Episode 14 - Sam Hall (Poul Anderson)

Information IS power
Episode Connections
Films
. Raiders of the Lost Ark. No Way Out. Enemy of the State. Minority Report. Running Man. Gattaca.
TV episodes, series. X-Files.
Music. Johnny Cash, “Sam Hall.” 
Ideas. Authoritarian societies. Data-driven society. Control of data, control of information. Mythology of the centralized information state and the technical priesthood.
Whoa - Hmmm - WTF. Bill says hmmm + whoa. Dan say whoa + hmmm. Sadly, it is too plausible for WTF.

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Music Credit: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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