Guest Articles… Amazon’s Facial Recognition Technology Can Now Detect Fear in People 18 Aug 201918 Aug 2019 (CD) — Privacy advocates are responding with alarm to Amazon’s claim this week that the controversial cloud-based facial recognition system the company markets to law enforcement agencies can now detect “fear” in…
Science & Technology… Facial Recognition Forces Kids to Pay Attention in Class 17 Aug 201919 Aug 2019 In Hangzhou, China, a high school has implemented facial recognition technology in the classroom. The system scans and stores the emotions of each student’s face every 30 seconds to determine…
Surveillance ICYMI: Australians Facing Prison Terms For Paying In Cash 3 Aug 201919 Aug 2019 Cash bans. It’s an insidious concept the Australian government insists has developed for the Australian peoples’ own good. The war on cash and therefore the war against freedom is spreading.…
Surveillance Police Urging Users To Delete FaceApp 26 Jul 201919 Aug 2019 If you’re one of the millions of people who have proudly used the FaceApp, be aware you may have just signed your rights away. The FaceApp responsible for changing facial…
Censorship… The Arrival of Orwell’s Worst Nightmare 21 Apr 201919 Aug 2019 The “black art of political newspeak” was used to describe a Republican Party consultant in the early 2000s. Big Brother surveillance laws were unveiled around the same time by Snowden.…
Surveillance Surveillance Slips Into Totalitarianism…But Don’t Say You Weren’t Warned 3 Feb 20198 Mar 2019 It’s a page out of Orwell’s 1984. The increasing revelations about surveillance across the globe into our private lives is causing a divide in the Western states. Are the actions…
Essays Is a Dystopia Synonymous with Humanity? 3 Feb 201911 Mar 2019 Why Dystopian? It's a question I'm inevitably asked when my books and essays are discussed. My short answer is: Do I get a choice? Followed by my long answer: It's…
Cinema/TV… Top 10 Dystopian Musts For Dystopian Junkies 3 Feb 201926 May 2019 I'm a big believer in the dystopian genre representing a society in which we can avoid. (Everything else between is post-apocalyptic). It's becoming incredibly difficult to find a reliable list…
Cinema/TV… Centralia: Few know Horror Movie Silent Hill’s Reality 2 Feb 20198 Mar 2019 There’s a detour along Route 61 in Pennsylvania. Little would think to question the signs on top of the hill in the Ashland community, following the signs until reconnected with…
Entertainment (Dystopian/SciFi)… The Top 10 Dystopian Songs 2 Feb 20199 Sep 2019 Arguably, some of the greatest hits of all time have been created with dystopian themes. It’s probably why they strike a proverbial chord with their audiences. From Prince to Good…
