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Originally posted by DudleyGray View PostAh hell, maybe it's not such a bad thing, being forced to act how you would if any moment could be played out repeatedly for all practical eternity. It almost sounds Nietzschean.
I do think once its all out there though I feel like people will stop investing so much in perception management... once it becomes clear that the house always wins in the sense that unless you are 100% perfect in covering your tracks and building your persona some automated system is going to find the inconsistency and point it out to the general public and all that work will be for nothing.
The RoI on perception management will just be less and less and at some point just not worth it to anyone that isn't going to be a President or something and even maybe not possible even with a team of technologically-savvy/assisted people hiding your past.
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Originally posted by Shucks View Postyeah that happened. and google glass is banned in several bars/restaurants in SF. there's a pretty strong general hostility towards tech companies building in the city, due them parasitizing on infrastructure (google buses etc), due to rents spiraling out of control from gentrification (techies moving in), and due to massive ellis act evictions in order to rent housing out through airbnb etc.
Main thing i hate in SF is the traffic and that its a 7X7 mile city that takes 30 minutes or more to cross.
RE google glass, definitely inevitable, i wonder when will manufacturers start making the glasses less noticeable. Then people will be wearing them all the time and others won't know.
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Originally posted by drizzly View PostI am not a huge fan of all the gentrification happening in sf. But, one has to think of all the good its done over the years. SF is getting built up more, there are a lot more artisan stores, small business popping up everywhere. My favorite is that some neighborhoods became more accessible due to the gentrification providing a safe environment.
Main thing i hate in SF is the traffic and that its a 7X7 mile city that takes 30 minutes or more to cross.
RE google glass, definitely inevitable, i wonder when will manufacturers start making the glasses less noticeable. Then people will be wearing them all the time and others won't know.
It's easier to just stick a recording device in my pocket, or even my phone. If my phone peeks out of my pocket, nobody is going to think something is weird, just small pockets. Audio recording is even easier.
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Originally posted by apathy! View PostIt's not the invasion of privacy (although that sucks too).
It's the digitilisation of human interaction.
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Apple just has to release their version of glassholes and it'll be as cool as facebook. The youth will hypebeast and pay good money to have 1984 come full fruition. They'll even be relieved when facial gesture algorithms can detect terrorist minds and keep pre-criminals in secret prisons before another 9/11 can happen, no intelligent man wants to have to hear official stories defy physical laws.
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Originally posted by Lohikaarme View PostOh. Meh. I don't mind that at all. I feel like we get more done digitally than not. Beyond the emotional (and the manipulation thereof), I find that writing gets more done.
Originally posted by LelandJ View PostApple just has to release their version of glassholes and it'll be as cool as facebook. The youth will hypebeast and pay good money to have 1984 come full fruition. They'll even be relieved when facial gesture algorithms can detect terrorist minds and keep pre-criminals in secret prisons before another 9/11 can happen, no intelligent man wants to have to hear official stories defy physical laws.
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Originally posted by Shucks View Postyou don't work for google, do you?
techcrunch aren't exactly unbiased on this issue...
It sucks that what makes SF is being slowly gentrified out and replaced with us tech bros, but even without tech I think SF as an inherently awesome place to live, foreign money and the appeal of urban living eclipsing surban appeal would have led to the current situation as well due to supply and demand.
I do find the abuse/use of the Ellis Act to be scummy.
Everyone who cares is biased on this issue I'm sure :) That said, I found the techcrunch article to be very comprehensive and filled with illuminating facts. If you disagree I'd love to see counter examples just to better educate myself on the issue. Honestly haven't followed it closely until the techcrunch article so most of my knowledge stems from it so if its only telling a biased version of part of the picture would love to remedy that.
Oh yeah, I'm also born/raised in silicon valley so strong Californian biases as well.
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