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Generally speaking, these integrations are tending toward technocratic totalitarianism one small step at a time. We are ever approaching a reality where a sing

Generally speaking, these integrations are tending toward technocratic totalitarianism one small step at a time. We are ever approaching a reality where a singular device is needed to interact with society in so that you will be logged at every intersection and every acceleration, deceleration and beep of the horn correlated to a psychological profile that is correlated with your health data which adjusts your insurance premiums. And for what? Because we are too fucking lazy to have a small plastic drivers license in our wallets. Or maybe I'm just cynical with how things are progressing in countries like Australia.

pdkl95 5y ago
> a singular device is needed to interact with society Not only are we racing towards that future extremely rapidly[1], you have described what will happen when everything works correctly! Risk is transitive, so we are also creating a future where those interactions with society stop functioning* if the smartphone/internet features they depend upon fail. (I've written more in a recent comment[2]) [1] I already have frequent problems at the local healthcare center. They already assume everyone has a smartphone and specific brands of video chat. I now have to drive ~30min into a different city if the doctor wants lab tests; their in house Quest franchise de facto requires using your own smartphone to check in! Also, snitching your data to the insurance company has been a standard feature on most CPAP machine for years. [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28380264 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28380264
paraselene_ 5y ago
"... a singular device is needed to interact with society in so that you will be logged at every intersection and every acceleration, deceleration and beep of the horn correlated to a psychological profile that is correlated with your health data which adjusts your insurance premiums." You're literally describing China right now. And look how well that works out for them.

pdkl95 5y ago

> a singular device is needed to interact with society Not only are we racing towards that future extremely rapidly[1], you have described what will happen when everything works correctly! Risk is transitive, so we are also creating a future where those interactions with society stop functioning* if the smartphone/internet features they depend upon fail. (I've written more in a recent comment[2]) [1] I already have frequent problems at the local healthcare center. They already assume everyone has a smartphone and specific brands of video chat. I now have to drive ~30min into a different city if the doctor wants lab tests; their in house Quest franchise de facto requires using your own smartphone to check in! Also, snitching your data to the insurance company has been a standard feature on most CPAP machine for years. [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28380264 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28380264

paraselene_ 5y ago

"... a singular device is needed to interact with society in so that you will be logged at every intersection and every acceleration, deceleration and beep of the horn correlated to a psychological profile that is correlated with your health data which adjusts your insurance premiums." You're literally describing China right now. And look how well that works out for them.