Methinks you have just become a priorityJumping Frog wrote:There will come a day when this government, too, will have to be removed by force. Breaks my heart.
Also, how far-fetched is the "Person of Interest" tv show? Really.
Technological innovation is now the driving force in probably all aspects of societal evolution.
Example 1: There were helicopters- slow, cumbersome, limited capacity and limited utility. Then someone had the idea of putting guns on them and they became weapons platforms. And there were drones- radio-controlled aircraft, used primarily as targets. Then someone had the idea of creating a radio-controlled helicopter, small enough to put on Navy destroyers, and loading them with uhhhh... weapons of mass destruction to use against enemy subs. Then someone had the thought, "Well, really, there isn't that much of a sub threat in the Gulf of Tonkin, so what if we put video cameras on those things and use them for reconnaissance. Today, we have high-flying, long-range, gps-guided, missile-toting, hi-res camera-equipped, radio-controlled aircraft. We also have super-quiet, camera-equipped micro-drones that can linger un-noticed to monitor an unlimited array of activities, even inside of buildings.
Example 2: The first personal computer was a kit, of interest only to gadgeteering technophiles. Then someone had the idea of putting a keyboard on and making a whole bunch of computers in their garage. Then someone had the thought, "Hmmm, maybe something like this could be put to use in business- if only we could figure out how to do it." They figured it out. Then, someone else figured out that data could be sent from one computer to another, even over telephone lines, and something called Tel-Net was created, but its use was limited primarily to university regimes. Well, maybe there was a bit of government interest also. "Well," someone thought, "If professors can do it, why can't everyone else?" So, today, we have the Internet, which in its various aspects, controls, dictates, directs, monitors, and oversees almost all of our daily life.
What's next? So, is "Person of Interest" really so far-fetched?
Having said all of the fore-going, I do not fear technology (it has saved my life more than once), I do have serious doubts about the ******* that crave to control it, and by extension, me. Quote from my best-selling book: " It's not that I resist authority; however, I do tend to resist petty authority and tyrannical authority... I do not willingly concede to others the authority to tell me what color that I may paint my house." [Rant off?]
It's downright scary.
