Will the internet of things result in predictable people?
by Evan Selinger and Brett Frischmann from Technology | The Guardian on (#GZRD)
The question of our age might turn out to be the reverse of the Turing test: will people become programmable like machines?
We're told that eventually sensors will be everywhere. Not just in phones, tablets, and laptops. Not just in the wearables attached to our bodies. Not just at home or in the workplace. Sensors will be implanted in nearly everything imaginable and they will be networked, tightly connected, and looking after us 24-7-365.
So, brace yourself. All the time, you'll be be monitored and receive fine-grained, hyper-personalised services. That's the corporate vision encapsulated by the increasingly popular phrase "internet of everything".
