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Author of The End of Faith, The Moral Landscape, Waking Up, and other bestselling books published in over 20 languages. Host of the Waking Up podcast.

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    Sam Harris‏Verified account @SamHarrisOrg Sep 19

    Welcome to the panopticon... China becomes an episode of Black Mirror: http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-18/china-social-credit-a-model-citizen-in-a-digital-dictatorship/10200278?pfmredir=sm …

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      2. | L U K E |‏ @LukesDelerium Sep 19
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        We as a species are seeking greater and greater control over one another. The very idea that technology gives freedom is becoming our biggest restraint on freedom. How can we act authentically if we are being watched all the time?

        3 replies 7 retweets 91 likes
      3. Krown Chiu‏ @krownchiu Sep 19
        Replying to @LukesDelerium @SamHarrisOrg

        The problem isn't on authenticity as what you click or browse online now already exposes who you authentically are in the data processor somewhere. The problem is more on mindlessness. All you do is for social credits, for pleasing to someone, so you don't even need your thought.

        4 replies 2 retweets 26 likes
      4. | L U K E |‏ @LukesDelerium Sep 19
        Replying to @krownchiu @SamHarrisOrg

        A major problem is the restraint of authenticity. In #psychology, we call this the Hawthorne effect (alteration of behaviour by the participants of a study due to their awareness of being observed). How is a person to flourish is every action is monitored? Freedom is restricted.

        4 replies 3 retweets 49 likes
      5. Krown Chiu‏ @krownchiu Sep 19
        Replying to @LukesDelerium @SamHarrisOrg

        True. For adults, their act should slip into the taste of monitor 'initially'; that's restraint part. The same logic applies to either you or me doing in front of a screen just without a clear sign of being observed. As for who is a child now, he/she won't need a thought to grow.

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      2. Simon Fawthrop‏ @simon_fawthrop Sep 19
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        Simon Fawthrop Retweeted Carl Zha

        But the human spirit can only tolerate so much:https://twitter.com/CarlZha/status/1042424350803025920 …

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        Carl Zha @CarlZha
        Chinese farmers killed town chief and deputy and burned their car in protest against forced demolition of their homes. September 18, 2018. Guangdong province Huaji County. I will not share the more graphic video pic.twitter.com/nsHthQlp2b
        3 replies 6 retweets 29 likes
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      2. Biruck‏ @BiruckAnmaw Sep 19
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        Add nuralink, VR/AR contact lenses and we have a literal matrix.

        1 reply 2 retweets 23 likes
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      2. Dr. Jim Beam‏ @wittgenstein_jr Sep 19
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        Is that like... a credit score?

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. Callum Locke‏ @callumlocke Sep 20
        Replying to @wittgenstein_jr @SamHarrisOrg

        Like a credit score that decreases if you or your family say bad things about the ruling party, or if you spend time with discredited people.

        2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
      4. Dr. Jim Beam‏ @wittgenstein_jr Sep 20
        Replying to @callumlocke @SamHarrisOrg

        Why would you say something bad about the eternal people’s party

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      5. Kevin‏ @plurplexing Sep 20
        Replying to @wittgenstein_jr @callumlocke @SamHarrisOrg

        I sense sarcasm, but in reality, maybe some corrupt official in the party is extorting you, and when you call attention to it they sue you for defamation. When you assuredly lose, your now terrible social score effectively makes you a pariah with no means to remedy the situation.

        0 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
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      1. Drew Oyler‏ @drewoyler904 Sep 19
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        Anything Apple does china seems to do better.... especially making Apple phoneshttps://www.businessinsider.com/apple-to-calculate-trust-scores-to-combat-fraud-2018-9 …

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      2. Imtiaz Shams‏ @imtishams Sep 19
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        You can buy t-shirts and design face paints (potentially invisible for IR cameras) if you want to break existing machine vision algos. But this is terrifying.

        5 replies 2 retweets 21 likes
      3. Murrie‏ @MCmurrie Sep 19
        Replying to @imtishams @SamHarrisOrg

        *note to self!

        1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
      4. Vote: Tuesday, 11/6/2018!  🗳‏ @TurnLeft4Reagan Sep 19
        Replying to @MCmurrie @imtishams @SamHarrisOrg

        They also do things like gait analysis where the way you walk is also used as your digital fingerprint - very very hard to hide that.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. TheFaceofBoe‏ @not_that_CK Sep 20
        Replying to @TurnLeft4Reagan @MCmurrie and

        Wear odd shoes. One heel.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Vote: Tuesday, 11/6/2018!  🗳‏ @TurnLeft4Reagan Sep 20
        Replying to @not_that_CK @MCmurrie and

        Or place a small pebble in your shoes. Yeah. But those things can't be done all the time.

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      1. Peterkalksma‏ @peterkalksma Sep 19
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        You need to see the full story. Much more powerful/revealing than the multimedia piece. https://youtu.be/eViswN602_k pic.twitter.com/WZlEVopBXV

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