it is difficult to get into the mindset (Score: 1) by rocks@pipedot.org on 2014-07-17 06:25 (#2HC) of the people who actually understand the ways they plan to exploit this data to control outcomes in society. I mean money and power are the usual suspects and I guess I understand how money and power give you the ability to have more things you want the way you want them, but at some level you want other people to have money and power too don't you? Don't you lose the ability to be surprised and challenged by peers if you obtain the ability to control all outcomes? Re: it is difficult to get into the mindset (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-07-17 11:53 (#2HH) I think currently the power is swinging strongly in the direction of governments and away from citizens and consumers (not the same thing, mind you: a pet peeve). And given that power, governments naturally err on the side of wanting more power, even before they have an actual need for that power. It's like saving it up, in case it's ever useful. (like bandwidth or CPU time) :)
Re: it is difficult to get into the mindset (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-07-17 11:53 (#2HH) I think currently the power is swinging strongly in the direction of governments and away from citizens and consumers (not the same thing, mind you: a pet peeve). And given that power, governments naturally err on the side of wanting more power, even before they have an actual need for that power. It's like saving it up, in case it's ever useful. (like bandwidth or CPU time) :)