Mass Surveillance — state of control

A WIRED SOUP POST BY CHAD SCHOMBER.

What is the psychological impact of total surveillance (360 degree, 24-7, audio, video, phones, computers, GPS, etc.) on ordinary citizens? In a very real sense, we’re in the process of social domestication. Continue reading

Don’t Just Stand There, Do Something!

A Wired Soup post by Gayle M. Cottrill.

Those six simple words may offer a solution to the bystander effect, a social/psychology phenomenon where the presence of others causes people to not take action when a stranger is in need. Why do humans do this? Continue reading