Comments: Enslaved by Technology and the Internet of Things
Huxley and Orwell seem a bit conservative in their predictions of what life will be like for us.
"There is simply no room left for 'freedom from the tyranny of government' since city dwellers depend on it for food, power, water, transportation, protection, and welfare. Your right to live where you want, with companions of your choosing, under laws to which you agree, died in the eighteenth century with Captain Mission. Only a miracle or a disaster could restore it." W. S. Burroughs — Cities of the Red Night
It is all about Control.
Posted by chasmatic at January 22, 2015 11:23 PM
And Heinlein would have had a field day with this.
"The Roads Must Roll" comes to mind.
Posted by DonRodrigo at January 23, 2015 8:36 AM
I'm skeptical the "smart watch" thing will in any way take off - people want the internet for things that a little bitty watch-sized monitor won't provide - but this is the biggest problem I have with the quote:
This “connected” industry—estimated to add more than $14 trillion to the economy by 2020...
Where's all the money to pay for this going to come from? Where are the jobs, the earning, going to come from?
Posted by Christopher Taylor at January 23, 2015 8:46 AM
Don't kid yourself.
For 30 years I wanted a 23" monitor and now that I have one everyone is staring at 5" screens, defying logic.
When our new Florida home was built in 2002 it had a smart meter on it. No more meter dood traipsing through the yard, peering in windows, reporting to the Homeland.
Posted by ghostsniper at January 23, 2015 10:46 AM
One more thing. This *connected* business is gonna turn around. Eventually people will be paying good money to be left the hell alone. Just watch.
Posted by ghostsniper at January 23, 2015 10:48 AM