http://faerye.net/tag/1984Posts tagged with "1984" - Faerye Net2007-09-16T10:03:13+00:00Felicity Shouldershttp://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+00:002008-06-03T12:36:49+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>“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’ll scan a person with one of these things and tell what they’re actually thinking.”</p>
<p>He glanced at me quizzically, noticing my apprehension.</p>
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“Yeah, I know,” he said. “It sounds very Star Trekkish, but that’s what’s ahead.”</p></blockquote><p>
That doesn’t sound “Star Trekkish.” <em>Star Trek</em> was rather utopian. Or did you think reality TV invented this term “Big Brother”?</p><p>
<p>I can’t wait ‘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….</p></p>