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It's an excellent preview of what's going to happen to us as a civilization and how we'll deal with technical advances. To put it polemically: in the future, ev
by Udo 13y ago
It's an excellent preview of what's going to happen to us as a civilization and how we'll deal with technical advances. To put it polemically: in the future, everything will be a always-on recording device. It's basically the same issue as with the 3d-printed gun. These advances will happen. Dangerous or annoying things will be easier to obtain over time. There will be medical devices that can record and store visual and auditory data, and soon there will be real body augmentations.
This isn't going away. We'll better learn to handle these things right now, and learn to be a stable, responsible society with this tech in it. If our only response to the ongoing evolution of mobile internet devices is stupidly banning them, we're going to have a very bad time going forward.
- taylodl 13y agoJust because technology makes something possible doesn't mean its usage will be inevitable or even desirable. Most people for example eschew a police state where all your movements are tracked by video at all times and may be used to prosecute (or blackmail) you. Google Glass plays an important part in the creation of just such a state. You need to look at the recent U.S. Justice Department statement which essentially states that anything stored online is subject to search without warrant. Google + U.S. Department of Justice, bringing totalitarianism to a state near you!
- Udo 13y agoThat's sort of my point. As a society, our technical capabilities have outpaced our moral frameworks. The solution is not to go back to a god-fearing agrarian society, however, it's upgrading our moral compass which is in dire need of an adjustment anyway.