Digital dictatorships enabled by ubiquitous biometric monitoring and AI will be worse than historical totalitarian regimes because they can monitor individual emotional states and micro-behaviors in real-time; even elites and wealthy people will not be safe, as demonstrated by Stalin's USSR where Communist Party members were monitored more closely than general populations.
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Yuval Noah HarariEvidence Quote
“just imagine North Korea in 20 years when everybody has to wear a biometric bracelet which constantly monitors your blood pressure your heart rate your brain activity 24 hours a day you listen to his speech on the radio by the great leader and they know what you actually feel you can clap your hands and smile but if you're angry they know you'll be in the gulag tomorrow morning”
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