocietyFor the Information Commissioner, by the Surveillance Studies Network
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Data Protection Commissioner- Report on the Surveillance Society
January 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Data Protection and Privacy, Government Policy, Legal Issues, Philosophy, Politics, Resources, Society, Standards, Trust, transparency
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Tara Hunt on Government 2.0 at GOVIS in New Zealand.
January 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Government 2.0, Government as Platform, Mashups, NZ, Philosophy, Politics, Resources, Standards, Trust, Video, WIKIS, Web 2.0, transparency
Video of Tara Hunt Presenting her talk on Government 2.0 “Architecting for Collaboration” (May 26th 2007) to some New Zealand Government officials and staff at GOVIS and here also are the accompanying slides (hosted on slideshare.net). Its an excellent and inspiring presentation on Government as a platform, discussing 2.0 technologies and their role in enabling […]
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Edge 233 — Published today January 14, 2008
January 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Philosophy, Society, USA
Edge- The third culture consists of those scientists and other thinkers in the empirical world who, through their work and expository writing, are taking the place of the traditional intellectual in rendering visible the deeper meanings of our lives, redefining who and what we are.
The mandate of Edge Foundation is to promote inquiry into and […]
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