While many of these emerging technologies may sound very exciting, the truth is that it is important to remember that any technology is a two-edged sword. A technology can be used for good or it can be used for evil. And we certainly live at a time when the grip of the Big Brother surveillance grid that is being constructed all around us is rapidly getting tighter. I think that it is important to step back and understand how much life has changed over the past several decades. We used to have much more liberty and much more freedom than we have today. Just consider the following examples from a recent article posted on the Economic Policy Journal… In 1975: 1. You could buy an airline ticket and fly without ever showing an ID. 2. You could buy cough syrup without showing an ID. 3. You could buy and sell gold coins without showing an ID 4. You could buy a gun without showing an ID 5. You could pull as much cash out of your bank account without the bank filing a report with the government. 6. You could get a job without having to prove you were an American. 7. You could buy cigarettes without showing an ID 8. You could have a phone conversation without the government knowing who you called and who called you. 9. You could open a stock brokerage account without having to explain where the money came from. 10. You could open a Swiss bank account with ease. All Swiss banks were willing and happy to open accounts for Americans. Yes, facial recognition technology could have some positive uses, but will we eventually be required to have our faces scanned wherever we go? Yes, robots can be used to do a lot of great things, but will governments around the globe eventually be deploying armies of “killer robots” against all of us and against each other? Just because technology is advancing does not mean that life will necessarily be better in the future. For example, the video below was recently posted on shtfplan and it imagines what ordering a pizza might be like in the year 2015… youtube/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Xn7N2UiOYCk
Posted on: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 17:29:02 +0000
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