As a follow up. We will allow ourselves to be assimilated for the good or needs of the many. A classic quote from a Star Trek Movie: The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one.
Or maybe a better quote is "There's and app for that"
Safety or Privacy: New Technology Will Make Us Choose
Before decrying the excesses of Big Brother, civil libertarians should give this concept some consideration. However legitimate one’s opposition to the “surveillance state,” the thinking person ought to concede three unassailable truths: 1) there are tens of thousands — perhaps hundreds of thousands — of individuals throughout this world who consider it a solemn religious obligation to destroy American cities; 2) these individuals are sincere in their warped convictions and determined to pursue their heinous objective; they cannot be deterred or dissuaded; 3) these individuals will soon have the atomic means to achieve their apocalyptic ends — likely within the decade, certainly within most of our lifetimes.
Friday, May 14, 2010
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