cory doctorow não é só a pessoa por trás de boingboing, mas um dos mais interessantes escritores [em inglês] da nova geração. no texto que você poderá ler ao clicar na figura, ele considera as múltiplas possibilidades de um mundo onde alguém, ou alguma corporação, saiba mais sobre qualquer um de nós do que é absolutamente necessário saber. e que isso acabe [por exemplo] no seguinte diálogo entre um representante do "sistema" e um "reles mortal":

"Sir, calm down, please. No, I’m not looking at your searches," the man said in a mocking whine. "That would be unconstitutional. We see only the ads that show up when you read your mail and do your searching. I have a brochure explaining it. I’ll give it to you when we’re through here."

"But the ads don’t mean anything," Greg sputtered. "I get ads for Ann Coulter ring tones whenever I get e-mail from my friend in Coulter, Iowa!"

The man nodded. "I understand, sir. And that’s just why I’m here talking to you. Why do you suppose model rocket ads show up so frequently?"

it is the sort of world that might be chasing us quite soon indeed. beware.

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