German Technocrats are fully immersed in automated surveillance and artificial intelligence; anything goes when fighting crime, including citizens' rights.
China treated tech giants as useful idiots; now that China has what it wants, they are being thrown under the bus. However, most Technocrat billionaires believe that China has the best model for global governance so there is the aspect of total complicity as well.
The "we're living in a computer simulation" myth is running amok with Technocrat billionaires who are caught up in their own fantasy world. As this article states, "it’s hard to know whether we should laugh or scream in horror." However, note that these are the same people bringing who plan to escape death and want to colonize Mars. They are also the same people who are driving Smart Cities, the New Urban Agenda and 20330 Agenda.
Technocrats hate to be told "no", so billionaire Technocrat Peter Thiel is funding a floating city in international waters, effectively removing all legal, moral and ethical restraints on scientific research. Thiel is a Transhuman and also wants to colonize Mars.
Google is going over the edge to collect more data on shoppers, but will the lust for data ever stop? Technocrats can never satisfy their need for more data, stored data and permanent data. Google is meeting with resistance in most developed nations around the world.
Both China and Russia have gone 'dark', shutting off major parts of the Internet that insures privacy and access to global content. The clear intent is to limit dissent against their governments, leaving propaganda in its place.
When AI and facial scanning are perfected, check-in at the gate can be totally automated and anyone on the no-fly list can be immediately carted off to detention. Technocrats apparently see nothing wrong with this scenario.
This is the worst possible news for privacy advocates because Apple has chosen to help China, a Technocracy, to censor its citizens. This action follows Apple's battle with U.S. Intel over encryption of its iPhone, which now seems hollow. Worse, if Apple will cave to China's political demands, it could cave to anyone else.
All of a sudden, stories about geo-engineering are appearing frequently, floating the idea of cooling the planet by modifying the atmosphere. However, they do not mention that experiments have already been underway for several years. Technocrats don't believe that they need public approval for any project where the 'science is settled'.
They talk about HFCs and the need for people in hot countries to cool down, but how long will it take until geo-engineering comes into focus? Funding is provided by the Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program, which in turn is funded by oligarch foundations like Bill Gates, MacArthur Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, etc.