The podcast “Eye in the Sky” introduces audiences a new technology called Project Angel Fire, a surveillance system that enables the police to monitor and track down every crime that happens in a city, and arouses the conflict between safety and privacy.  Some people suggest that implementing this system can conspicuously help the police arrest criminals; whereas others argue that this system is an intolerable invasion to their privacy.  However, there is one significant issue that both sides have not addressed yet.  The major problem that this surveillance system might bring is not the violation of privacy but the excessive power it has granted for the government.  Coincidentally, George Orwell demonstrated how excessive power can foster dictatorship and thus making the society dystopian through his novel 1984.  In that novel, the government, as known as “The Big Brother”, monitors civilians through a surveillance system and punishes people for making “improper” statements such as complaining about the government.  People nowadays do not get punished for grumbling not only because of freedom of speech but also because the government is not able to track what people has said.  Nevertheless, this surveillance system offers the government a chance to dominate the whole country.  It is not essentially true that the government will execute absolutism after implementing this system, but this undue power creates a potential risk and indirectly endangers the society.  As a result, people should consider more about implementing this system instead of making an impulsive decision.

In his reflection upon “Eye in the Sky”, he argues that people should not implement this surveillance system because of the potential risk it creates regardless of its efficiency on solving crimes and keeping the city in order.  All of his statements are based on the theory that he keeps reaffirming: excessive power will develop dictatorship.  He does not deny that “It is not essentially true that the government will execute absolutism after implementing this system”.  However, he still insists that the lurking danger people will risk after implementing this system is way more important than the benefit that the system will bring to the society.  His comments are irrational since it is not likely that the system will cultivate dictatorship.  First of all, this society is built based on capitalism.  Unlike the dominating political party in 1984, none of the parties in USA that can rule the country.  In addition, it is clearly stated in the podcast that this system cannot track individuals vividly, thus contradicting his comment about “track[ing] what people has said”. Last but not least, even though there is still a minor possibility that the government will execute absolutism after implementing the system, the benefits that the system brings people surpass the potential risk.  People should worry about their lives in the moment instead of in the future.  As a result, the government should implement this system and make the society a better place.