By STEVE LOHR
This article is referring to the technological advances of the world today. While many believe that new technology will aid everyone in general, there is also worry of the effects of a technologically run world - especially when referring to people's privacy. The article opens talking about how in the 1960's the government was able to tap into every aspect of people's lives due to new technology, everyone was "freaked out". The author craftily transitions from the lack of respect for privacy during the 1960's to todays world where so called Big Data is what is the issue (data including Web pages, browsing habits, sensor signals, smartphone location trails and genomic information). And while this technology enables scientists to move forward in work that is necessary for human survival and can save lives, it can also open up doors that can be inhumane and almost scary in some instances. The author does a great job giving both sides of the argument when he does not only talk about the bad parts of technology, but the good as well in order to make it clear that he is not biased to establish ethos. In the end, he makes it clear that though scary, technology in general is a great part of societal growth but we must be cautious about the consequences.
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