We’ll lose the key to a free society: accountability.

Governments, the wealthy, criminals, and the techno-elite will still find ways to watch us. Such measures, he warns, won’t really preserve our privacy. He fears that society will overreact to these technologies by restricting the flow of information, frantically enforcing a reign of secrecy. Does that make you nervous?ĭavid Brin is worried, but not just about privacy. Every day, new technology nibbles at our privacy. Host sites on the World Wide Web record every page you view, and “smart” toll roads know where you drive. Huge commercial databases track your finances and sell that information to anyone willing to pay. In New York and Baltimore, police cameras scan public areas twenty-four hours a day. So long as our stance is brave INSISTENCE OF VISION.' Read online And Reality Check asks one of you readers just one of you to wake up! Tomorrow awaits.

On the other hand, might fantastically potent new beings emerge out of ourselves, as revealed in 'Chrysalis ? Featuring guest appearances by Gregory Benford, Jules Verne, and Galileo, this adventure takes you beyond the very singularity in Stones of Significance, pondering what could happen after humans are like gods. Or might prisons vanish and felons roam, seeing only what society allows? Suppose, amid lavish success, we gain the superpower to fly! Will we even appreciate it or will we find new reasons to complain? In 'Mars Opposition,' you'll experience an alien invasion like no other, confronting humanity with a stark and terrible choice followed by several more tales of conquest from beyond, each of them wildly different. Visit a chillingly plausible tomorrow, when prisoners may be sent to asteroidal gulags. So enter it prepared! Here are vivid tales about possible tomorrows, from the keen eye and colorful pen of David Brin, a modern master of speculative fiction. What may we become? How will we endure? The future is a daunting realm, filled with real and imagined perils.

Existence by David Brin