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https://www.socialcooling.com/ ← how surveillance changes society. "a society where self-censorship and risk-aversion are the new normal"
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@drak this has always been the case, really. your neighbours and the town/city you live in have a culture which "adjust" people's behaviour through even unwritten social norms. surveillance only takes this to the Nth degree, and makes peo…
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It changed with the bigger cities: People could free themselves from the shackles of their immediate group and find others to interact with.
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also changed is that you have almost no spaces left where you can be sure not to be watched: No space where you can speak confidentially
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@drak cities changed the dynamic, certainly, but come with a new and different set of norms. that people aren't often aware of these norms is good evidence, imho, how thoroughly they've acclimated to them.
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@drak the surveillance state is nothing new, though. the main difference is that technology now enables monitoring far more people simultaneously for far less cost and using far fewer "men on the ground." we're bridging the physical divid…
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The difference in a city is that you can much more easily leave your previous group behind. Find likeminded people — like the web of the 90s
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@drak I wasn't disagreeing on this point. it is very true.
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You’re right that it wasn’t perfect, but the anonymity in the crowd provided pretty good privacy in practice in cities. I could meet with friends in a public place without ever seeing anyone from school. This is very different in a village — and currently becomes different online
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