"Global Neighborhood Watch" is an article by
Neal Stephenson
Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer known for his works of speculative fiction. His novels have been categorized as science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk, postcyberpunk, and baroque.
Stephenson's work exp ...
that appeared in ''
Wired Magazine
''Wired'' (stylized as ''WIRED'') is a monthly American magazine, published in print and online magazine, online editions, that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics. Owned by Condé Nast, it is headquar ...
'' in 1998. In it he proposes a specific plan for using information
technology
Technology is the application of knowledge to reach practical goals in a specifiable and reproducible way. The word ''technology'' may also mean the product of such an endeavor. The use of technology is widely prevalent in medicine, science, ...
to fight
crime
In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a State (polity), state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definit ...
. According to Stephenson, he is no longer pursuing the idea.
References
External links
Wired article
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070210132221/http://www.spack.org/wiki/GlobalNeighborhoodWatch Alternative source for the text of the article
1998 documents
Essays by Neal Stephenson
Wired (magazine) articles
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