What with this nonsense from David Murakami Wood, from the Surveillance Studies Network on Britain being the most spied on in the world:
Life chances? What the feck is that? Are we in some role playing game? Are our lives governed solely by luck or is it the fact that those that work the hardest appear to be the "luckiest"?
I've also heard this stupid ad on the radio that talks about "...when I contacted my life company..." FFS! They used to be called banks. And occaisionally those banks sold endowments.
Why is this doublespeak appearing everywhere?
"Surveillance is not a malign plot hatched by evil powers to control the population.
"But the surveillance society has come about almost without us realising."
He added: "With technologies that are large-scale, taken for granted and often invisible, surveillance is increasingly everywhere.
"We describe techniques such as automatic classification and risk-based profiling as "social sorting" which can create real problems for individuals — social exclusion, discrimination and a negative impact on their life chances."
"But the surveillance society has come about almost without us realising."
He added: "With technologies that are large-scale, taken for granted and often invisible, surveillance is increasingly everywhere.
"We describe techniques such as automatic classification and risk-based profiling as "social sorting" which can create real problems for individuals — social exclusion, discrimination and a negative impact on their life chances."
I've also heard this stupid ad on the radio that talks about "...when I contacted my life company..." FFS! They used to be called banks. And occaisionally those banks sold endowments.
Why is this doublespeak appearing everywhere?
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