Read Wednesday's New York Times article about how software is being developed to monitor negative opinions of the US or its leaders in overseas newspapers and other publications. It's like an episode of The Twilight Zone written by Orwell.
It's also creepy because it's so reminiscent of the aborted 2002 attempt to develop a tracking system called Total Information Awareness that, as the Times points out, "was intended to detect terrorists by analyzing troves of information."
This administration actively tries to alienate everyone through its words and actions and then it wants to measure just how much they've offended everyone? You couldn't make this stuff up.
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Read Wednesday’s New York Times article about how software is being developed to monitor negative opinions of the US or its leaders in overseas newspapers and other publications. It’s like an episode of The Twilight Zone written by Orwell.
It’s also creepy because it’s so reminiscent of the aborted 2002 attempt to develop a tracking system called Total Information Awareness that, as the Times points out, “was intended to detect terrorists by analyzing troves of information.”
This administration actively tries to alienate everyone through its words and actions and then it wants to measure just how much they’ve offended everyone? You couldn’t make this stuff up.
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