“Morpheus: Human beings feel
pleasure when they are watched. I have recorded their smiles as I tell them who
they are.
JC Denton: Some people just
don't understand the dangers of indiscriminate surveillance.
Morpheus: The need to be
observed and understood was once satisfied by God. Now we can implement the
same functionality with data-mining algorithms.
JC Denton: Electronic
surveillance hardly inspires reverence. Perhaps fear and obedience, but not reverence.
Morpheus: God and the gods
were apparitions of observation, judgment and punishment. Other sentiments
towards them were secondary.
JC Denton: No one will ever
worship a software entity peering at them through a camera.
Morpheus: The human organism
always worships. First, it was the gods, then it was fame (the observation and judgment
of others), next it will be self-aware systems you have built to realize truly
omnipresent observation and judgment.
JC Denton: You underestimate
humankind's love of freedom.
Morpheus: The individual
desires judgment. Without that desire, the cohesion of groups is impossible,
and so is civilization.”
-Deus Ex
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