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Humans seem to have to try out every bad idea at least once, usually more than once. I hate to be pessimistic, but I don't see how it doesn't become ubiquitous
by _jal 5y ago
Humans seem to have to try out every bad idea at least once, usually more than once.
I hate to be pessimistic, but I don't see how it doesn't become ubiquitous very soon, with all the downsides ubiquitous surveillance are going to lead to.
- howaboutnope 5y agoWhen this stuff fully blooms it won't have a "downside", because that would imply some other thing of which that downside is a side. It will kill any resemblance of humans, and enabling it, nay, failing to fight it tooth and nail, is ultimately more heinous than all the crimes it might prevent combined. I don't care to speculate about outcomes. Optimistic or pessimistic, it always presumes a lack of agency. I just can't bring myself comment like a bystander or a fortune teller on something that is still ongoing and that I, like all people here, am involved in.
- prox 5y agoIt’s even much simpler : bigshot from security company visits director from school. Director feels important, bigshot can make coin. Both make a case to improve security (how can you turn that down) and a lot of networking and project is being done so People Look Busy. A lot of it is just buzz and network effect with little long term thought going into it.