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From Total Information Awareness to 1984

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On May 18, 2012, Facebook offered the largest technology IPO in history and the third largest U.S. IPO ever, trailing only Visa in March 2008 and General Motors in November 2010. Will the ‘‘Big Friend’’ of Facebook replace the ‘‘Big Brother’’ of government? Will human beings have their lives recorded from birth to death on the pages of Facebook?

Google, Facebook would not exist, had it not been for investments that we made as a country in basic science and research.

—President Barack Obama (April 2012).

Facebook in particular is the most appalling spying machine that has ever been invented.

—WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (May 2011).

One of my heroes, Edwin Land of Polaroid, said about the importance of people who could stand at the intersection of humanities and sciences, and I decided that’s what I wanted to do.

—Apple and Pixar co-founder Steve Jobs (2009).

Every major technological innovation propels humanity forward to the point of no return.

—Newton Lee (2012).

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