the participatory panopticon

Jamais CascioOctober 21, 2013

privacy & secrecy

FORGETS

THE INTERNETNEVER

panopticon

how many cameras are in the room right now?

Panopticon SocietyWatched by the

Government.Watched by Companies.Watched by Each Other.

surveillance

sousveillance

Compilation created by Andy Baio, Waxy.org

transparency

Now we’re entering a new era when the village seems about to return. With our senses and memories enhanced prodigiously by new prostheses, suddenly we can “know” the reputations of millions, soon to be billions, of fellow Earth citizens. A tap of your VR eyeglasses will identify any person, along with profiles and alerts, almost as if you had been gossiping about him and her for years.

It’s seriously scary prospect and one that is utterly unavoidable. The cities we grew up in were semi-anonymous only because they were primitive. The village is returning. And with it serious, lifelong worry about that state of our reputations. Kids who do not know this are playing with fire. They had better hope that the village will be a nice one. A village that shrugs a lot, and forgives.

— David Brin, 2007

looking ahead

Jamais Cascio

@cascioopenthefuture.com

the participatory panopticonOctober 21, 2013