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"Many retail workers now clock in with a thumb scan. Nurses wear badges that track how often they wash their hands. Warehouse workers carry devices that assign
by unimpressive 11y ago
"Many retail workers now clock in with a thumb scan. Nurses wear badges that track how often they wash their hands. Warehouse workers carry devices that assign them their next task and give them a time by which they must complete it. Some may soon be outfitted with augmented-reality devices to more efficiently locate products."
This is straight out of Manna. http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm
- blt 11y agoFirst thing I thought of too. One can only hope that the later chapters aren't as prescient as the first.
- hughperkins 11y agoOther than wishful thinking, any reasons for thinking they wont be?
- meric 11y agoI live in Australia and cannot see the later chapters coming into reality.
- nickpsecurity 11y agoNever read them. Cool stuff. Thanks for the link.
- moreati 11y agoThank you, I read that long ago then lost the link. Nice to track it down again
- TeMPOraL 11y agoI have a problem with everything in this quote except the nurses - washing hands is something workers tend to not care about. Things that are directly related to safety of third parties - like washing hands in hospitals, or like driving regulations - should be enforced with a jackboot.
- MaysonL 11y agoIf only doctors also had to wear such badges…