Wow. What a video. Kevin Kelly is a very prolific speaker. I enjoyed listening to him.
I don't agree that we are moving towards a total "Internet of Things" like he described it. There have long been programs that link our computers to things like the lights in our homes, our cars (OnStar for example), and to tiny chips that can be implanted in our pets. They are even devloping, if they haven't already, chips that can be implanted into people so we can keep track of our children or our elderly if they are missing. However, I don't see myself living in a totally "virtual" world, which is where I thought he was going.
He was right about "carrying relationships with you" when spending time on social networking sites. Just take a look at Facebook. It was not the site it is now at the time he was giving this talk. I hope that the changes coming in the next 5000 days don't completely compromise our ability to keep some things private...
I have to agree with your comment about us having to compromise our abliity to me things private. It just scares me that nothing will be personal online. Computers can already tell us our history on the computer, but to remember our friends and our identies is just scary to think what techknology is coming to.
ReplyDeletePrivacy online is going to become an even bigger issue than it is now I believe. It's already possible to get private information about someone without their knowledge through sites like Zaba that collect it from public utilities records. Then take that to Google maps and you get directions with pictures right to someone's front door. Pretty scarey considering the online predators that have used it to commit crimes more than once.
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