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Without a doubt, our concept of personal identity will be completely unreliable within a few generations. Forget about privacy--we will soon have literally no w
by nihonde 10y ago
Without a doubt, our concept of personal identity will be completely unreliable within a few generations. Forget about privacy--we will soon have literally no way to verify who we're talking to.
- proaralyst 10y agoCrypto would still work, and this tech isn't going to work face-to-face.
- anigbrowl 10y agoNeither will insulate you from a deception which you wish to perpetuate upon yourself, and identifying the latter is a trick that con artists specialize in.
- mkay581 10y agoNo different than now, right? Technically there is no way (practically, anyway) to identify someone you're talking to over the phone for instance.
- d33 10y agoIf you have privacy, faces or sounds might not matter as much as content does - if you have common secrets, you have a way to identify a person.
- forgotpwtomain 10y agoPelevin's novel 'Generation П' is a very interesting read on this kind of theme. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_%22%D0%9F%22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_%22%D0%9F%22