Before there was lifelog, there was Total Information Awareness TIA predates Lifelog and includes social media analysis – how better to gather information than to control social media networks? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Information_Awareness Led by RADM John Poindexter, previously the Deputy National Security Advisor and implicated in the Iran Contra affair. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Poindexter