In Google's defense, they stated that
the internally circulated Selfish Ledger video was only a “thought
experiment” by their Design Team using “a technique known as
'speculative design' to explore uncomfortable ideas and concepts to
provoke discussion and debate.” Supposedly, according to Google,
“It's not related to any future products.” Yet one of the ideas
in the video suggests that your data doesn't belong to you—an idea
that is already becoming more mainstream in our society today. The
data on our actions, decisions, preferences, movement, and
relationships is collected through our phones and used by Google to
form our data profile. Perhaps our only recourse for privacy is
turning our phones off, because the mindset that our data doesn't
belong to us fuels the concept that our phone is a user
data-collection device for Google and other interested parties.
Google knows that very few of us will choose to turn off our phones
or do without them, so we are tacitly ushering in a new age of
monitoring and manipulation. But how does Google plan to manipulate
us with this data?
As seven alien races struggle to co-exist in an uneasy alliance, the Inter-Stellar Union sends Union Guard agents on missions to preserve the crucial balance. These specialized operatives must do what regional security cannot, dealing with smugglers, pirates, terrorists, and even greater challenges in order to bring stability to a universe that needs it desperately. Without the Union Guard, the races will not be prepared to face a looming alien threat they can only hope to defeat together.
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