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1984 vs Brave New World

admin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:40:36 +0000

Schöner Cartoon über den Unterschied zwischen Orwells (1984) und Huxleys (Schöne neue Welt) Zukunftsversion.

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Spy Drones für die Polizei

bvt — Tue, 22 May 2007 07:45:53 +0000

Der Guardian berichtet über einen weiteren Schritt in die Überwachungsgesellschaft.

The UK’s first police “spy drone” has taken to the skies.

The remote control helicopter, fitted with CCTV cameras, will be used by officers in Merseyside to track criminals and record anti-social behaviour.

The drone is only a metre wide, weighs less than a bag of sugar, and can record images from a height of 500m.

It was originally used for military reconnaissance but is now being trialled by a mainstream police force.

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Schäubles Schreckensliste

bvt — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:05:15 +0000

Die Zeit hat einen gut gemachten Überblick über Schäubles Pläne zum Abbau der Bürgerrechte zusammengestellt.

Zu jedem Bereich werden die Fragen:

Was ist geplant?

Stand der Umsetzung?

Was ist schon möglich?

und

Rechtliche Schranken?

beantwortet.

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Vorratsdatenspeicherung noch zu stoppen?

bvt — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:17:44 +0000

Diese Woche wird der Gesetzesentwurf zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung im Bundeskabinett diskutiert.

So erfreulich die rege Teilnahme an der Demo in Frankfurt gegen die Vorratsdatenspeicherung ist, so schlecht stehen wohl die Chancen dass dieses Gesetz noch gekippt wird.

Dennoch unterstützt die Aktivitäten gegen die Vorratsdatenspeicherung.

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Gründe für die Kontrollgesellschaft

bvt — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 14:18:24 +0000

Das britische Verteidigungsministerium zeichnet ein düsteres Bild der Zukunft, einige Zitate aus dem Guardian.

“The middle classes could become a revolutionary class, taking the role envisaged for the proletariat by Marx,” says the report. (…) “The world’s middle classes might unite, using access to knowledge, resources and skills to shape transnational processes in their own class interest”.

By 2010 more than 50% of the world’s population will be living in urban rather than rural environments, leading to social deprivation and “new instability risks”, and the growth of shanty towns.

The global population is likely to grow to 8.5bn in 2035, with less developed countries accounting for 98% of that. Some 87% of people under the age of 25 live in the developing world. Demographic trends, which will exacerbate economic and social tensions, have serious implications for the environment - including the provision of clean water and other resources - and for international relations.

There is “compelling evidence” to indicate that climate change is occurring and that the atmosphere will continue to warm at an unprecedented rate throughout the 21st century.

Genug Gründe sich ersthaft mit der eigenen Herrschaftssicherung auseinanderzusetzen.

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Dilemmas of Privacy and Surveillance

bvt — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:08:12 +0000

Die Royal Academy of Engeneering beschäftigt sich in Dilemmas of Privacy and Surveillance – Challenges of Technological Change (pdf 832kb) mit der Frage wie wir unsere (technologische) Zukunft gestalten wollen.

The world created by the design and deployment of novel technologies is one of our choosing. The different paths that technological development could take result in quite different societies, some more welcome than others.

Therefore technological development needs to be steered along the preferred path - what that path should be, which scenario we prefer and how technological development can be influenced are matters that need extended debate.

via surveillance studies

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1984 als Comic

bvt — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 10:28:42 +0000

1984 als Comic auf deutsch.

via entartete-kunst