All rhetoric aside about how this will benefit residents, recognize that this is a pure 100% exercise in Technocracy by Technocrats. First, the primary source of funding is the National Science Foundation (NSF), with additional funds coming from the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL, a government laboratory). Both organizations are saturated with Technocrats who aspire to run society as a "science of social engineering" project. Second, the hardware and software were both created at the Argonne National Laboratory. Thus, this is exclusively a government project.
Feds Kickstart ‘Array Of Things’ For Blanket Surveillance In Chicago
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