http://faerye.net/tag/1984 Posts tagged with "1984" - Faerye Net 2007-09-16T10:03:13+00:00 Felicity Shoulders http://faerye.net/ http://faerye.net/post/he-who-would-trade-liberty-for-some-temporary-security "He who would trade liberty for some temporary security..." 2007-09-16T10:03:13+00:00 2008-06-03T12:36:49+00:00 <p>I must respond to this <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/6995061.stm" target="links"> article at the <span class="caps">BBC</span> site</a>. </p> <blockquote><p>&#8220;But it will also show whether someone inside a house is looking to harm you, because if they are, their heart rate will be raised. And 10 years from now, the technology will be much smarter. We&#8217;ll scan a person with one of these things and tell what they&#8217;re actually thinking.&#8221;</p> <p>He glanced at me quizzically, noticing my apprehension.</p> <p> &#8220;Yeah, I know,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It sounds very Star Trekkish, but that&#8217;s what&#8217;s ahead.&#8221;</p></blockquote><p> That doesn&#8217;t sound &#8220;Star Trekkish.&#8221; <em>Star Trek</em> was rather utopian. Or did you think reality TV invented this term &#8220;Big Brother&#8221;?</p><p> <p>I can&#8217;t wait &#8216;til the first time they shoot someone in a house for having a high heart rate, and find out he or she was masturbating, can you? Temptation to join <a href="http://aclu.org/" target="links"><span class="caps">ACLU</span></a>...rising&#8230;.</p></p>