Psychology of Surveillance (Part 2)

By Graeme • March 22nd, 2010

Last week I discussed the first of four of ways that the mind tries to deal with the significant amount of information it processes on a daily basis day. Firstly, it looks for a difference.

Secondly, our mind tries to explain to us what is happening when something different takes place. It’s a good thing in the context of surveillance that the mind is not content with randomness and needs an explanation. However, our minds can very easily lie to us. Not everyone’s explanation as to what they’re observing is correct, hence the importance of dataveillance software.

Dataveillace software that is setup correctly does a much better job than our minds can do when it comes to dealing with copious amounts of data and information.

 

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