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Interesting cellphone app will let you find out where the wild things are - the places where the most people are congregating in a city. (Read
the complete story)
| "This could be used for evil. Find out where a large concentration of people are, and choose that location as your target." (Nyborg 7/3/2008 2:42:01 PM) |
| "You're right; there are few technological innovations that do not also create unforseen problems." (Bill Christensen 7/4/2008 9:23:18 AM) |
| "The very definition of the word shows that. "Technology" is "the application of acquired knowledge." At least in it's older definition, tho now, like "art," it has come to be understood as the object that is the _result_ of that application of knowledge, rather than the _act_ which produces it, as its connotation was changed to aid ease-of-use, rather than accuracy. Using the more correct definition, the common (and logically fallacious) question: "Is Technology good or bad?" quickly becomes amusing, as it demonstrates that it is asking an unanswerable question. ("Is the use of acquired knowledge good or bad?" is the translation when the definitions are analyzed)" (Ashley 7/4/2008 9:28:28 AM) |
| "This is very much like a science fiction novel, "Missing Man" by Katherine Maclean. Though from 1975, it echoes the future over and over again: seawalls holding back the ocean from NYC, 911-type disaster footage, etc. In one scene, two city-techs want the help of a telepath to: "...help predict trends in free population flow. Transportation says that surge spacing is shot to hell and we need better prediction." And:
"Well, do you go where other people go? When you want to go to the beach, do you everybody crowding on the beach?"
"No, it's usually empty. I don't see many people."
"How can he predict average people if he isn't average?"
"If we had an average person we could just watch where he goes and that's where the others will be."
"Then we need a fast average man, someone who will get there first. And we'll put a radio tracer on him and adjust the transportation lines in advance."
"Variance. He might break a leg. We need a stratified cross section, men women, kids."" (David Orlich 7/9/2008 11:43:01 AM) |
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