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I like it! Of course, to guarantee the transparency of all transactions we would have to institute a system whereby the identity of each individual can be conclusively determined and linked to his/her funds. Maybe some kind of a 'mark' on the right hand or forehead?
by someone (s0me1smail(a)gmail(d)com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 10:44:20 AM EST
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Dang. There goes my cover.

And it would have succeeded too, if it hadn't been for you pesky ETers.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 11:16:18 AM EST
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concern troll alert!

kidding aside, this fear, born of faux-xtian fundy revelatorising, is so last century. no need for the implant really, when everyone's fingerprint, dna, and eyesare unique and the tech is now up to discerning it.

who's running the database, and how ethically is my bigger concern than having a gps in my third eye, (might be handy) or a usb plug in my cranium, (enough tension in my sub-occipitals already)...

surveillance nudism

;)

it does bring up this privacy thing, which we've discussed (semi-anonymously!) here before.

when i trust the 'pars that be' more, and especially their competence and agendas, part of me wants to be unco-operative, invisible.

then i listen to sven's arguments, and find they reflect another part of me that believes that secrets breed evil, and the more open and honest things are, while it might sometimes be uncomfortable in the short run, in the end is the better road.

we just have to be vigilant about the 'more-equal-than-others' syndrome.

 

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 11:25:13 AM EST
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