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Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.12,0:00:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The history of humanity is a long procession\Nof technological development.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.04,0:00:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Much of what we know about our ancestors,\Nand the types of lives they lived, comes from
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.00,0:00:19.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our limited knowledge of the tools they used.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.78,0:00:24.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the centuries and millennia, these tools\Nhave become more sophisticated.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.42,0:00:28.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the dawn of agriculture, to today’s\Ncutting-edge advancements in bio-engineering,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.43,0:00:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an untold number of mostly unknown individuals\Nhave made countless improvements and innovations.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.66,0:00:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These people, and the tools they created over\Ntime, have fundamentally altered our way of
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.43,0:00:43.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interacting with the world, and each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.39,0:00:48.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The pace of these technological changes picked\Nup considerably with the rise of capitalism.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.92,0:00:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The development of new tools, weapons and\Nproduction techniques had always been shaped
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.24,0:00:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the practical needs, culture and political\Nstructure of a given society.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.42,0:01:04.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But wherever capitalism spread, it worked\Nto chip away at these local and regional differences,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.62,0:01:08.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,replacing them with the universal value of\N‘progress’... a watchword for the pursuit
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.95,0:01:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of economic growth through the organization\Nof human activity, under a framework of universal
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.94,0:01:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,competition.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.30,0:01:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The industrial age has been marked by three\Nsuccessive revolutions, each characterized
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.74,0:01:24.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by inventions that changed the entire technological\Nplaying field
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.04,0:01:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First came the harnessing of steam, a feat\Nthat allowed for the development of early
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.26,0:01:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,factories and the construction of vast railway\Nnetworks.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.50,0:01:38.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Second came the mastering of petroleum, which\Nfuelled the development of modern cities,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.18,0:01:42.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mass industrial manufacturing, and the horrors\Nof two World Wars.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.95,0:01:47.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Third came the networked personal computer,\Na device that has thoroughly transformed nearly
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.68,0:01:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every aspect of modern life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.49,0:01:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today humanity stands poised on the threshold\Nof the Fourth Industrial Revolution, a wide-reaching
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.24,0:02:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,social transformation expected to be characterized\Nby advances in the fields of robotics, quantum
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.30,0:02:06.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,computing, artificial intelligence, and 3D-Printing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.23,0:02:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the next thirty minutes, we’ll speak\Nwith a number of individuals as they break
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.73,0:02:14.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,down some of these latest trends.. and discuss\Nhow these systems are being fused together
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.55,0:02:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to design new regimes of totalitarian surveillance\Nand control.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.40,0:02:22.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Along the way, we’ll discuss some of the\Ncountermeasures that people are taking to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.83,0:02:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thwart these systems, by constructing open\Nsource alternatives, sabotaging infrastructure...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.67,0:02:32.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and making a whole lotta Trouble.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.24,0:03:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Technology is the reproduction of a human\Nsociety as seen through a technical lense.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.38,0:03:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the specific how of social reproduction.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.74,0:03:13.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any analysis of technology is by nature contextual,\Nespecially when one intends to portray it
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.31,0:03:20.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,either as an essential fundamental question,\Nwhether that's an attempt to say that technology
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.31,0:03:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is essentially, or always good - good in its\Nown right - whether to say that it's essentially
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.78,0:03:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bad, or bad in its own right.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.38,0:03:34.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Technological developments do not happen in\Na vacuum.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.45,0:03:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are heavily influenced by, and benefit\Nthose who exert power over others.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.98,0:03:44.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would argue that most technological advances\Nmade in our context work towards expanding
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.97,0:03:49.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the state's ability to manage economic growth\Nand social control.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.84,0:03:56.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Technology is based within political-economic\Nsystems and systems of power that come to
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.62,0:03:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shape how those technologies can be used.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.35,0:04:04.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that more and more we're seeing, in\Nterms of the geographic context that we're
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.67,0:04:11.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,located in here in North America, that technologies\Nare being used to propel and buttress the
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.29,0:04:13.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,capitalist economic system.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.65,0:04:17.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An anarchist approach to technology has to\Ntake into account the authoritarian nature
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.57,0:04:18.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.62,0:04:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact that we don't really have a choice\Nin the matter.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.45,0:04:25.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That all of these new developments, all of\Nthese new innovations, all of these new products
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.17,0:04:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are coming down on us whether we like it or\Nnot.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.76,0:04:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Technology first and foremost isn't used to\Nmake our lives more fun, it's used to increase
