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Well, a wsj article from 2009 claims in the US it is an average of three felonies per day [1], and I doubt the situation has become better since then. [1] http
by _0ffh 11y ago
Well, a wsj article from 2009 claims in the US it is an average of three felonies per day [1], and I doubt the situation has become better since then.
[1] http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704471504574438900830760842 http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB100014240527487044715045744389...
- LinuxBender 11y agoIt is an interesting post and certainly a concern around automated law enforcement in the future. That is certainly something folks need to keep in mind. There are some skeptics breaking down that article however.[1] I am not saying I agree or disagree with their analysis. It is still very much a concern even if that article chose the incorrect examples to use for their thesis. [1] http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/22530/does-the-average-american-unwittingly-commit-three-felonies-a-day http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/22530/does-the-a...
- _0ffh 11y agoThanks for the link, it's good to be skeptical. But even if the number is inflated by an order of magnitude, it's still a very frightening one. And it's two orders of magnitude away from ck2's estimate.