“The year is 2020, and the fight against the surveillance state is over. Robots fly overhead, and camera nets scour the city, using biometric surveillance to log our every step. The cell phones that once promised to put the world in our palms have now become our electronic wardens, feeding a constant stream of data back to the ever-watchful algorithms.”
Ten years ago, that scene would have felt like science fiction. Today, in China and other authoritarian regimes, it’s everyday life. As we close out the decade, we ask you: what sort of future do you want for your communities?
