Beijing bets on facial recognition in a big drive for total surveillance

Re:Beijing bets on facial recognition in a big drive for tot... by jochung on Monday January 08, 2018 @06:11AM (#16095989)

Yes but their system is tragically flawed in that it only lets the two most dominant poles compete over the ever shrinking space between them.

Without some form of proportional representation, new ideas can be voiced but they can't get independent traction.

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Re:Beijing bets on facial recognition in a big drive for tot... by pmarreck on Monday January 08, 2018 @09:12AM (#16096798)

> Without some form of proportional representation, new ideas can be voiced but they can't get independent traction.

That merely requires a change in the democratic voting system which eliminates some perverse incentives: http://instantrunoff.com/instant-runoff-home/

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Re:Beijing bets on facial recognition in a big drive for tot... by wu-ikkyu on Monday January 08, 2018 @10:14AM (#16097222)

>That merely requires a change in the democratic voting system which eliminates some perverse incentives

"Merely" seems like an understatement

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Re:Beijing bets on facial recognition in a big drive for tot... by pmarreck on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @03:58PM (#16109981)

In this case, it is :(

I'm hoping states will start with it and maybe one day, federal will follow suit

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