Overview & Key Concepts

Surveillance is the monitoring of behavior, activities, or information for the purpose of influencing, managing or directing. This can include observation from a distance by means of electronic equipment, such as closed-circuit television (CCTV), or interception of electronically transmitted information, such as Internet traffic. Surveillance is [...]

Jiang Xueqin (born 1976) is a Chinese-Canadian educator, writer, historian, and geopolitical theorist based in Beijing, China. He is known for his contributions to education reform in China. In particular promoting creativity, critical thinking, and global citizenship, as well as for his YouTube channel Predictive History, where he applies [...]

Pax is the Latin word for 'peace' denoting a state of harmony, tranquility, or the absence of hostility. In historical and political contexts, it refers to a lasting, often enforced, period of stability within a large area or empire under a dominant power.
PAX ROMANA ('ROMAN PEACE'), 27 BC-180 AD
This was the period [...]

A digital identity or digital ID is data stored on computer systems relating to an individual, organization, application, or device. For individuals, it involves the collection of personal data that is essential for facilitating automated access to digital services, confirming one's identity on the internet, and allowing digital systems to manage [...]

Biometrics is the technical term for body measurements and calculations. It refers to metrics related to human characteristics. Biometrics authentication is used in computer science as a form of identification and access control. It is also used to identify individuals in groups that are under surveillance. Examples of biometric include [...]

A cashless society describes an economic state whereby financial transactions are not conducted with money in the form of physical banknotes or coins. Transactions are through the transfer of digital information (usually an electronic representation of money) between the transacting parties. Cashless societies have existed from the time when human [...]
What is A.I?

In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines. This is in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and other animals. Computer science defines AI research as the study of "intelligent agents": any device that perceives its environment and takes [...]