Thursday, March 29, 2012

No. Just...No.

Was anyone else extremely freaked out by the whole chip thing?  It seems like the start of a dystopian civilization.  Like one of those things you read about in science fiction books but that never actually happen, at least not overtly in a way to cause widespread panic. But maybe we're just getting a little sharper as the years pass and we attend college.  I keep hearing the idea that Huxley was right and Orwell wasn't, but this chip stuff, tracking all your movements and killing you if you disobey....it seems a little 1984...okay, a lot. So I'm beginning to think they're both right. So..what do you think? Is it useless to resist? Or should we try to somehow stop this total control that our government is starting to try to exert over us as people with free will?
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  1. Sarah Elisabeth ChaneyApril 1, 2012 at 9:04 AM

    I don't think it's useless to resist. I don't think resisting will stop anything, but we will at least have some control over the direction it's heading. I have confidence that whatever happens, we will learn to adapt, that's what we've done so far.

    It doesn't matter anyway since the zombie apocalypse will happen first anyway.

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  2. Carie McMichaelApril 1, 2012 at 1:38 PM

    The whole thing makes me realize how completely afraid we are of what the future of technology is going to bring. Whether its the issue of privacy or society becoming lazy, or whatever problem technology will exacerbate, we're always scared to death of when those paranoias will come to fruition. I feel like when my kids ask me what it was like when I was young, I'm going to say that we were always worried about the future.

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  3. Michael CoxApril 2, 2012 at 12:12 AM

    I used to think that most people would resist having chips in their bodies. However, given that some parents are doing it to their children for "safety" and some people are willing to get tattoo's that vibrate when they get a text makes it easier for me to believe that. I'm always amazed what fear can do to motivate people to do some things, and some people will always want the newest thing. These are interesting times we live in.

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