- Righting wrongs (Peter Singer)
Sixty years after the universal declaration of human rights was adopted by the UN, attitudes, at least, have change dramatically. - Idea Lab - Memory (New York Times)
How much would you pay to have a small memory chip implanted in your brain if that chip would double the capacity of your short-term memory? Or guarantee that you would never again forget a face or a name? - Google Maps Predicts Traffic Conditions for Your Travel Time (LifeHacker)
Hot on the heels of Windows Live Maps' traffic-based directions, Google Maps unleashes its own traffic predictions. - The new oases (Economist.com)
The fact that people are no longer tied to specific places for functions such as studying or learning means that there is "a huge drop in demand for traditional, private, enclosed spaces."
April 18, 2008
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What would happen to that chip if you got too close to a strong magnet? Or what would happen if an elecromagnetic pulse went off by you?
Would its failure hurt your thinking? Damage your brain?
Would the government put a tracking device in it without telling you? Do you trust the US government, and corporations enough to let them put something in your brain?
Given the history of Corporate and Government lies in the name of profit and security, I wouldn't trust them.
Things we need to think about.
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