06-23-2016, 02:34 PM
Thanks for the well wishes...and facepalm.
I read all of what you said, and about 2/3 of what they said. (I should get some credit for that part.)
I found it interesting.
Especially after having witnessed what happened in the Wireless Communications world, between 1988 and present.
I knew a guy who said that the Congress had passed some bill that, essentially, demanded that by 2020, every person in the U.S. (and ultimately, on planet earth) could be reachable and trackable with little devices, like what we now call Cellphones, and watches and even pens. (I didn't think it would be possible, at the time.)
But - It's 2016, and we're already there, for the most part.
So - I don't doubt that if they were saying, in 2002, that by 2035 we could/should have a 'skin' that connects us each to the whole...that such a notion is too far fetched to believe.
Do I want to give up my autonomy? No.
On the other hand, if we, as humanity (or even, as a nation) acted only in the best interest of the whole, then I am FOR a better version of humanity than what we currently have.
If we're just acting for the best interest of the select few...I am Entirely OPPOSED.
I read all of what you said, and about 2/3 of what they said. (I should get some credit for that part.)
I found it interesting.
Especially after having witnessed what happened in the Wireless Communications world, between 1988 and present.
I knew a guy who said that the Congress had passed some bill that, essentially, demanded that by 2020, every person in the U.S. (and ultimately, on planet earth) could be reachable and trackable with little devices, like what we now call Cellphones, and watches and even pens. (I didn't think it would be possible, at the time.)
But - It's 2016, and we're already there, for the most part.
So - I don't doubt that if they were saying, in 2002, that by 2035 we could/should have a 'skin' that connects us each to the whole...that such a notion is too far fetched to believe.
Do I want to give up my autonomy? No.
On the other hand, if we, as humanity (or even, as a nation) acted only in the best interest of the whole, then I am FOR a better version of humanity than what we currently have.
If we're just acting for the best interest of the select few...I am Entirely OPPOSED.