The Surveillance Ecosystem

Lifeloggers capture every instant of their existence for their own reference. XP stars live, love, and die with passionate abandon so everyone can enjoy it on demand. Habitats depend on constantly updated operational and environmental data as well as troops of transhuman observers to function seamlessly and provide the day-to-day necessities of transhuman life. Hypercorps, governments, organizations, and individuals safeguard the information they need to survive and seek out what they need to thrive. People can access the locations and live streams of their children, friends, loved ones, or complete strangers at whim. Muses regularly access the social profiles and public records of everyone their patrons interact with, transforming total strangers into familiar faces, before greetings are even exchanged. Knowing what’s going on across multiple fronts simultaneously is absolutely vital to survival after the Fall, and the only way to do that is to employ a panoply of technologies and behaviors designed to keep track of everything. Technology has enabled universal perfect recall for everyone and for most of the devices they use on a daily basis.

Who watches the watchmen?

Everybody. Always.

A futuristic peak at the world of public sharing and private protection and the different motivations for them.