YOUR CARBON CREDIT CARD HAS BEEN DECLINED. Get ready for a whole different kind of credit score. This one has nothing to do with financial risk, and everything to do with control in the guise of combating “climate change.” A Swedish fintech company Doconomy is applying the “credit limit”model to calculations about pollution. It’s issuing...
Category: TRENDS IN TECHNOCRACY by Joe Doran
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WHY SCIENCE IS THE WORST CULT OF ALL
“This attack on me, which clearly has political overtones to a nonpolitical scientist, I feel, is dangerous to the entire field of science and [shows] how people try to intimidate scientists.” —Dr. Anthony Fauci The quote above came this week, as the head of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NAID) defended...
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THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
DRONE ATTACKS AND SURVEILLANCE ARE ON THE RISE. They can be operated by almost anyone, as endless YouTube videos including overhead vistas of adventures and travels demonstrate. But drones, or unmanned aerial systems (UASs), are increasingly impacting the rights and lives of average citizens in more significant ways. A recent Joint Intelligence Bulletin (JIB) not...
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CANCELED IN THE METAVERSE
Being cancelled from Twitter or Facebook will seem quaint compared to the comprehensive way that people may disappear for all intents and purposes in the metaverse. To understand the dangers, it’s necessary to contemplate what the metaverse represents. Where did “Metaverse” Come From? Like so many technological realities, the metaverse was first envisioned in science...
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THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
AL GORE SAYS NO LOCKBOX FOR PERSONAL PRIVACY. Al Gore highlighted his new solution to cut carbon emissions, global monitoring using satellites, sensors, and artificial intelligence, while speaking at the COP 26 conference, a meeting of private jet and super boat owners. Gore said in an interview with MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell that technology developed by...
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AI IS DETERMINING HOW MUCH YOU PAY FOR THAT
Did you get a great price on that new laptop, cellphone, plane ticket, hotel room, or supplement? Or did you pay exactly what a data powered AI intelligence decided you were likely to bear? Increasingly, pricings of items and services on online platforms are being tailored to users based on data that might be scraped...
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THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
INNOVEGA OFFERS A LOOKING GLASS INTO THE METAVERSE This past week Facebook made it official, changing its corporate name to “Meta”, signaling a focus to be a master corporation of a mixed-reality world. Given Mark Zuckerberg’s penchants, the worlds Meta creates are likely to be more immersive versions of the manipulated and censored social media...
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FBI: THE POLITICIZED POLICE UNDERMINING AMERICA
Last week Ted Cruz eviscerated Attorney General Merrick Garland over the Justice Department siccing the FBI on parents airing concerns at school board meetings. Cruz rightly condemned Garland for mobilizing the FBI to act on a vitriolic letter by the National School Boards Association (NSBA) that claimed parents constituted a “domestic terrorism” threat. Among other...
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RUMBLE VIDEO PLATFORM GETS SOCIAL WITH LOCALS BUY
Locals, a video streaming service and social network supportive to free expression, has been bought by Rumble. Rumble already comprises a growing video platform, and the merger with Locals will increase its user base and offer more features, including subscription revenue options for creators. Locals was first launched in 2019 by podcaster and author Dave...
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THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
SNOWDEN CASTS A DOUBTFUL EYE ON WORLDCOIN. The idea may have had its heart in the right place. But scanning eyes to capture biometric data in order for users to acquire a crypto called “Worldcoin” is no solution to better KYC (Know Your Customer) privacy issues, said privacy advocate Edward Snowden. Worldcoin has made a...