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The cameras are just one aspect of what I am referring to here. Are you not concerned about someone knowing everything you do? Your shopping habits, your library history, everything you do online, etc.
They know where I live. They know where I work. They know how I get to work everyday; they know how I get home. Now, in a free and stable society, this isn't such a big deal... but what if things aren't so free or stable... what if those in power aren't what they seem? Can this information be used against us? To prevent us from exercising certain rights and freedoms?
We know someone is watching almost everything we do. Yes, there are exceptions, but generally speaking, people know just about everything. There is even a record of evidence for all of us. Think about it.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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