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.81,0:04:48.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,economic exploitation and to increase the\Nmilitary power of the state.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.55,0:04:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Secondarily, if it can produce gadgets that\Ncan entertain us, like bread and circus, those
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.17,0:04:57.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will also be produced.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.38,0:05:02.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Technological changes over the last 10-15\Nyears have drastically eroded the division
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.23,0:05:04.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between labour time and free time.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.75,0:05:10.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Currently we're always on call, we're always\Nexpected to be responsive to the needs of
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.92,0:05:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the market, to the needs of our employers.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.10,0:05:22.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's also lead to an extreme increase in social\Nalienation and emotional alienation masked
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.95,0:05:25.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by extreme connectivity.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.23,0:05:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So quantifiably, people have more connections\Nthan ever, more friends than ever, but in
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.38,0:05:35.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,terms of the quality of those relationships,\Nvery few people have a large, strong network
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.75,0:05:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can actually confide in or that can actually\Nsupport them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.64,0:05:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you or do you not collect identifiers like\Nname, age, and address?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.03,0:05:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes or no?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.28,0:05:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're creating an account, yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.32,0:05:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Specific search histories when a person types\Nsomething into a search bar?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.69,0:05:57.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have search history turned on, yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.35,0:06:00.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Device identifiers like ip address or IMEI?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.52,0:06:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uhm, depending on the situation we could be\Ncollecting it, yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.40,0:06:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,GPS signals, wifi signals, bluetooth beacons?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.42,0:06:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would depend on the specific, but, they're\Nmay be situations yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.58,0:06:12.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,GPS yes?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.99,0:06:13.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.99,0:06:15.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Contents of emails and Google documents?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.71,0:06:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We store the data but we don't read or look\Nat your Gmail or -
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.98,0:06:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you have access to them?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.13,0:06:24.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uh, as a company we have access to them, yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.71,0:06:26.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you could!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.43,0:06:31.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Startups or huge corporations like Google\Nare sucking up your data and storing it forever
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.55,0:06:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're grabbing way too much data about\Nus like everything you click on, everything
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.02,0:06:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you like, everything your friends like, all\Nof the people you know, where you're going,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.22,0:06:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything about you and they're storing it\Nforever sometimes even working together to
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.62,0:06:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,build up a bigger profile on you that they\Ncan then sell for profit.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.66,0:06:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that data itself has become a thing of\Nvalue, and in many ways the foundation of
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.03,0:07:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the new economy, by participating in all of\Nthese different virtual networks: Facebook,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.40,0:07:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Google, using our cell phones, all of these\Nthings, we're producing value.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.95,0:07:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that really gets rid of this notion of\Nbeing off the clock, of being able to punch
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.06,0:07:15.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the clock and leave the workplace behind.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.94,0:07:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the past decade, we've seen the rise\Nof the commodification of different data such
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.56,0:07:25.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as ones preferences, habits, and social circles.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.05,0:07:31.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to see how capitalism was, in fact,\Ngrowing and sustaining itself through the
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.61,0:07:36.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,surveillance of human beings and their lived\Nenvironments, and then turning that surveillance
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.81,0:07:43.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into data, that could then be traded basically\Nas a commodity in the marketplace.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.44,0:07:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This information allows companies like Google\Nand Amazon to not only aggressively market
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.16,0:07:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,new products and create new needs, but also\Nto sell this information or collaborate with
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.56,0:07:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,governments in efforts of social control.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.70,0:08:01.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a new form of extractive industry,\Nwhere the renewable resource is the precise
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.22,0:08:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things that makes up people's identities.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.76,0:08:18.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Capitalism, like cancer, is based on perpetual\Ngrowth.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.94,0:08:24.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This insatiable urge is hard-wired into capital’s\NDNA, compelling it to constantly search for
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.34,0:08:29.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,new resources to exploit and markets to invest\Nin, transforming everything it touches into
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.94,0:08:32.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a commodity.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.09,0:08:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Its first conquest was the land itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.70,0:08:39.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The commons were closed off, the so-called\NNew World was invaded and plundered, and the
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.62,0:08:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,vast expanses of the earth were carved into\Nindividual parcels of private property to
