Houston We Have a Problem
It was once thought that globalization accompanied by the instantaneous spread of information by way of the internet in the 21 st century was going to bring societal classes and counties closer to the egalitarian utopia that so many people dream of. The truth may be just the opposite. It’s entirely possible and even conceivable that the network of personal data being gathered by the mega giants such as Google and Facebook will be used to manipulate and control the masses without us even knowing it. This will leave a few of the elites in control of the big data algorithms that in turn control the masses by deciding what car you buy, what show you watch, what books you read, and even who you date. You will not have a decision. You will be told by a computational algorithm what to do. Did I hear someone say zombie apocalypse? The right ingredients and proper formulas are becoming more and more readily available to turn the masses into drooling unconscious zombies working for their m