Yes, I’m aware, but even the overloaded and unwieldy (I want to make that point clear) mess that is the current mass surveillance system has to prioritize.

Hell, even 5 years ago, they were saying that it’s hard to know what you’re looking for when you have literal information overload (this was said around 2015 or 2016, but I digress).

I get what you’re saying, I do, but at the end of the day, much of the conversation seems to be driven by popular conspiracist notions, popular portrayals in science fiction novels (as well as other media), and, well, George Orwell’s 1984.

For example: some people think that we’ll land a person on Mars within the next decade… but that is quite literally sci-fi BS that, at the very least, is out of our reach for a century (and I feel like I’m being generous there).

Alternate universes? People think they exist and will swear to you that they do because the Science Channel talks about them… but there is no scientific proof and the notion of alternate universes comes from religion, myth, and old novels over the centuries.

Again, I’m not saying that you may not have a point, but the whole conversation seems driven by popular notions that come from mass fiction and mass media than, well, anything that is actually scientific and feasibly manageable.

Like I said: I think the OP of this thread is fine and, most likely, they will not make it into the top 1,000 people that contacted the embassy, asked questions from the embassy, asked for a book on China from the embassy, asked for a student exchange program to China, etc., etc., etc.

He will probably fall by the wayside, even, in terms of ever being tracked.