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RE: FutureDiary : 02 January 2030 - That was quick, that was crap and we sprung a leak
Ugh Sadly I see a lot of truth in the...
Civic Surveillance Network.
I like that we are starting to see the truth about the labour market anywhere we see the term 'autonomous' maybe people are finally 'getting it'.
There was an extremely spooky synchronicity in this piece, only yesterday when I was discussing social media with my youngest who has been home from Uni for the holidays, I mentioned the hierarchy of the current platforms and where they may be in the coming years and I mentioned Amazon may be the number 1 social media for all we know...
A delicious slice of futurology. 🙂
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.