Re:From South Korea to Malaysia, ‘smart cities’ turn to ghos...
by Bartweiss on Friday July 19, 2019 @12:15PM
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> ...“I hate technology but my husband is an early adopter. He has to have everything first.”
Maybe there's no off switch, but the barrier to more drastic measures seems to be social, rather than the death sentence it would have been in 1984. That doesn't mean this is alright, bad and intrusive design causes social problems, but I think it's a mistake to conflate design flaws with intentional coercion.
Maybe there's no off switch, but the barrier to more drastic measures seems to be social, rather than the death sentence it would have been in 1984. That doesn't mean this is alright, bad and intrusive design causes social problems, but I think it's a mistake to conflate design flaws with intentional coercion.