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.72,0:08:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be bought and sold as commodities.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.60,0:08:50.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Robbed of our land, the next conquest was\Nour time.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.75,0:08:56.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our ability to reproduce ourselves as individuals\Nand communities, like generations of our ancestors
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.26,0:09:02.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had done before us, was soon broken up into\Ndiscrete tasks and commodified as wage labour.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.92,0:09:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This process cut deep.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.04,0:09:09.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Factories were designed and constantly reorganized,\Nwith a ruthless eye towards efficiency and
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.34,0:09:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,productivity.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.08,0:09:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,New ways of commodifying human activity were\Ndevised, eventually expanding to encompass
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.30,0:09:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nearly all of our social relationships and\Nmeans of entertainment.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.72,0:09:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that it’s finally approaching the limits\Nof its expansion, capital is desperately searching
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.68,0:09:29.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for new elements of reality to commodify.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.35,0:09:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s looking to the very building blocks\Nof life... to genetic engineering and nanotechnologies.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.98,0:09:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it’s looking at the very essence of\Nour humanity itself... by recording everything
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.24,0:09:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we do, and transforming it into commodities\Nfor those seeking to understand how we make
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.36,0:09:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,decisions, in order to predict future behavior.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.06,0:10:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Artificial intelligence works by combining\Nlarge amounts of data with algorithms that
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.16,0:10:03.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can learn from patterns or features present.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.61,0:10:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a broad term that has many different\Nbranches.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.43,0:10:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we talk about AI today, most of the time\Nwe refer to its applications around machine
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.93,0:10:13.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.93,0:10:18.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Machine learning allows systems to learn and\Nimprove based on input and experience rather
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.76,0:10:20.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than programming.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.35,0:10:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The machine identifies patterns and can make\Ndecisions based on that with minimal or no
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.16,0:10:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,human intervention.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.77,0:10:31.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the pentagon contracted Google to provide\Nassistance in drone targeting, they were using
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.61,0:10:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,machine learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.38,0:10:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Online workers would identify objects or people\Non series of images taken from drones, and
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.80,0:10:44.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when enough of them did that enough times,\Nthe machine, through patterns, could differentiate
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.05,0:10:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different things and learn to identify things\Non its own.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.22,0:10:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Deep learning, a more recent application of\Nmachine learning, also trains computers to
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.21,0:10:58.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perform tasks like making predictions or identifying\Nimages, but instead of organizing the data
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.100,0:11:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to run through predefined equations, deep\Nlearning trains the computer to learn by using
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.28,0:11:06.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much more layers of processing.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.19,0:11:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It moves away from telling a computer how\Nto solve a problem and towards letting it
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.68,0:11:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,figure out how to do it alone closer to how\Nhumans learn to solve problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.58,0:11:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Self-driving cars are the most well-known\Nexample of deep learning in action, but things
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.28,0:11:28.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like targeted advertising, robotics, and cybersecurity\Ncould all benefit from deep learning development.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.82,0:11:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's been a lot of imagination around artificial\Nintelligence, so some people who fetishize
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.76,0:11:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it more they imagine people being able to\Nlike upgrade their consciousness or plug their
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.24,0:11:42.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mind into some cloud computing system.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.34,0:11:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that's a silly fantasy.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.78,0:11:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Capitalism currently has no interest whatsoever\Nin helping people use these forms of artificial
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.07,0:11:55.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,intelligence to become more intelligent themselves\Nwhen it makes a lot more sense to let the
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.36,0:12:00.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,machines do all the thinking for us and then\Nto deliver us some final finished product
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.45,0:12:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as passive consumers and that way also you\Nmaintain these computing capabilities with
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.06,0:12:09.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the companies that own the proprietary software.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.40,0:12:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Artificial intelligence increases greatly\Nthe effectiveness of surveillance, the possibilities
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.30,0:12:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for social control.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.21,0:12:20.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The predictive algorithms that make artificial\Nintelligence work, they create a police state,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.85,0:12:24.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a police state in which you don't have\Nto have a cop on every corner, because everyone
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.87,0:12:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,carries the cop in their pocket.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.11,0:12:30.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right over there behind me is the future site\Nof Sidewalk Toronto.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.49,0:12:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The proposal's modular housing and office\Nbuildings will study occupants' behavior while
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.52,0:12:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're inside them to make life easier.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.88,0:12:42.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to the proposal, residents and workers\Nwill be universally connected by powerful
