This internal video from 2016 shows a Google concept for how total data collection could reshape society. #social engineering
https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/17/17344250/google-x-selfish-ledger-video-data-privacy
".. species-level understanding .."
I always feel slightly sickened when tech companies coat their presentations in green-thinking, soft, natural images and gentle background music.. YUK YUK YUK!
I'd much rather they were honest - "Please tick here if you want to be owned."
Trouble is, the vanity of most people will ensure they sign up for Total Information Awareness type programs.
Fuck you Google, some people manipulate algorithms, not the other way round.