towards criticizing the affairs of our contemporary world I was trying to find a logical explanation, something that would explain what is happening to the sanity of the world. Suddenly this note found its way to me:
UK launches massive, one-year program to archive every email
Ok, I calm down, breathe deeply and think "well, I am sure their intentions are well meaning and are doing so in case a problem arises". "As the article says they have been able to find criminals as a result of this measure." Still... my other side won this argument: "Really? Is this a good thing?" I doubt it.
Isn't this a bit too much? Is this the beginning of a world where every movement is monitored by the government? Isn't the government also made of people? Who decides this sort of thing? Are people, the citizens even consulted about these measures?
I am baffled and I don't even live there myself... It reminds me of those great science fiction books like 1984 and A Brave New World.
Glad to read that Sweden, for example, "is reportedly ignoring the rule completely". Maybe in the future this will be some sort haven for those lost souls wanting freedom...
Big, long sigh.
Showing posts with label the future. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the future. Show all posts
Monday, April 6, 2009
Is the world going crazier...
or is it just me?
I was browsing through the newspaper this morning. A quick recap:
- Allergies on the rise (to food, environment...)
- Complaints about government systems that promise to be great but are a hassle in practice
- North Korea launching a missile, but most importantly the controversy that this has generated
- Somali pirates and their successful activities
- Women in Vietnam sold to men in other Asian countries to be married (against their will)
and it goes on and on...
So sure, I am posting only those that aren't too positive, from my point of view. However, I ask myself: do people in the past lived to this level of craziness? or is that we just become informed more easily?
Photo from Wikimedia
My sense is that both. Telecommunications have made it easier to know what's happening on the other side of the world, but also, my perception is that people are loosing it more (perhaps for the same reason).
I really think that the level of craziness is going to go up and up in the coming years (for good and not so good). We shall see...
What do you think?
I was browsing through the newspaper this morning. A quick recap:
- Allergies on the rise (to food, environment...)
- Complaints about government systems that promise to be great but are a hassle in practice
- North Korea launching a missile, but most importantly the controversy that this has generated
- Somali pirates and their successful activities
- Women in Vietnam sold to men in other Asian countries to be married (against their will)
and it goes on and on...
So sure, I am posting only those that aren't too positive, from my point of view. However, I ask myself: do people in the past lived to this level of craziness? or is that we just become informed more easily?
Photo from Wikimedia
My sense is that both. Telecommunications have made it easier to know what's happening on the other side of the world, but also, my perception is that people are loosing it more (perhaps for the same reason).
I really think that the level of craziness is going to go up and up in the coming years (for good and not so good). We shall see...
What do you think?
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Sixth sensing your environment with technology
I recently received a link to this video on ted.com and I decided to post it here.
There was a time in my life when I was addicted to science fiction. I devoured most of the usual books on the topic, a classic one being the Foundation series of Asimov. Science fiction fed a part of me that is not too easy to satiate.
Nowadays there are sooo many cool things being developed that were just hints in those books. Some which are probably not too public yet. This video shows one of many gadgets that exemplify how virtual realities are going to interact more with real reality. It's really cool.
It's called sixthsense and it is a device (mix of mobile device, camera, mirror and projector) that gives you more information of real objects through hand gestures.
Also check Pranav Mistry's website (one of the developers). He has other really interesting projects.
Thinking about technologies in the next 10 years just blow my mind. Just imagine what the combination of nanotechnology, artificial intelligence and genetic engineering can create (for good or not so good). The world as we know it promises to be a very, very different place not too far from today.
There was a time in my life when I was addicted to science fiction. I devoured most of the usual books on the topic, a classic one being the Foundation series of Asimov. Science fiction fed a part of me that is not too easy to satiate.
Nowadays there are sooo many cool things being developed that were just hints in those books. Some which are probably not too public yet. This video shows one of many gadgets that exemplify how virtual realities are going to interact more with real reality. It's really cool.
It's called sixthsense and it is a device (mix of mobile device, camera, mirror and projector) that gives you more information of real objects through hand gestures.
Also check Pranav Mistry's website (one of the developers). He has other really interesting projects.
Thinking about technologies in the next 10 years just blow my mind. Just imagine what the combination of nanotechnology, artificial intelligence and genetic engineering can create (for good or not so good). The world as we know it promises to be a very, very different place not too far from today.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Raw food resource list coming... in the meantime:
I wish there was an invention that could translate your thoughts automatically into written words.
So many things to write about, yet so little time.
I have no doubt that such invention is coming. In fact future inventions is another subject I like. Some of these inventions are going to completely change the world as we know it. For good or bad.
Just imagine nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, genetic engineering (and the whole stem cell research happening)... wow. But this is another topic.
Back soon.
So many things to write about, yet so little time.
I have no doubt that such invention is coming. In fact future inventions is another subject I like. Some of these inventions are going to completely change the world as we know it. For good or bad.
Just imagine nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, genetic engineering (and the whole stem cell research happening)... wow. But this is another topic.
Back soon.
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