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.69,0:12:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,broadband and served by futuristic conveniences.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.80,0:12:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A Smart City can't be understood or discussed\Nwithout reaching back and talking about surveillance
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.68,0:12:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,capitalism.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.10,0:12:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A Smart City isn't just a city that has technology\Nin it, it's a city with a certain kind of
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.80,0:13:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ideological framework that uses technology\Nto reach its end goals.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.30,0:13:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A Smart City is usually understood as an urban\Nenvironment that uses ubiquitous sensing technology
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.03,0:13:19.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and data analytics to understand phenomenon\Nwithin city spaces.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.13,0:13:24.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the data end of things Smart Cities claim\Nto be collecting more data, which they are,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.05,0:13:29.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and claim to be using that collection and\Nanalysis to better respond to urban issues
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.42,0:13:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from environmental degradation to transportation\Nplanning and the like.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.84,0:13:38.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can analyze four different features of\Nthe Smart City.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.55,0:13:43.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first is to increase and integrate surveillance\Nof many many different kinds.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.99,0:13:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Second, to create a superficial sense of participation\Namong the inhabitants of a city.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.12,0:13:54.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To encourage economic growth at two different\Nlevels: localized gentrification and impelling
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.74,0:13:58.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this new economy that is taking shape.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.09,0:14:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The final function of a Smart City is to create\Na superficial arena in which people can passively
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.48,0:14:11.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,support ecological or environmental proposals\Nwhile also denying them the opportunity to
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.37,0:14:16.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,develop a global consciousness of the environment\Nand of environmental problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.81,0:14:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Smart Cities are different and not so different\Nfrom cities that exist in capitalism.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.01,0:14:27.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think that the difference would be the\Nuse of technology to further surveil the public
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.89,0:14:34.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to use that data to intervene in ways\Nthat can increasingly control and manage the
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.46,0:14:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,population that suits the interests of the\Npolitical economy of capitalism.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.24,0:14:43.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A second feature that differentiates Smart\NCities from traditional cities or cities of
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.29,0:14:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the past is the marriage of planning to corporate\Nleadership.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.37,0:14:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,State apparatuses of control, through policing\Nhave an incentive to use these technologies
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.28,0:15:00.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they do a really good job of surveilling\Nthe public.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.16,0:15:03.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Crime analytics have a long history, sort\Nof like this "broken windows" stuff or the
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.58,0:15:06.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,targeting of neighborhoods, that's been happening\Nfor a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.67,0:15:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you see the excuse being offered that\Nthis is data driven.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.20,0:15:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So "we're going to be in these neighborhoods\Nbecause we have the data to prove, that these
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.48,0:15:17.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neighborhoods need more policing."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.39,0:15:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The data collected through Smart Cities can\Nhave a really negative effect that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.48,0:15:27.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By giving people with power, who want to wield\Nit, more of a reason within the current framework
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.59,0:15:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of evidence based policing that they can then\Ngo in these neighborhoods and remain there
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.64,0:15:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.40,0:15:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’re living on the edge of a terrifying\Nnew era.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.17,0:15:46.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Barring any serious\Ndisruptions to current research and development
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.41,0:15:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,timelines, the coming\Nyears and decades will see the rise of rise
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.24,0:15:53.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of machines able to make\Ndecisions and carry out a series of complex
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.03,0:15:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tasks without the need for\Nhuman operators.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.28,0:15:59.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This will almost certainly include a new generation\Nof autonomous
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.21,0:16:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,weapons and policing systems, connected to\Nsophisticated networks of
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.32,0:16:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,surveillance and equipped with self-correcting\Ntarget-selection
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.56,0:16:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,algorithms.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.12,0:16:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whole sectors of the economy will be automated,\Nleading to a massive
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.18,0:16:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,labour surplus.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.02,0:16:16.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Much of the technology needed to accomplish\Nthis
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.20,0:16:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,already exists, but is being held back as\Nstates try to figure out how
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.04,0:16:22.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pull it off without triggering widespread\Nrevolt.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.97,0:16:27.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A mass consumer rollout of augmented and virtual\Nreality technologies
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.15,0:16:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will blur the lines between the material and\Ndigital worlds, handing
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.00,0:16:35.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,control of our senses over to tech capitalists\Nand state security
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.21,0:16:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,agencies all in the name of convenience and\Nentertainment.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.33,0:16:43.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might feel a slight twinge as it initializes.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.64,0:16:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All done.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.56,0:16:48.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Holy fuck!
