That will save so much timeBut there's never enough time And there's never a winner or An end to those massively online multiplayer Role playing games. I wonder if they'll invent more than just a kill-switch ... What embedded security hacks? How'd that work? Remote controlled? What control? What do you mean I just jack in? Aha- no choice to remove A total loss of control! They know who you are Where you are Where you're going And what condition you're in And they can even prove it biometrically! Michael had dubbed it uberveillance long ago. Big dog beckons as do the microscopic drones A world of watchers about to explodeSome of the hubots will even be paid to watch you And record What you do as you go about your business. High-tech mimicry Manipulation of the masses Exploitation!We believe Wikipedia And rely on Google search We want to share our GPS coordinates And take pictures of our food And our nakedness Benchmarking That's what it's about Benchmarking how fit we are Or how unfit in mind and body we are. But wait till our every day objects come aliveLike the smoke detector that never lies and Answers all your questions from the ceiling of your own home. Just lookLet me demonstrate: [Looks up to ceiling and then questions.] "What should I eat for breakfast?" "What is the fastest animal on earth?" "Now tell me the truth- who or what should I believe in?" It's all propaganda. Disinformation. Information annihilation No body knows you're a dog on the Internet And soon no one will know the difference Between virtual and physical Illusion and reality. 8 | It started with the ENIAC And then from the ENIAC to the mainframe From the mainframe to the minicomputer From the minicomputer to the desktop From the desktop to the laptop From the laptop to the netbook From the netbook to the wearable From the wearable to the implantable! Can't you see the pattern my dear friends? Can't you see what we've become, And are becoming? Marching to the beat of the machine It's the elephant in the room. Look, can't you see it? It's the emperor parading naked down the street Look, there he goesReally, there he is. Internet addiction is real Mobile addiction is real Gaming addiction is real The social implications are real We all know their real because We all know someone who is suffering! It's like the Elephant and the Emperor We all know it's around us Right here Right nowSo when, when are we going to take responsibility? *** To the question, "Are we becoming enslaved?" I say "no" we're not becoming enslaved, Because we're already deeply enslaved. And instead of saying "STOP" We keep asking for more? But more surveillance does not equate to transparency More information does not give us knowledge and wisdom. Dear Techno-god Thank youFor the loyalty cards For the barcodes Smart cards Spychips ePassports And for the CCTV cameras in every street. For the 16 likes I got yesterday and 3 retweets For the 167 iTune Apps I downloaded and never use But which are probably tracking me. For the gift of metadata and for data retention regimes For the electronic gulags we are building (continued on page 10) IEEE TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY MAGAZINE | WINTER 2014