Comments on: The city of the future will watch you all the time https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-city-of-the-future-will-watch-you-all-the-time/ Wed, 10 May 2017 22:34:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-city-of-the-future-will-watch-you-all-the-time/#comment-982660 Wed, 10 May 2017 22:34:29 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=45569#comment-982660 Early Bird–
Appreciate the resource on WHO.
(My wife was big Tom Baker fan– I prefer the Jon Pertwee era myself.)

]]> By: Early Bird https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-city-of-the-future-will-watch-you-all-the-time/#comment-982651 Wed, 10 May 2017 21:18:20 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=45569#comment-982651 Correction on the “Panopticon” and Dr. WHO thought-oid.,
— think I’m co-mingling plot-lines & the name of the Dr. WHO Conventions in the late 80’s. (have a boatload of WHO, but not all of them.)

If you want to have a go at jogging your memory, here:

http://www.radiotimes.com/doctor-who-episode-guide-fourth-doctor-tom-baker

…is an episode guide to the Tom Baker years.

There are some spoilers, so you will want to read sparingly if the particular story you’re looking at is one you have not yet seen.

]]> By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-city-of-the-future-will-watch-you-all-the-time/#comment-982617 Wed, 10 May 2017 14:17:34 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=45569#comment-982617 Correction on the “Panopticon” and Dr. WHO thought-oid.,
— think I’m co-mingling plot-lines & the name of the Dr. WHO Conventions in the late 80’s. (have a boatload of WHO, but not all of them.)

Point being however–Jeremy Bentham had some bizzaro idea’s and bizzaro people are working 24/7 to bring it about. “They” as well, are trying to make Plato’s Republic, a real thing.
(totally tangential– I find it ironic “they” make us pay for the flat-screens & internet connections, by which they will surveil us, all.)

Laurie–
Thank you
(…it’s still America, you quote the Bible all you want!)
It has that Bible-feel to it. Have read, the whole thing more than once, but honestly, I was most interested in the beginning and the end, parts.

Ted– yepper. My friends beamed me some pictures of their latest travels– surveillance camera’s everywhere in London (and Liverpool)..

]]> By: Ted https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-city-of-the-future-will-watch-you-all-the-time/#comment-982612 Wed, 10 May 2017 12:46:20 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=45569#comment-982612 Wayne: We were in London in March and yes there are cameras everywhere! However it’s the one you DON’T see that are scary.

]]> By: Laurie https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-city-of-the-future-will-watch-you-all-the-time/#comment-982580 Wed, 10 May 2017 03:42:02 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=45569#comment-982580 Wayne – yes, I’m glad I can post such things here without someone threatening legal action ;)

Daniel 7:8 (NIV)

]]> By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-city-of-the-future-will-watch-you-all-the-time/#comment-982563 Wed, 10 May 2017 00:30:57 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=45569#comment-982563 Ted–
Was not aware of “Person of Interest.” Watched a few clips & it does look intriguing! (and with 5 Seasons, in the can.)

I recall Dr. WHO had a story arc that featured some sort of “Panopticon” theme. Mid 70’s, maybe Tom Baker. (?)

Laurie– forgive my ignorance, is that from the Bible? It’s familiar…

Just had a friend who visited London recently, practically the first thing he noted was they had “noticeably more camera’s every block,” compared to a previous visit in 2011.

]]> By: Laurie https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-city-of-the-future-will-watch-you-all-the-time/#comment-982552 Tue, 09 May 2017 23:36:36 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=45569#comment-982552 In conjunction with the previous post about youth indoctrination:

“While I was thinking about the horns (symbol for a powerful, oppressive dominion or leader), there before me was another horn, a little one, which came up among them; and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a human being (surveillance?) and a mouth that spoke boastfully (propaganda?).

I was just thinking about it, too…

]]> By: Ted https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-city-of-the-future-will-watch-you-all-the-time/#comment-982486 Tue, 09 May 2017 18:12:30 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=45569#comment-982486 Bob: This sounds just like the tv program “Person of Interest.” You are being watched. The government has a secret system – I know I invented it. It’s a dandy if not scary show. Worth watching.

]]> By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-city-of-the-future-will-watch-you-all-the-time/#comment-982471 Tue, 09 May 2017 17:40:11 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=45569#comment-982471 “Panopticon”
https://youtu.be/zAkQRVASPQw
(26:13)

The Panopticon is a type of institutional building designed by the English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham in the late 18th century.
The concept of the design is to allow a single watchman to observe (-opticon) all (pan-) inmates of an institution without the inmates being able to tell whether or not they are being watched. Although it is physically impossible for the single watchman to observe all cells at once, the fact that the inmates cannot know when they are being watched means that all inmates must act as though they are watched at all times, effectively controlling their own behavior constantly.
The name is also a reference to Panoptes from Greek mythology; he was a giant with a hundred eyes and thus was known to be a very effective.”

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