Ubiquitous Computing

I don't want to live in a world like this! Live free (anonymously) or die! What hasn't kept up to the pace of technology are the laws preventing this sort of abuse against people!

I disagree. I'm not sure what abuse you are referring to, but the anonymity of the internet is one of the major sources of abuse today. We, the common people, abuse each other more than we are abused by "the powers that be". What secrets are you holding that you do not wish others to know about?What is there to be afraid of? Freedom is not a right; freedom is something that you must earn. I admit that I do not deserve my freedom because I abuse it. I do not give as I should.

We depend on the system and the system depends on us. What kind of world is completely anonymous? Living behind a computer screen in which you have no real identity? I tell you that such a world would be cold, dark, fake, and human compassion would cease to exist. We already see the rise of anonymity on the internet giving rise to cold-heartedness today. When Ubiquitous computing is widespread enough, we will be able to take our faces off of the monitors and actually face each other as humans.

Outstanding. So if you dissent to any degree and piss someone off they can simply make you're life unlivable.

Thanks corporations. I love living under your rule.

It was even much worse before technology. Living in tribes or in small communities, if you dared to question the authority, you were outcast, hung, killed & forgotten about. The potential benefits of continually improving our technology vastly outweigh any potential abuse. If we could somehow rework our justice system and make it more effective, such potential abuses could be minimized.

Whats most amazing is not the current or future technology but how our best and brightest always want to get away from the technology they develop. Remember the Math PHD candidate who bashed his mentors head in or even the Unibomber.

The Unabomber was an MK Ultra victim.

True, but the problem is not the technology itself. It is that our genetics are flawed and we are a flawed species. Also, the pace of evolution is much slower than the pace of our own technological advancement. The brightest among us suffer from a philosophical & psychological dilemma that arises from the fact that there are so many "un"-bright people in the world. Why should the Intellectuals among us use their ability to help produce things that the Unintelligent will abuse?

I've been a technologist for the past twenty-five years. When I began, I was sold on the idea that technology could one day free us from our drudgeries, affording us more time to enjoy our families and hobbies... But as technology has advanced, the opposite happened. Technology has only allowed us to become more productive workers, and the expectation is that we should produce as much as technology will allow. Tech has taken the place of the slave master's whip, and we are worse off for it.

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