{"id":300,"date":"2017-08-22T11:30:52","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T15:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/?page_id=300"},"modified":"2025-07-24T14:39:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T18:39:15","slug":"commentary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Commentary\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n    \n\n\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                \n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white cu-section--cards ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\" data-attributes=\"&#x7B;&quot;numberOfPosts&quot;&#x3A;6,&quot;orderBy&quot;&#x3A;&quot;date&quot;,&quot;moreButton&quot;&#x3A;&quot;loadmore&quot;,&quot;blockType&quot;&#x3A;&quot;cards&quot;,&quot;contentType&quot;&#x3A;&quot;post&quot;,&quot;currentPage&quot;&#x3A;1,&quot;blockBackground&quot;&#x3A;&quot;white&quot;,&quot;numberOfColumns&quot;&#x3A;3,&quot;showImages&quot;&#x3A;true,&quot;showDates&quot;&#x3A;true,&quot;showTimeToRead&quot;&#x3A;true,&quot;showExcerpts&quot;&#x3A;true,&quot;showFilter&quot;&#x3A;false,&quot;taxName&quot;&#x3A;&quot;category&quot;,&quot;categories&quot;&#x3A;&quot;45&quot;,&quot;tags&quot;&#x3A;&quot;&quot;&#x7D;\" data-page=\"2\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                \n                \n        <div class=\"cu-loading hidden text-center mx-auto h-6 w-6 animate-spin rounded-full border-4 border-solid border-current border-r-transparent align-[-0.125em] motion-reduce:animate-[spin_1.5s_linear_infinite]\" role=\"status\">\n    <span class=\"!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]\">\n        Loading&#8230;\n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n                                        \n        <p class=\"cu-no-posts hidden\">\n            No\n            category\n\n            posts are available.\n        <\/p>\n\n                <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-5xl md:grid-cols-3 gap-6 md:gap-10\">\n                        \n                    \n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/2026\/the-lucid-prisoner\/\">\n\n                    <figure class=\"mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-21-at-1.31.27-AM-600x400.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n        \n        \n            <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n        <div class=\"flex flex-row w-full gap-1\">\n\t\t\t                    <time datetime=\"2026-03-19T20:00:00-04:00\" class=\"block italic text-sm text-cu-black-600\">\n        March 20, 2026\n    <\/time>\n\n                                <\/div>        \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                    [Post\/Millennials\u2019 Voices] Issue 12 \u2013 The Lucid Prisoner: Essays on Digital Dystopia\n            <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6 dark:text-white font-normal\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700 dark:text-white \">\n                    Introduction Prisoner and dystopia. Yes, you read the words correctly. What a combo! Some of you will quickly comment, &#8220;What a gloomy collection!&#8221; And you\n                                            &#8230;\n                                    <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n            \n                    \n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/2026\/independent-digital-archive-ida-tsi-tkaronto-autonomous-region-branch-file-number-5639-political-collections\/\">\n\n                    <figure class=\"mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/fk-copy-580x400.webp\" alt=\"The hand with f*ck you gesture, against robotic hands.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n        \n        \n            <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n        <div class=\"flex flex-row w-full gap-1\">\n\t\t\t                    <time datetime=\"2026-03-19T20:00:00-04:00\" class=\"block italic text-sm text-cu-black-600\">\n        March 20, 2026\n    <\/time>\n\n                                <\/div>        \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                    Independent Digital Archive [IDA]. TSI Tkaronto Autonomous Region Branch. File Number 5639, Political Collections.\n            <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6 dark:text-white font-normal\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700 dark:text-white \">\n                    Archivist\u2019s note: This manifesto was disseminated worldwide by the Peoples\u2019 Network using hijacked household AI assistants and other private devices on October 5th, 2071. Immediately\n                                            &#8230;\n                                    <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n            \n                    \n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/2026\/the-networked-cage\/\">\n\n                    <figure class=\"mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/datafied-579x400.webp\" alt=\"an image of hands under scrutiny of magnifying glass\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n        \n        \n            <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n        <div class=\"flex flex-row w-full gap-1\">\n\t\t\t                    <time datetime=\"2026-03-19T20:00:00-04:00\" class=\"block italic text-sm text-cu-black-600\">\n        March 20, 2026\n    <\/time>\n\n                                <\/div>        \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                    The Networked Cage: Life, Power, and Illusion in 2075\n            <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6 dark:text-white font-normal\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700 dark:text-white \">\n                    From Utopian Dreams to Dystopian Reality Life feels both frighteningly different and oddly familiar in the year 2075. The digital world has become so vast\n                                            &#8230;\n                                    <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n            \n                    \n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/2026\/dystopia-by-design\/\">\n\n                    <figure class=\"mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/hegemony_control_kc1-copy-580x400.webp\" alt=\"Image of human hands entangled with robotic hands\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n        \n        \n            <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n        <div class=\"flex flex-row w-full gap-1\">\n\t\t\t                    <time datetime=\"2026-03-19T20:00:00-04:00\" class=\"block italic text-sm text-cu-black-600\">\n        March 20, 2026\n    <\/time>\n\n                                <\/div>        \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                    Dystopia by Design: From ARPANET to Veracore\n            <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6 dark:text-white font-normal\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700 dark:text-white \">\n                    From Innovation to Surveillance The year is 2075, and the promise of innovation and a brighter future has collapsed into a dystopian world dominated by\n                                            &#8230;\n                                    <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n            \n                    \n\n<div 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      \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                    Citizen Control Through Technology:Exploring a Dystopian Future\n            <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6 dark:text-white font-normal\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700 dark:text-white \">\n                    The Literacy Era and the Seeds of Complacency At the turn of the century, citizens were well into what is now called the Literacy Era.\n                                            &#8230;\n                                    <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n            \n                    \n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n    <a 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