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Just wait until we have like 14 billion people on Earth and we really start to lose control of all of these systems. I can see it now on NBC Nightly News with L

Just wait until we have like 14 billion people on Earth and we really start to lose control of all of these systems. I can see it now on NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt in 2040: Lester: “A gang of so-called Shadow People staged a protest today, saying that they’re really alive. Are they? Here’s Suzie with more” Suzie: "Lester I'm here in front of the capitol building today with a group of protestors who claim to be shadow people, and they want Congress to fix it. I had a chance to interview one of the members of this group:" Suzie: "Sir can you tell us why you're protesting today?" Protestor: "So I'm not sure what's going on but I just can't do anything. I went to renew my license but the system says I'm deceased. I don't have any of these documents to prove I'm alive. I'm like hey I'm right here talking to you ya know? But they just tell me I'm dead. I don't know what to do about it so that's why I'm here." Suzie: "Sir can you tell us, are all of the members of the protest today, the so called Shadow People, actually dead?" Protestor: "No! That's what I'm trying to tell you. We're not dead. I'm right here talking to you. That's why we're protesting." Suzie: "It seems that way. Sir. But when you went to the BMV and found out you were dead, what was that like? Did you feel any different? How did that affect you personally?" Protestor: "I'm not dead!" Suzie: "Back to you Lester"

Gravityloss 5y ago
When you run out of social security id:s and start to have collisions.
- rolph 5y ago
  when the database is so large, it cant be parsed in a human lifetime
- heelix 5y ago
  They do recycle SSNs! I had a project where we used the death master files (they use to be more free/public, now https://ladmf.ntis.gov https://ladmf.ntis.gov looks like they have a fee ). It was really interesting data pull sequences of users with the same SSN, similar names, and different birthdays. The users with typo SSNs were interesting too.
Nzen 5y ago
Sure, it feels like that to the victim of the forgery. But, the state isn't denying [0] that some human is alive. The evidence available to it asserts that the human is an impostor attempting to adopt an indefensible identity, as in the article. Presumably, the human would need to provide evidence that discredits the forgery underlying the state's belief (ex dental records, genetic evidence). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeing_Like_a_State https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeing_Like_a_State

Gravityloss 5y ago

When you run out of social security id:s and start to have collisions.

rolph 5y ago
when the database is so large, it cant be parsed in a human lifetime
heelix 5y ago
They do recycle SSNs! I had a project where we used the death master files (they use to be more free/public, now https://ladmf.ntis.gov https://ladmf.ntis.gov looks like they have a fee ). It was really interesting data pull sequences of users with the same SSN, similar names, and different birthdays. The users with typo SSNs were interesting too.

Nzen 5y ago

Sure, it feels like that to the victim of the forgery. But, the state isn't denying [0] that some human is alive. The evidence available to it asserts that the human is an impostor attempting to adopt an indefensible identity, as in the article. Presumably, the human would need to provide evidence that discredits the forgery underlying the state's belief (ex dental records, genetic evidence). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeing_Like_a_State https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeing_Like_a_State