Re: <nettime> The New Military-Industrial Complex of Big Data Psy-Ops

[Morlock Elloi <morlockelloi@gmail.com>]

Good read.

While I previously mentioned the significance of being able to make 
correlations between apparently totally unrelated data, and act on such 
correlations without bothering to understand why they exist (it's a 
fallacy to assume that understanding is required for acting), I was 
speculating.

This is the first time I've seen the proof - from the article:

"... including overtures from the private company running an 
intelligence project nicknamed “Operation KitKat” because a correlation 
had been found between anti-Israeli sentiments and liking Nikes and 
KitKats."

It's impossible to overestimate the dystopia.

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