New satellites will take us “one step closer to a Big Brother-is-watching kind of world”
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 27 February 2024
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Summary
The New York Times is reporting that new satellites orbiting the Earth at very low altitudes “may result in a world where nothing is really off limits.” The satellites will be able to image objects as small as four inches. According to one critic, “This is a giant camera in the sky for any government to use at any time without our knowledge.” A Harvard astrophysicist adds, “It’s taking us one step closer to a Big Brother-is-watching kind of world.” How can we best live with optimism and hope in a world filled with pessimism and fear?
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| 0:00.0 | Greetings. Today is Tuesday, February the 27th, 2024. Welcome to the Daily Article Podcast. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm Chris Elkins of the Denison Forum, narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:14.0 | My iPhone installed the latest update this morning. These often address security issues with software. For example, a recent |
| 0:22.7 | update fixed a bug that allowed Siri, the company's AI-based virtual assistant, to record people's |
| 0:29.3 | conversations without their consent, even if they opted out of it. Apple didn't disclose |
| 0:34.7 | whether the latest update addresses such issues, so I guess I'll have to wait |
| 0:39.1 | and see if I should be worried. I'm not alone in my concern. More than half of the mobile devices |
| 0:44.7 | in the U.S. are Apple devices using its proprietary iOS operating system. Privacy issues are not |
| 0:52.3 | limited to our mobile phones, for example. One university is |
| 0:55.9 | racing to remove vending machines that were found to be collecting students' facial recognition |
| 1:01.3 | data without their consent. Meanwhile, the New York Times is reporting that the new satellites |
| 1:07.1 | orbiting the earth at very low altitudes may result in a world where nothing is really off-limits, |
| 1:14.2 | the satellites will be able to image objects as small as four inches. According to one critic, |
| 1:20.4 | this is a giant camera in the sky for any government to use at any time without our knowledge. |
| 1:26.8 | A Harvard astrophysicist adds, |
| 1:29.3 | it's taking us one step closer to a Big Brother is Watching kind of world. |
| 1:34.3 | This week, we're discussing paths to optimism and hope |
| 1:38.3 | in a world filled with pessimism and fear. |
| 1:41.3 | The wrong response is to ignore the frightening challenges of our day. The right response |
| 1:46.0 | is based not in our circumstances, but in our creator, remembering from 1 John 4, verse 8, |
| 1:52.5 | that He loves us, not because we're worthy of his love, but because he is love. Consequently, |
| 1:59.7 | as Edmund Burke noted, there is nothing you could ever do |
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