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16 quotes by Hasan M. Elahi

Hasan M. Elahi (born 1972) is an interdisciplinary media artist with an emphasis on technology and media and their social implications. His research interests include issues of surveillance, sousveillance, simulated time, transport systems, and borders and frontiers. He was born in Rangpur, Bangladesh and raised in New York City.
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I've pretty much accepted the fact that you're going to meet ignorant people, and that's okay. You can't control that. You can't... →

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Big Brother doesn't like all these Little Brothers looking at it.

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It's incredibly disturbing when a country, particularly your own country, uses discrimination as a basis for an investigation.

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It's really weird watching the government watch me.

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The concept of surveillance is ingrained in our beings. God was the original surveillance camera.

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Despite the barrage of information about me that is publicly available, I live a surprisingly private and anonymous life.

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How do you manage your online identity? It's something I talk about with my students all the time.

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I'm an artist. And usually when I tell people I'm an artist, they just look at me and say, 'Do you paint?' or 'What kind of... →

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I'm convinced that if we don't define ourselves, other people will do it for us, and inaccurately.

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If 300 million people were to offer up the details of their private lives, you would need to hire another 300 million people just to keep up.

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Information agencies operate in an industry that values data. Restricted access to information is what makes it valuable.

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To this day, I get very nervous coming back into my own country.

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We don't know what the next generation of art is going to look like. We're kind of making it up as we go along. Not unlike the tech industry.

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