Technocrats are licking their chops as politicians drive society into failure and chaos because they will ultimately wind up controlling everything in the end, scientifically, of course. A great moral hazard exists in that the Humpty Dumpty of economy and politics is at risk to be given a little push off the wall.
Bono is an outspoken apologist for the European Union, the United Nations and Sustainable Development and he is worried about threats to their very existence. He views the UN as "the conscience of our humanity.”
Analytica was actually a minor deal. Facebook prostituted user data - including friends names, genders and birthdates - all over the world, even as far as the Chinese government-connected firm, Huawei. With Technocracy, its 'Follow the data, follow the power.'
Discussing political philosophy, values, ethics and morality leave Technocrats out in the cold because all they can talk about is 10-point solutions to definable problems. Even global Technocracy, the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, is a list of 17 goals and 169 targets.
Legal action brought against law enforcement agencies over Technocrat-minded pre-crime programs is gaining traction around the nation. The idea that man can accurately predict the future is nonsense, but the allure is too strong for police departments to say no.
The meta-data argument claiming that identities are concealed, is a myth of epic proportions and always has been. Attempting to be anonymous is futile. In Twitter's case, it is using meta-data analysis to prove which accounts are fake and which are real; fake accounts are being deleted em-masse.
As the old adage goes, "Necessity is the mother of invention", and in this case, the need for Big Tech whistle-blowers to 'come out' has spawned a support organization that will help with support and legal fees. It will be interesting to see if any insiders actually turn whistle-blower.
The 'Event"? This is a penetrating article that concludes that the real future of technology is about just one thing: escape. This includes colonizing Mars (Musk), reversing the aging process (Thiel) and uploading minds into supercomputers (Kurzweil, Altman).
China's elite Technocracy is fully dedicated to being the global leader in Artificial Intelligence. These two companies alone are valued at over $6 billion and are revolutionizing surveillance for the purpose of social engineering.