What does it mean to live in a surveillance state?
Years ago conspiracy theorists told us we were being watched, monitored and spied on, with all our communication being catalogued into a massive surveillance database.
Then Edward Snowden came along and told us the conspiracy theorists were right!
But, true or not, how does this story of the Orwellian "Surveillance State" affect us, and how does it function to modify our behaviour as a society?
Click to listen: http://www.narrativelyspeaking.net/2018/11/12/nsp015-the-stories-they-tell-us-about-big-brother/
Narratively Speaking is a different kind of podcast.
I'm not trying to give any answers, and don't even pretend I have any -- I'm just following an original train of thought and seeing where it leads us. It's the kind of stuff you think about on the bus, or in the shower, but rarely write down or talk to your friends about.
Do you ever wonder how much story is affecting you? What if story is more than mere words and pictures stored in your brain, but rather, the stuff your consciousness is made of?
This is episode 16. You can follow the link above or search for it in your favourite podcast app.
Got a story to share? Hit me up in the comments. I'd love to get a conversation going.
Source material for this episode:
Scene from Cat's Eye:
Before There Was Snowden: https://www.whistleblowersecurity.com/before-there-was-snowden-the-other-whistleblowers-who-came-forward/
Global surveillance whistleblowers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_whistleblowers
Bentham, Foucault and the Penopticon | Philosophy Tube:
Veritassium on Learned Helplessness:
Learned Optimism: