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Raising concerns about ‘The Information Society'

“Europe is being colonised by a new ruling elite . . one which has its own specialist language and culture . . and its own system of values. Whilst being resourced and funded by the everyday citizens of Europe, it nevertheless chooses to partner itself with big business in the development of a powerful ICT infrastructure that unremittingly gathers intelligence in support of the objectives of that alliance. This power has its own narrow ‘utopian' vision - one which strengthens an economic and ICT proficient sector of European society, whilst stripping away every form of localised meaning and diversity in its path. By stealth it pursues a policy of socio-economic eugenics, ‘objectifying' human existence through the pursuit of profiling - finally adding each citizen to a list of ‘property', owned and ‘mobilised' within the environment of a new super - ICT - regionalised economy. Finally, by abandoning Enlightenment ideals and redefining the meaning and purpose of scientific knowledge and endeavour, expedience rather than reason has thus become the basis of rule . . . and so, an iron net is now descending upon Europe”.

Ian Dent - University of Cambridge - (c) April 2010