Surveillance & Privacy
Continuous watching as the normal condition of growing up.
Gen Alpha Is the Experiment - Childhood Surveillance, the Friction Doctrine, and the Trust We Never Let Them Earn
Harvard researchers hung curtains around a factory line and defect-free output rose 10 to 15 percent. We have never run that study on a childhood.
Solo essay by Ryan VetSame Footage, Two Verdicts - Surveillance, Confirmation Bias, and Why More Proof Erodes Trust
Part three of the childhood surveillance series. The cameras worked. That turned out to be the problem.
Solo essay by Ryan VetJust Check the Camera, Dad - Surveillance, the Friction Doctrine, and the Trust We Trade Away
Part two of the childhood surveillance series. A knocked-over tower, a request to check the footage, and the case that trust is load-bearing.
Solo essay by Ryan VetDid You Get the Photo of the Goat? Childhood Surveillance, Gen Alpha, and What We Trade for a Live Feed
The essay that opened Ryan Vet's five-part childhood surveillance series — a painted goat, a question from the back seat, and how a generation came to expect being watched.
Solo essay by Ryan VetThe Future of Parenting: The Impact of AI on Raising Gen Beta (kids born in 2026 and beyond)
Parents are pulling kids off screens and sending them outside, while watching them from inside an app. Ryan Vet on the parenting paradox Gen Beta inherits.
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