Surveillance Capitalism

The algorithms are at work today Gathering information of what you do or say Google and Facebook work away Gathering data about you in every way If you jay walk or use your phone in the car A photo of you will be taken from afar And before you go home tonight A fine will be emailed to you when the match is right So Alexia at home will talk to you Putting on your lights and music too And she will know you like no other More about you than your own mother And think about Orwell’s 1984 novel Has come with Artificial Intelligence gavel When a government through the information gathering May consider re-education centres for mind altering. © Paul Warren Poetry