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This month I've been reading The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff, an excellent non-fiction book published this year about how tech giants render data. One of the things she says is coming in the "Internet of Things" that will come about with the spread of 5G services is devices that will monitor your facial expressions and determine your mood from that. And, if you're having a slow morning or feeling blue, The Internet of Things will then find ways of cheering you up because happy people make better consumers. And I thought, "And religion gets criticized for controlling people? Good heavens! This stuff is going to take away your right to your own personality."
It seems to me that a near-future science fiction book ought to be written about this, but I'm stuck at that point of the development. Can anyone here think of how this could make an interesting story?
It seems to me that a near-future science fiction book ought to be written about this, but I'm stuck at that point of the development. Can anyone here think of how this could make an interesting story?