Trading Privacy for Security in a Post-9/11 World
Trading Privacy for Security in a Post-9/11 World:
New Book Describes a Disturbing and Realistic View of the Future
Calabasas, CA - March 26,2008 - The issue of "Privacy vs. National Security" continues to inspire heated public debate. Since 9/11, Americans have struggled to agree on an acceptable balance. The War on Terror has raised questions about protecting civil liberties and privacy during a new kind of war that knows no national borders. Edward David Gil's novel posits the following:
Privacy doesn't exist anymore......people just don't realize it yet.
The Expert on Everything - a novel (LuLu Press, November 2006 ISBN No. 9781847287267) is a
The Expert on Everything
PICTURE CAPTION: New Book
The Expert on Everything - Privacy Doesn't Matter Anymore
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story of political intrigue the spine of which concerns a young man unexpectedly receiving a technology to eradicate the concept of privacy in our "post 9-11" world and examines just how much privacy we will trade for national security, against a background of competing corporate and political interests.
The main character in Gil's book, Charlie Sanders, finds himself caught in a surveillance experiment whose motives and purposes are unknown. He gets involved with a so called "open source intelligence" system which has the ability to obtain unlimited information from any database anywhere in the world and "speak" to Charlie through an earpiece.
Described as a cross between "Catch-22" and "Three Days of the Condor," this political thriller focuses on realistic technological details and takes the reader on a journey into an uncomfortable future that could easily become a reality.
Such a technology as described in the novel might enable us to surgically remove "bad guys" more quickly however would we know where to stop? Would we unconsciously begin to institute a form of fascism in our own country? Which areas are off-limits? An ensemble cast, representing the whole spectrum of opinions deal with these issues as Charlie is pursued by competing interests, and the technology itself starts making demands.
Global political tensions and actual pertinent technologies are also highlighted. Additional thematic questions are even more controversial: are we entering another dark age in history - of fading empires, religious fanaticism, economic stagnation and a retreat by civilized cultures into a few fortified enclaves?
"I think debate is a healthy thing but it just may be irrelevant in this case; privacy may actually no longer exist and people just do not understand that yet. My story posits that e are trending this way and therefore I think the real debate is one of ethics, and simply being more tolerant of each other since all our 'laundry' will be out for all to see," says Edward David Gil.
www.TheExpertOnEverything.com
www.EdwardDavidGil.com
Novel available at http://www.amazon.com/
Media:
For a review copy of the book "The Expert on Everything" from Edward David Gil or to set up an interview with the author for a story, contact edwarddavidgil@yahoo.com or call 818-470-4300
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http://www.rapidpressrelease.com/press%2Drelease/Book/005361.asp
New Book Describes a Disturbing and Realistic View of the Future
Calabasas, CA - March 26,2008 - The issue of "Privacy vs. National Security" continues to inspire heated public debate. Since 9/11, Americans have struggled to agree on an acceptable balance. The War on Terror has raised questions about protecting civil liberties and privacy during a new kind of war that knows no national borders. Edward David Gil's novel posits the following:
Privacy doesn't exist anymore......people just don't realize it yet.
The Expert on Everything - a novel (LuLu Press, November 2006 ISBN No. 9781847287267) is a
The Expert on Everything
PICTURE CAPTION: New Book
The Expert on Everything - Privacy Doesn't Matter Anymore
Click to enlarge, right click to download
story of political intrigue the spine of which concerns a young man unexpectedly receiving a technology to eradicate the concept of privacy in our "post 9-11" world and examines just how much privacy we will trade for national security, against a background of competing corporate and political interests.
The main character in Gil's book, Charlie Sanders, finds himself caught in a surveillance experiment whose motives and purposes are unknown. He gets involved with a so called "open source intelligence" system which has the ability to obtain unlimited information from any database anywhere in the world and "speak" to Charlie through an earpiece.
Described as a cross between "Catch-22" and "Three Days of the Condor," this political thriller focuses on realistic technological details and takes the reader on a journey into an uncomfortable future that could easily become a reality.
Such a technology as described in the novel might enable us to surgically remove "bad guys" more quickly however would we know where to stop? Would we unconsciously begin to institute a form of fascism in our own country? Which areas are off-limits? An ensemble cast, representing the whole spectrum of opinions deal with these issues as Charlie is pursued by competing interests, and the technology itself starts making demands.
Global political tensions and actual pertinent technologies are also highlighted. Additional thematic questions are even more controversial: are we entering another dark age in history - of fading empires, religious fanaticism, economic stagnation and a retreat by civilized cultures into a few fortified enclaves?
"I think debate is a healthy thing but it just may be irrelevant in this case; privacy may actually no longer exist and people just do not understand that yet. My story posits that e are trending this way and therefore I think the real debate is one of ethics, and simply being more tolerant of each other since all our 'laundry' will be out for all to see," says Edward David Gil.
www.TheExpertOnEverything.com
www.EdwardDavidGil.com
Novel available at http://www.amazon.com/
Media:
For a review copy of the book "The Expert on Everything" from Edward David Gil or to set up an interview with the author for a story, contact edwarddavidgil@yahoo.com or call 818-470-4300
Online version of this news release, PDF, MS Word, Images:
http://www.rapidpressrelease.com/press%2Drelease/Book/005361.asp
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