How do we hold those in power accountable when that power is rooted in information asymmetry? Who, exactly, is watching the watchers? This is a question I found myself wrestling with last week after reading two very different novels—one focused on drone warfare, the other on cyber warfare. Both offered chilling glimpses into the potential collapse of democracy in the information age.
As warfare becomes more anonymous and preventative surveillance more pervasive, how can we, as citizens, ensure our governments remain accountable without undermining the very systems meant to protect us? Is it possible to maintain transparency and democracy in a world where covert power seems to have the upper hand? Or is it inevitable that in this age of information, hidden forces will outmaneuver visible governance, leading us toward new, less democratic structures of power?
These questions linger with me, as they touch on something deeply unsettling: the quiet erosion of accountability when power is obscured behind walls of data and secrecy.
Curious Christian 
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