When the ‚Future‘ Invades Our Lives. The CIA Funds ‚Predictive Behavior‘ Start-Ups

As they walked along the busy, yellow-lit tiers of offices, Anderton said: „You’re acquainted with the theory of precrime, of course. I presume we can take that for granted.“ — Philip K. Dick, The Minority Report

What do Google, the CIA and a host of so-called „predictive behavior“ start-ups have in common?

They’re interested in you, or more specifically, whether your online interests–from Facebook to Twitter posts, and from Flickr photos to YouTube and blog entries–can be exploited by powerful computer algorithms and subsequently transformed into „actionable intelligence.“ (more on antifascist-calling.blogspot.com)