DARPA wanted a way to record every aspect of every person's life. They were looking for total surveillance of the population. Sounds like their goal is the same today: total knowledge of everyone's thoughts.
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15 Years Ago, the Military Tried to Record Whole Human Lives. It Ended Badly
Before Facebook, the military tried to make an all knowing 'cyberdiary' called LifeLog.
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