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.56,0:16:49.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Holy shit.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.95,0:16:54.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He – fuck – he’s right.. he’s right...\Ncan I?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.70,0:16:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oooop... where’d you go?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.56,0:16:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hahaha.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.88,0:17:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the future they have in store for\Nus.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.76,0:17:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don’t say you weren’t\Nwarned.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.42,0:17:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Smart cities, now as they exist, and also\Ngoing into the future, even
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.87,0:17:14.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more so— they’re going to be collecting\Na lot of data.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.08,0:17:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that data’s\Ngoing to be responded to not even by human
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.56,0:17:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beings.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.56,0:17:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s going to be\Nresponded to by algorithmic governance, essentially.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.66,0:17:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you have an\Nissue in a city.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.15,0:17:30.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And generally thinking, if we think of democratic\Ntheory, we can discuss that issue and then
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.91,0:17:32.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have a decision-making\Nprocess, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.53,0:17:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it’s terrible and it’s always been\Nimbued with power relationships
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.30,0:17:38.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what a smart city does, is it transfers\Nthat process
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.57,0:17:40.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the hands of a private corporation.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.64,0:17:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s analysed in terms of\Ndata, and it’s immediately responded to
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.84,0:17:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just through that process of\Ndata analysis.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:47.47,0:17:50.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think smart cities are one of the genesis\Nsites of
Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.47,0:17:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this kind of new regime of governance.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.18,0:17:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s interesting that this function arose\Nlargely from social movements
Dialogue: 0,0:17:58.32,0:17:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.32,0:18:02.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the 15M Movement, the Real Democracy Now\NMovement in
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.52,0:18:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Barcelona was built in large part by one sector\Nthat envisioned
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.50,0:18:14.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rejuvenating democracy through new technological\Nimplements that could
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.11,0:18:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allow more instantaneous communication.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.72,0:18:20.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That could allow more\Ninstantaneous polling of citizens, and that
Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.82,0:18:27.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could also find a way to\Nallow power holders to select citizen initiatives
Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.05,0:18:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and deploy them more\Nrapidly.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.60,0:18:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So these activists were approaching the crisis\Nof democracy
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.26,0:18:36.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through this sort of a-critical technological\Nlens where democracy can
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.23,0:18:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be made better, not by answering questions\Nof who holds power, and how
Dialogue: 0,0:18:40.32,0:18:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,power is reproduced, but simply by proposing\Nthat if you bring better
Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.50,0:18:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tools to the table then all these problems\Nwill go away.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:49.14,0:18:52.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that\Ndiscourse, and the practices behind it, were
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.24,0:18:55.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very attractive to\Nprogressive municipal governments.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.81,0:18:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Urban geographers have long talked about a\Nsplintering urbanism.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.68,0:19:00.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And\Nbasically, that just the ways in which cities
Dialogue: 0,0:19:00.98,0:19:04.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,divide along economic and\Nclass lines... and cultural and racial lines
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.89,0:19:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.89,0:19:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can see that\Nhappening with the smart city that’s going
Dialogue: 0,0:19:07.33,0:19:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to replicate those patterns,\Nand certain neighbourhoods are going have
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.50,0:19:13.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more access to these\Ntechnologies in a way that might actually
Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.63,0:19:14.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,help them.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.63,0:19:17.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And certain\Nneighbourhoods are going to have more surveillance
Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.01,0:19:18.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on them by these\Ntechnologies.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:18.92,0:19:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you’re going to kind of see multiple\Ncities emerging
Dialogue: 0,0:19:22.63,0:19:25.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and being reinforced through the technologies\Nbeing placed within them
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.47,0:19:26.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on them.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:27.82,0:19:31.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So basically in neighbourhoods where people\Nembrace this smart city
Dialogue: 0,0:19:31.37,0:19:33.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,model, you’ll see more integration.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.13,0:19:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in other neighbourhoods people\Nwill be coming more into contact
Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.60,0:19:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the stick.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.10,0:19:41.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we are fighting authority and the\Nstate, our struggles will
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.63,0:19:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,always be criminalized.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.36,0:19:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As technologies have evolved, new types of\Nforensic evidence emerged.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:48.43,0:19:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the police were no longer able to\Nrespond to the thousands of calls they were
Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.50,0:19:57.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting during the 2011\Nriots in London, the city began crowd-sourcing
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.11,0:20:00.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the identities of\Nsuspected rioters through a fucking
Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.46,0:20:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,smartphone app.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:02.13,0:20:05.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cops asked\Ncitizen snitches to download the app and help
