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Re:5 Technologies That Will Change the World by abekarpinski on Monday March 17, 2014 @11:32AM (#7415636)
I don't know if the governments of the world can do anything about this, but they're going to want to try. If they don't know how much money I have, then they can't know how much I should pay in taxes.
Re:5 Technologies That Will Change the World by brentledent on Monday March 17, 2014 @11:35AM (#7415671)
I think we're already starting to see this play out with Anonymous. They're trying to crack down, but having difficulty.
Re:5 Technologies That Will Change the World by jlcx on Monday March 17, 2014 @11:42AM (#7415730)
I'm interested in seeing how crowdfunding might work for projects traditionally funded by taxation. One example: http://neighbor.ly
Re:5 Technologies That Will Change the World by waltherg on Monday March 17, 2014 @12:58PM (#7416317)
Or science funding: https://experiment.com/ (formerly mycroryza.com)
Re:5 Technologies That Will Change the World by chuckmans3 on Monday March 17, 2014 @11:27AM (#7415591)
Interesting to think about how beacons intersect with other interesting things. I see a flash mob app in the near future.
Re:5 Technologies That Will Change the World by sambomillo on Monday March 17, 2014 @11:29AM (#7415618)
I like the idea of automatically recognizing a quorum based on sensors. Will make auctions and voting interesting.