Monday, November 08, 2021

From Jenna Orkin

He predicted the dark side of the Internet 30 years ago. Why did no one listen?

In 1994 — before most Americans had an email address or Internet access or even a personal computer — Philip Agre foresaw that computers would one day facilitate the mass collection of data on everything in society. Then he disappeared, leaving behind a legacy of work that was eerily prescient in predicting how technology would impact society.
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