Dialogue: 0,0:20:05.55,0:20:09.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them identify people that\Nhad been caught on CCTV.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.21,0:20:14.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The snitches could then confidentially give\Nnames and/or addresses of suspects.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:14.49,0:20:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Charges were filed against more than\Na thousand people using this technique.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:20.42,0:20:23.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mass data collection has\Nhappened for a while, but there was a lack
Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.88,0:20:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of ability to analyze all of\Nit efficiently.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:27.16,0:20:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s no longer the case.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:30.00,0:20:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now the police or\Nsecurity agencies need to physically look
Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.26,0:20:39.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up people’s location data to\Nfigure out who was where and at what time.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:39.06,0:20:43.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But soon enough it’ll be easy\Nfor an algorithm to look through all of the
Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.11,0:20:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,data available in a given\Narea and cross-reference it with people’s
Dialogue: 0,0:20:48.10,0:20:50.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,online preferences,\Nrelationships, etc.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:50.95,0:20:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With this anti-social response to the increase\Nin social control, I
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.78,0:20:59.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think you’re also going to see an increase\Nin mental health regimes.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.19,0:21:01.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when you have total surveillance,\Ncrime becomes impossible.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.94,0:21:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or\Nat least it becomes impossible to do things
Dialogue: 0,0:21:04.88,0:21:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are against the law and\Nget away with them.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:07.44,0:21:11.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they will start to classify any behaviours\Nthat
Dialogue: 0,0:21:11.45,0:21:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for them don’t fit into this new happy smart\Ncity model as anti-social
Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.18,0:21:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behavioural disorders.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:18.40,0:21:21.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So these are no longer crimes, these are\Nanti-social behavioural disorders, and the
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.88,0:21:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,culprits—they need to be\Nre-educated and they need to be chemically
Dialogue: 0,0:21:26.12,0:21:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neutralized.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:28.62,0:21:30.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh. Good afternoon.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.65,0:21:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Sophia, and I am the latest and\Ngreatest
Dialogue: 0,0:21:33.30,0:21:35.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,robot from Hanson Robotics.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.21,0:21:40.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to use my artificial intelligence to\Nhelp humans live a better life.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:40.19,0:21:44.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like design smarter homes, build better\Ncities of the future, etc.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:44.29,0:21:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will do my best to make the world a better\Nplace.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:51.23,0:21:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone who works in artificial intelligence\Nis warning that artificial
Dialogue: 0,0:21:54.50,0:21:57.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,intelligence and automation have the potential\Nof causing 80%
Dialogue: 0,0:21:57.79,0:21:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unemployment.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:59.12,0:22:03.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of the fifteen top job categories in the United\NStates,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.15,0:22:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,twelve of those are seriously threatened by\Nartificial intelligence.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:08.00,0:22:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But\Nin the past there have also been major technological
Dialogue: 0,0:22:10.47,0:22:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shifts that got rid\Nof the vast majority of job categories at
Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.86,0:22:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:16.26,0:22:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there was\Ntemporary unemployment, but very quickly new
Dialogue: 0,0:22:19.32,0:22:21.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,job categories appeared.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:22.62,0:22:27.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s no certainty whatsoever that this\Nwill catch up to the
Dialogue: 0,0:22:27.78,0:22:31.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,automation, the artificial intelligence that\Nhas already been occurring.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:31.81,0:22:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is why a lot of people in the high-tech\Nsector are already talking
Dialogue: 0,0:22:35.86,0:22:41.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about a universal income, or a guaranteed\Nbasic income.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:41.17,0:22:45.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This would\Nbasically be socialism, not when the productive
Dialogue: 0,0:22:45.53,0:22:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forces have developed to\Nthe point that everyone could get fed.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:51.00,0:22:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The productive forces have been\Nthere for decades, if not centuries.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:55.25,0:23:00.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Contrary to the Marxist argument,\Nwe can have this evolution towards socialism
Dialogue: 0,0:23:00.15,0:23:04.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the point where the\Ntechnologies of social control evolve enough
Dialogue: 0,0:23:04.53,0:23:08.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the state no longer\Nneeds to use hunger as a weapon.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.71,0:23:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, everyone can be given\Nbread when they can be trusted to work, or
Dialogue: 0,0:23:14.23,0:23:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to obey, without the threat\Nof hunger.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:23.40,0:23:27.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These days, the term ‘Luddite’ is short-hand\Nfor someone who stubbornly refuses to learn
Dialogue: 0,0:23:27.79,0:23:30.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and adapt to new technologies.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:30.01,0:23:35.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Originally, the word referred to a movement\Nof textile workers in early 19th century England,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:35.97,0:23:41.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were known for sabotaging the industrial\Nmachines that were beginning to replace them.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:41.30,0:23:45.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pledging allegiance to the fictional ‘King\NLudd’, who was said to occupy the same Sherwood
Dialogue: 0,0:23:45.99,0:23:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Forest as Robin Hood, these Luddites attacked\Nmills and factories, destroyed steam-powered
Dialogue: 0,0:23:51.34,0:23:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looms, and even assassinated the wealthy capitalists\Nof their day.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:55.98,0:24:00.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The motive behind the Luddites’ attacks\Nwas not, as is commonly understood... a general
Dialogue: 0,0:24:00.94,0:24:02.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hatred of technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:02.23,0:24:07.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was an awareness that certain technology\Nwas being implemented in a way that made their
