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...prevent crime, other purposes. This CCTV capability garnered worldwide attention, of course, in the wake of the two rounds of terrorist bombings in London in July 2005. In the book at hand, however, this "infusion of software into the urban infrastructure" (p.159) serves quite another function. It is an example of how information technology is becoming ever more embedded in everyday life as a result of the lush and uncontrolled growth of the power of capitalism both in production and in modes of thought.
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