I listened to a really cool podcast yesterday from
IT Conversations.
It was a speech given by
Jamais
Cascio at the
MeshForum
2005 conference. He talked about the Participatory Panopticon - a world
where everyone is watched or being recorded all the time. He suggests as a
culture we are moving in this direction due to the proliferation of cell phones
and other devices that are always on and have the ability to record audio, video
and photos. Agree or disagree with Jamais it will make you think about some of
the legal and ethical issues we will face surrounding the evolution of these
devices.
Link to the podcast page (
Jamais
Cascio - The Participatory Panopticon) on IT Conversations and to the
full
text of his speech.