For my Stratosphere of Surveillance Midterm I am creating a rationalist speculative fiction regarding the current and plausible future of massive data collection driven by private interests in conjunction with the failures of Capitalism and globalization.

STORYTELLING ELEMENTS

a facsimile of a federal statute, bill, and/or ruling referencing

the 2016 Supreme Court decision which ruled that all data generation qualifies as compensable labor

and

registered US and multinational corporations doing trade in the United States must submit to regulation by a newly formed body

a speculative JSON file and/or code snippet which shows the infamous 'recursive french braid' architecture which creates a cohesive, stable database for predictive and deep historical modeling through intergenerational tracking of every human on earth.

which would contain an ASCII version of the human-writeable, machine-readable identifier-authenticator tattoo design which references matrilineal descent

and

the DNA digital data storage translation (the method which converts the information to base code pairs GACT for final storage by oligonucleotide synthesis machines

http://nextgenseek.com/2012/08/next-gen-digital-data-storage-goes-dna/

TYPES OF DATA COLLECTED

currency is de-anonymized and retains transactional history with ID
familial relations
genealogy and historical socioeconomic status
intergenerational social networks
dna and epigenetics
telecommunications
purchases of goods
credit history
educational records
social network sentiment analysis
biometrics
endocrine status
health records
footstep trajectory
sleep schedule/circadian rhythm
sexual relations, schedule, fertility
microbiome
familial political sentiment
information queries (Google, library card history, interpersonal questioning inflected utterances)
infrared emotional heat mapping
energy use (various types/via various devices and situations, individually, and in aggregate)
responses to advertisements and prompts
emotional responses and interaction patterns to media (movies, texts, music)

HOW DATA IS COLLECTED

Wherever possible data is collected subtly but not surreptitiously

phone/telecommunication device microphones
accelerometer and gyroscope
PIR
GPS
publicly-situated smart devices equipped with microphones
man-in-the-middle web traffic routing
fingerprinting physical monetary tender
active questioning (voluntary divulgence)

HOW THE DATA IS USED

OTHER LOGISTICAL DETAILS OF WORLD-BUILDING

RESEARCHES + INSPIRATIONS

IBM WATSON

June 2015 — IBM today sent a letter commending Senators Orrin Hatch and Christopher Murphy for the leadership in advancing legislation that would give non-U.S. citizens greater insight into how their lawfully-collected data is being used and to address errors as they arise.

http://ibmtvdemo.edgesuite.net/software/government/pdf/20150624_JudRedressAct_Ltg_Senate_Signed.pdf

ENIGMA.io

CAPTIALISM, SEC, LEGAL CODE

The Investor's Advocate: How the SEC Protects Investors, Maintains Market Integrity, and Facilitates Capital Formation

http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title15&edition=prelim

IRL EXAMPLES OF UBIQUITOUS DATA COLLECTION SYSTEMS

"LinkNYC is the largest and most advanced outdoor digital advertising platform in the world. As a city-wide network with thousands of screens on top of an Internet and data-rich backbone, brands and organizations have the opportunity to reach both mainstream and hyperlocal audiences in support of a valuable public service [sic: access to the Internet]. This egalitarian new platform blurs the lines between digital and physical, and the opportunities for civic, commercial, and cultural engagement are endless."

http://www.link.nyc/advertise.html

"Signals are transmitted from the balloons to a specialized internet antenna mounted to the side of a home or workplace, or directly to LTE-enabled devices. Web traffic that travels through the balloon network is ultimately relayed to our local telecommunications partners' ground stations, where it connects to pre-existing Internet infrastructure."

https://www.google.com/loon/faq/

"The goal of Project Loon is to bring internet access to the 2 out of 3 people who don't have internet access today"

https://plus.google.com/+ProjectLoon/videos

PRESENTATION

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