<story><title>Surveillance Kills Freedom by Killing Experimentation</title><url>https://www.wired.com/story/mcsweeneys-excerpt-the-right-to-experiment/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>oedmarap</author><text>The generalization and broadening of scope of such laws is one of the most troubling agendas&amp;#x2F;trends of the surveillance state.&lt;p&gt;From what I&amp;#x27;ve observed, countries are only more and more eager to adopt intelligence gathering methodology in a collective manner (&lt;i&gt;à la&lt;/i&gt; Five Eyes). I&amp;#x27;ll quote Atlas Shrugged for this one:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; There&amp;#x27;s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren&amp;#x27;t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What&amp;#x27;s there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted—and you create a nation of law-breakers—and then you cash in on guilt.</text></comment>
<story><title>Surveillance Kills Freedom by Killing Experimentation</title><url>https://www.wired.com/story/mcsweeneys-excerpt-the-right-to-experiment/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>vbuwivbiu</author><text>&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.psychologytoday.com&amp;#x2F;us&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;animal-emotions&amp;#x2F;201602&amp;#x2F;ravens-know-theyre-being-watched-bird-brain-theory-mind&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.psychologytoday.com&amp;#x2F;us&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;animal-emotions&amp;#x2F;2016...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;People (and ravens) cannot help but act differently when they&amp;#x27;re being watched. Being watched (by anonymous viewers) is a stressful vigilance state.</text></comment>