Another 2084 prediction comes true!
I like stories that show aspects of 2084 coming true. While I did run things out to the nth degree, I find the essence of my predictions to be very valid. For instance, schools are now using palm prints to charge their students for their lunches. This is incredibly efficient. However, how is this much different than the scanner chips I had installed in people’s hands in 2084? Of course, their system is a little better than mine. However, I had to have a chip so that people could be tracked via GPS. It’s hard to do that with a palm print. However, from a standpoint of everything else in the prediction, it’s right on point. Consider that we could link your bank accounts to biometrics. Your charge cards and bank account can easily be accessed as such. This would virtually eliminate cash all together (which the IRS and others would love). Of course, the argument for this would be that it would reduce crime and tax evasion (which are almost always done in cash transactions). It would also be very secure as a thief would have to cut off your hand to steal your cash. They could even sell scanners that attach to your home computer for on-line shopping.
It is very odd then, isn’t it? Why is it that such move which should be beacons of light turn into tools to strip us of our freedom? Why do they try to sell us on the idea that taking away our rights and freedoms to stop a handful of criminals is a great idea? This is the exact same mentality that sold us the Patriot Act and the TSA and “stop and search.” As Benjamin Franklin said, “Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will have, nor do they deserve, either one.”
Long Live the Constitution!