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"you are less valuable than the data you produce" (youtu.be)

submitted 1 month ago by BadlyTimedLuck to c/[email protected]

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For how often I see articles talking about the dangers of tech, I'm surprised at the lack of mention for watch_dogs. Sure, its just a silly little Ubisoft game series, but this game series predicted so much of today's world. The 2nd game is basically propoganda against corporations hoarding so much data, exploring how each of them exploit the world they inhabit. If you haven't played the game, I highly recommend checking it out just for the intro alone. It might not be real world events or actual statistics, but it sure broke down some of the major problems in the industry into something my 13 year old brain could comprehend when I first played the game.

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[–] darthelmet 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Did it really predict these things? We’ve had data surveillance and algorithmic targeting for a while before Watchdogs. A lot of “prescient” sci-fi is just writing about stuff that’s already happening but which people don’t pay much attention to.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

That NSA data center in Utah has been around since the Bush years. None of it was "new" when watch_dogs came out, it just wasn't in the public consciousness. Most of the stuff was happening or being developed at the time.