
The Register has recently reported that the US Department of Defense (bless their overspending heart) has invested in developing a "synthetic mirror of the real world".
An experiment in to Psychological Operations (PSYOPS), it will create billions of nodes simulating individuals in their respective environs, helping Big Brother predict how the teeming masses will react when he raises taxes, drop interest rates, legalizes marijuana, etc.
It's not difficult to imagine how they can populate that database with detailed human behavior. With people giving up their personal information on friendster, tagged, and facebook, and with hackers stealing and selling your credit card info, your personal habits can be tracked, analyzed, and simulated.
I'm sure this will be an interesting philosophical discussion of free will, but I'm not up to it. I'm thinking more along the lines of Hari Seldon's Psychohistory.
Big Brother's already watching. Soon, he will be predicting your next move.





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