Xprize founder says ‘humans behave better when they’re being watched’
A future where you can know anything, anytime, anywhere.
Xprize Foundation founder Peter Diamandis has joined a growing list of tech executives who think that global surveillance is a good idea, saying, “[h]umans behave better when they’re being watched.”
The short version
- Diamandis shared his opinion in a post on X this week, and went much deeper on his beliefs on his Substack , where he described, essentially: Big Brother, but good.
- A future where you can know anything, anytime, anywhere.
- A future where no one can hide,” he wrote on Substack.
- Diamandis’ comments come roughly two years after Oracle founder Larry Ellison said something very similar.
What happened
“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison predicted during an Oracle event in 2024. Diamandis appears to have been spurred to make such claims after hosting a podcast interview with Will Marshall, the CEO of Planet, the largest operator of Earth-observing satellites.
Why it matters
“No one can hide anymore,” Marshall told Diamandis during the conversation.
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