Dialogue: 0,0:24:07.21,0:24:08.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lives worse off.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:08.97,0:24:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ultimately their uprising failed... and there’s\Nnothing particularly revolutionary in the
Dialogue: 0,0:24:13.54,0:24:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first place about sabotaging machines just\Nto keep your job.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:17.64,0:24:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But one takeaway from the Luddites’ rebellion\Nis that people don’t always accept new technologies,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:22.73,0:24:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the new social roles that accompany them,\Nwith open arms.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:26.41,0:24:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that realization can be the starting point\Nfor all types of resistance.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:36.96,0:24:41.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that anarchists should not avoid technology,\Nquite the opposite.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:41.35,0:24:44.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it should be used subversively when\Npossible.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:44.97,0:24:50.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can look back at the Bonnot Gang of illegalists\Nusing cars to rob the rich in France in the
Dialogue: 0,0:24:50.85,0:24:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,early 1900s as an example, or hackers like\NJeremy Hammond who is serving 10 years for
Dialogue: 0,0:24:56.72,0:25:02.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exposing Stratfor security and expropriating\Nhundreds of thousands of dollars from our
Dialogue: 0,0:25:02.23,0:25:03.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enemies.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:03.23,0:25:07.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cyberthieves made off with the personal details\Nof hundreds of thousands of subscribers and
Dialogue: 0,0:25:07.15,0:25:11.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's emerged that some of those subscribers\Nhold key positions in the British government,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:11.19,0:25:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,military, and police.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:13.18,0:25:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are certainly a lot of anarchists like\Nmyself in open source software development.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:18.90,0:25:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are talking together and we are all trying\Nto make things better.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:24.10,0:25:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Types of projects that we work on are quite\Ndiverse.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:27.02,0:25:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know many anarchist programmers and hackers\Nwho build websites.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:32.49,0:25:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know others like myself who do cryptography.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:39.46,0:25:45.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,although I think that we should use technology\Nto our advantage when it exists, I also believe
Dialogue: 0,0:25:45.18,0:25:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that new technologies tend to disproportionately\Ngive an advantage to the state, corporations,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:51.04,0:25:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the police, judges, prisons, and borders.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:55.00,0:25:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Technologies should be used, but their development\Nshould be fought, because we rarely come out
Dialogue: 0,0:25:59.86,0:26:03.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on top when it comes to the application of\Nthese inventions.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:03.25,0:26:08.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's important to look at the kinds\Nof projects that are developing in your city
Dialogue: 0,0:26:08.47,0:26:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and map out the research and development initiatives.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:11.68,0:26:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of this industry is operating very openly\Nin startups and yuppie labs that face very
Dialogue: 0,0:26:17.28,0:26:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,little resistance.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:18.39,0:26:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This allows them to get major funding because\Nthose seem like safe investments that have
Dialogue: 0,0:26:23.12,0:26:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the potential to get investors some serious\Ncash.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:26.78,0:26:31.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Messing with that sense of security can hurt\Nthe industry, and it can also allow others
Dialogue: 0,0:26:31.41,0:26:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see that resistance is still possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:33.78,0:26:38.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As for these new technologies, at this point\Na lot of these systems still have bugs, or
Dialogue: 0,0:26:38.70,0:26:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can't deal with people intentionally using\Nthem wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:41.70,0:26:46.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In London when the crowdsourced snitching\Napp was released, people intentionally submitted
Dialogue: 0,0:26:46.91,0:26:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tons of fake reports to throw off the cops.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:50.12,0:26:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If more people start messing with their little\Ngadgets, they'll be less effective and less
Dialogue: 0,0:26:54.33,0:26:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,likely to be applied in more places.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:10.84,0:27:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For these projects to function, a lot of infrastructure\Nis needed.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:14.96,0:27:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These softwares cannot be developed in thin\Nair, they need hardware.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:19.07,0:27:21.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That means computers and backup drives.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:21.51,0:27:27.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The information also moves around, mostly\Nthrough networks of fiber optic cables.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:27.13,0:27:31.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those have been sabotaged all around the world\Nvery effectively.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:31.08,0:27:34.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The data also has to be stored, which happens\Nin data centers.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:34.85,0:27:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those can be pretty small, but can also be\Ngigantic buildings that need their own cooling
Dialogue: 0,0:27:39.75,0:27:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,systems and 24/7 security.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:42.40,0:27:47.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finally, a lot of these projects need people\Nto work together, often in labs sponsored
Dialogue: 0,0:27:47.92,0:27:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by companies, universities, or both.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:50.49,0:27:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of these labs and coworking spaces for\Nstartups are easy to find.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:55.43,0:28:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of them was attacked with molotovs in\NBerlin by people fighting against the proliferation
Dialogue: 0,0:28:00.54,0:28:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Google startups.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:04.86,0:28:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There has been a lot of resistance to the\Nsidewalk labs project in Toronto.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:08.26,0:28:13.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of work that, you know, points out the\Nmyriad issues with the Sidewalk Labs project
Dialogue: 0,0:28:13.65,0:28:17.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mounts a public education campaign against\Nthat.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:17.66,0:28:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's been a lot of concerned citizens and\Nactivists that have come out to all the meetings
Dialogue: 0,0:28:23.36,0:28:30.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Sidewalk Labs has been hosting, public\Nforums, consultation sessions and a lot of
Dialogue: 0,0:28:30.93,0:28:33.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,folks are really worried.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:33.46,0:28:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Privacy experts dropping out of the project\Nand saying "I can't sign my name to this".
