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RE: FutureDiary : 02 January 2030 - That was quick, that was crap and we sprung a leak
Two themes that concern me a lot are growing surveillance, and the coming impact of automation on all sorts of jobs that people aren't even thinking about yet.
You and me both, my friend.
I refuse contactless technology, automated checkouts and I remain quite capable of switching off my own lights without the needless technological erroneous assistance of Alexa. I do not want to appear to be a Luddite in the eyes of my peers, this is obviously not the point of it.
At times I purchase and read a book for information, yup, I realise Google does have informational advantages but at what cost? I feel this enables me to support great authors, publishers and all of the other human 'hindrances' in the supply chain and hopefully support a fair days pay for a fair days work, uncharacteristically when compared to Google these authors never snoop on me in my daily life either. ((Well except for the time I found J.K.Rowling hiding in the tree outside my window, but that was strictly a one off.))
Technology offers some revolutionary, life changing advantages but when used for automation and surveillance I think there needs to be some mechanism to keep t in check, preferably a human one.
It is going to become increasingly difficult to avoid surveillance in the coming years. It is going to be everywhere ... especially by 2030.