In the future, is the question really who will benefit and who will miss out?
Already I want to look back to the past and ask if this was the question when we got books, or radio, or television, and so on.
The video ads from Corning and Microsoft make technology look easy - everything is clean and white and nice - really? I think the purpose is to represent utopia with these new tools but is it real? People know ahead of time who you are and what you'll need. There is too much that is skipped here - what about privacy?
Sight, Charlie 13, and Plurality all deal with privacy. Technology can help you score, keep you safe, and keep your world safe but at what price?
I didn't get all the references, but I was totally amused at the classic comic "men carrying a pane of glass" routine.
The real questions are about control, the price of "safety" and freedom, but also, who audits the auditors?
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