Climate of Fear
‘Climate of Fear’
As I transcribe these conversations with research participants I am struck by how many individuals are speaking of corporations and government ‘scooping up data’ from ‘device users’ then creating a climate of fear to drive consumers back indoors to connect through devices and services which track, monitor and manipulate them in the guise as entertainment.
It seems, in reflection also that from the role as Researcher and as a parent that our children are no longer happy connecting in natural settings rather virtual domains through a multitude of services that harvest their personal data and use it against them in the current moment. I reflect on how much of my life was lived in analogue and yet every moment of theirs seems likely in the present and near future to be adding to a controlled digital life portfolio.
