My Blog About Cyber Laws

In previous times people in many societies believed there was an almighty God watching over them, watching everything they did, and they were in fear that if they did something wrong their God would see them, and therefore not let them into the special sanctuary of the afterlife. It makes sense that you wouldn't want to do anything wrong if your God was watching you at all times. This perhaps was an interesting concept, and kept the masses in line, and for breaking the rules or laws which were made up by other men who wanted to keep control over the population for the sake of civility, and a cohesive society.

Today, we see that there are a tremendous number of people and populations all over the world who don't believe in a God, or gods, and they are not one with a religious cause to help and guide through life. Without some sort of concept, they might easily figure that they can do anything that they can get away with, and that is fine with them. Of course, this sort of attitude is not so good for having an honest society full of integrity, where folks are not stealing, hurting, or killing each other.

Indeed, the other day I was having a discussion with an acquaintance about the reality that with today's computer surveillance tools, everyone feels as if someone is watching everything they do online, in fact they may fear that due to all the mobile tech devices, that everyone else is watching too, and they have a digital camera with them as well.

With everyone watching, they don't dare do anything wrong, because they might get caught by the authorities. This fear of being watched or getting caught, or being disciplined for the things that they do, or being judged by those activities they engage in is probably enough to get a good number of people to think twice about any sort of errant behavior they might be thinking about perpetuating.

In that case, one could say that our modern day technology, mobile personal tech electronics, and the Internet have all conspired to take the place of all the religious storylines of an almighty God watching over each and every one of us. Now I'm not a conspiracy theorist by any means, but you have to wonder if our modern government surveillance doesn't have some sort of plan, and is executing that plan using a little bit of fear, and a lot of technology to do just that.

One might say if it prevents crime, it's a good thing? Others might say they don't appreciate the privacy invasion therefore it is illegal or unconstitutional. Either way, philosophically speaking, one could argue that our technology whether we like it or not is replacing at least one of the components involved with religious control over the masses. And I'll leave you with that to please consider and think on.

Lance Winslow has launched a new provocative series of eBooks on Crime and Future Policing Technologies. Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank; http://www.worldthinktank.net

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