If You’re Not Paranoid, You’re Crazy

The National Data Bank

The Atlantic has a fine story by Walter Kirn about the whole privacy, government snooping, and data collection. He makes some insightful observations about what all this is doing to us. For instance:

These wild speculations seemed less wild the next morning, when we woke to discover that our car had a flat tire. . . . A mischievous prank, no doubt. And yet there was doubt—not a whole lot of it, but some. prism. XKeyscore. Stingrays. They sow doubt, and not only in self-styled gonzo journalists out on a lark. One might be forgiven for thinking that sowing doubt is one of their main functions.

Makes me glad I don't carry a cell phone. Of course, I don't go anywhere, so if they wanted me, I would be easy enough to find.

Via Detroit Steve