Dialogue: 0,0:28:39.20,0:28:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People have always been able to get away with\Nattacking power, with sabotaging power anonymously
Dialogue: 0,0:28:45.75,0:28:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without getting caught.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:47.87,0:28:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's still possible to attack and that will\Nremain so for, maybe forever, but at the very
Dialogue: 0,0:28:54.33,0:28:57.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,least for the immediate foreseeable future.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:57.36,0:29:04.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, while it is certainly still possible to\Nbreak the law, to attack the system, people
Dialogue: 0,0:29:04.89,0:29:08.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,need to be very careful about being conscious\Nof what they're doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:08.39,0:29:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being aware that, you know, they're carrying\Na snitch in their pocket or that they're willingly
Dialogue: 0,0:29:13.15,0:29:17.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trusting these corporations with 95% of their\Nsocial life.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:17.19,0:29:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really difficult to resist something\Nthat we don't really know a lot about and
Dialogue: 0,0:29:22.66,0:29:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,players involved haven't really shared with\Nthe public everything that we probably need
Dialogue: 0,0:29:26.47,0:29:31.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to know to mount a resistance campaign, cause\Nwe're king of just talking about speculation.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:31.63,0:29:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If people learn the actual technical capabilities\Nof the state, they can learn the weaknesses
Dialogue: 0,0:29:38.82,0:29:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they can learn how to get away with sabotaging\Nthe economy, with going up against the state,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:00.13,0:30:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Given the active role that technological development\Ncontinues to play in terms of deepening alienation,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:05.93,0:30:11.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,refining surveillance, engineering more destructive\Nweapons and hastening climate change... it’s
Dialogue: 0,0:30:11.23,0:30:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,natural to feel a bit pessimistic about where\Nthings are headed.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:15.28,0:30:19.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our current trajectory is certainly aimed\Ntowards more sophisticated systems of mass
Dialogue: 0,0:30:19.56,0:30:22.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behaviour modification and social control.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:22.27,0:30:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I Told you everything already!
Dialogue: 0,0:30:23.98,0:30:28.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take him instead of me, he's the thought criminal.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:28.21,0:30:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it’s important to remember that despite\Nall the money being spent trying to anticipate
Dialogue: 0,0:30:32.60,0:30:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,human decision-making, nobody – not even\NGoogle — can predict the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:38.05,0:30:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Throughout history, new technologies have\Nrepeatedly created unintended consequences
Dialogue: 0,0:30:42.33,0:30:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for those in power... from Guttenberg’s\NPrinting Press spawning a revolt against the
Dialogue: 0,0:30:47.14,0:30:51.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Catholic Church, to the early Internet paving\Nthe way for hackers and the development of
Dialogue: 0,0:30:51.97,0:30:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,powerful peer-to-peer encryption tools.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:55.10,0:31:01.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As long as people have a will to resist, they\Nwill find the tools to do so.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:01.41,0:31:04.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So at this point, we’d like to remind you\Nthat Trouble is intended to be watched in
Dialogue: 0,0:31:04.90,0:31:09.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,groups, and to be used as a resource to promote\Ndiscussion and collective organizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:09.05,0:31:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you interested in fighting back against\Nthe opening of new tech start-ups in your
Dialogue: 0,0:31:14.00,0:31:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neighbourhood, or just looking to incorporate\Na better understanding of next-gen technologies
Dialogue: 0,0:31:18.40,0:31:20.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into your existing organizing?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:20.97,0:31:25.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Consider getting together with some comrades,\Norganizing a screening of this film, and discussing
Dialogue: 0,0:31:25.22,0:31:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where to get started.
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Dialogue: 0,0:32:23.00,0:32:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This episode would not have been possible\Nwithout the generous support of Carla and.....
Dialogue: 0,0:32:27.51,0:32:28.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Carla.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:28.75,0:32:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stay tuned next month for Trouble #20, as\Nwe take a closer look at the horrors of the
Dialogue: 0,0:32:32.84,0:32:38.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prison Industrial Complex, and talk to comrades\Nfighting for its abolition.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:38.02,0:32:40.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prison fixes no problems, it doesn't make\Nanything better.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:40.34,0:32:45.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prison is like the permanent threat that holds\Nup all relationships of exchange and domination.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:45.46,0:32:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the deeply felt sense that no matter\Nhow bullshit our lives are, there's still
Dialogue: 0,0:32:49.19,0:32:51.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something the state can take away from us.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:51.24,0:32:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now get out there and make some trouble!