Greetings
I read over an article shared with me and it brought up an interesting discussion. In the article the writer speaks to his own belief that the government will one day(sooner then later) make it manditory that all are fitted with an implanted chip in order to buy/sell and connect to the internet. It is his belief that these chips will be used to track people much like the way the chips on cell phones can and do track people now.
I am not saying I agree with this persons views on what the future holds but I was interested in a portion of what he said. Here is an excerpt from that article :
"It’s difficult to imagine a populace that will freely submit to such digital bondage. But as has been the case with the degradation of personal privacy and rights in America, be assured it won’t simply become law over night.
First, the technologies will need to be generally accepted by society. It’ll start with real-time consumer based products like Google Glass. The older generations may reject it, but in a couple of years you can bet that tens of millions of kids, teens and younger adults will be roaming the streets while sporting cool shades, interactive web surfing and the capability to record everything around them and upload it to the internet instantly.
Next, as we’re already seeing from early adopters, RFID chips will be voluntarily implanted under our skin for everything from access to high security buildings to grocery store purchases.
Eventually, once the concept is generally accepted by the majority, it will become our new "social security number.”
To gain access to official services, you’ll need to be a verified human. Without verification you won’t even be able to purchase a six pack of beer, let alone get medical care or a driver’s license.
Whether we like it or not this is the future. Every purchase you make and every step you take will be tracked by a tiny 15-digit passive microchip, meaning that the only way to "turn it off” will be to physically remove it from your body.
In essence, we’ll soon live in a world of Always On Monitoring.
Our children and grandchildren ”“ at least most of them ”“ will likely not only submit to implantation, they’ll gladly pay the costs so that they, too, can "interact with society in a meaningful way.”
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The portion that caught my attention was the idea that the populance will "freely accept" this kind of techniology willingly. As I said this is already a discussion I have had with other young people about "how connected" they are all the time. Many young people seem to have either a phone/tablet or some kind of device that connects them to the internet with them all the time. In the case of some its almost as if they can not put it down they are already so attached. There are videos of young toddles playing and watching tablets all over you tube. These children are so addicted that they scream and cry when the tablet is taken from them.
While I do not agree with consipacy theories and I am not saying that this article is valid in that these things will come to pass anytime soon, I do wonder about how willing people might be to allow themselves to be given an implant so they could have the conviance of access to the internet all the time by just waving their hand across a reader. Imagine not having to carry a bank card, or wallet with you to pay for things? Imagine no longer needing a work badge to get into your place of work? How nice it will be not to have to carry insurance cards or remember every detail about your medical history when going to the doctor? With this in mind I wonder how many young people would willingly line up and get these kinds of implants?
In writing this I am not suggesting that implants are in fact a mark of the beast or that they are arriving soon but rather I am considering the attitudes of people and their acceptance of these things if they should become a reality.
I wonder how many would willingly accept this kind of situation and think nothing of it? Is the need to be connected, up to date on current world happenings, and entertained, so strong that people would willingly allow themselves to chipped no matter what that might mean?
God bless
maryjane
