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> I disagree that people will become comfortable with Google Glass - the primary negative reaction is the voyeuristic-rejection of having a camera always pointe
by doktrin 13y ago
> I disagree that people will become comfortable with Google Glass - the primary negative reaction is the voyeuristic-rejection of having a camera always pointed at you (that may or may not be recording).
A core assumption of this argument is that people won't eventually become accustomed to the idea of being recorded consistently, often without their knowledge or consent.
I can't see why that would be the case. Video surveillance is nigh-ubiquitous in London, and this appears to be both accepted and tolerated. Closer to home (US), I was probably recorded on camera 10-12 times today alone - anywhere from office buildings, retail stores, gas stations, etc. Moreover, I understand that I'm being monitored or recorded in some fashion during the majority of my waking hours (internet usage in the workplace, mobile apps with access to my current location, etc.)
Why do you feel people will forever resist this particular loss of privacy, when we already take some measure of persistent surveillance & recording as a given?
NB : This does not mean I feel comfortable speaking to someone wearing glass. It's unsettling. However, the very crux of the OP was that what we currently consider unsettling or strange is subject to change. I can't find a good reason to disagree with that conclusion.
- TheZenPsycho 13y agoLondon had the IRA. Ubiquitous surveillance in london is more socially acceptable than the very real possibility of being exploded by a terrorist.
- tzs 13y ago> Video surveillance is nigh-ubiquitous in London, and this appears to be both accepted and tolerated. Closer to home (US), I was probably recorded on camera 10-12 times today alone - anywhere from office buildings, retail stores, gas stations, etc. Are any of those London cameras, or the dozen cameras you suspect record you in the US, in public restrooms?
- doktrin 13y agoInstead of asking a rhetorical question with an implied conclusion, it might be worth addressing the actual argument. You're implying that there is a certain threshold past which society will not tolerate its actions being potentially recorded. That may be the case, but I haven't heard it argued convincingly. If we are to take any lessons from history, it is that accepted social norms are subject to radical change. What was once utterly unthinkable has in many cases become hum-drum or even the social norm. Why should this (glass) be the hard line in the sand that human civilization draws?
- jff 13y agoBREAKING NEWS, HN USER TZS CAUGHT URINATING IN PUBLIC RESTROOM URINAL, SHOCKING FILM OF HIS CLOTHED BACK! Are you expecting Glass wearers to suddenly start leaning over urinal partitions to film you pissing? Or poking their heads over stalls? Both of these are pretty goddamn unacceptable where I'm from, Glass or not. If someone is so weird that they want video evidence of themselves going to the bathroom, and they happen to capture me standing at a urinal, who gives a fuck?
- tzs 13y agoI take it you have never encountered a trough urinal?