Issues for the Internet Society

DenOfEarth writes "The Economist has published a series of articles detailing some of the issues facing our current society and the technological leaps and bounds that are leading to the future internet society. They include: Protection of Privacy, Constant internet connectivity, Copyright 's Role in the Future, Technology-based Democratic Process, Government Authority, and Social and Political Ramifications. There's a good deal of information to waste one's time with here, but some good discussion is bound to come out of it."

Comments

Re:THE BIG ISSUE

[stubear]

I realize this is a misinformed troll, but I couldn't resist posting the link to this article.

Re:In the future, eberything is just hunky dorey.

[Tackhead]

> First off, if we ever get to the point where government is producing more than a half dozen referendums every day, I'm finding another country.

If you live in the States, Using the total calendar days of the 1988 and 1989 legislative sessions, the median U.S. legislature produced 4.7 laws per day..

That was 15 years ago, and that's just for State legislatures. You think those numbers have gone down since then?

Re:Didn't Sony already develop the x-ray camera?

[Knobby]

Sort of.. The SONY camera measured light in the IR spectrum and used that to enhance the images in low-light situations. If you enabled this option during the day, it would allow you to "see through clothes".. Of course, we're not talking about detail.. Just large scale features..

Amusing Ourselves to Death

[Grincho]

For further reading on the subject of our society becoming ever more entertainment-centric, I commend to you Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman. He argues logically from explicitly stated assumptions (something I always appreciate) and surprised me in several instances by bringing to my attention disturbing things to which, living in the culture I do, I had been desensitized.

Re:THE BIG ISSUE

[NewsWatcher]

Maybe you want to take a look at the rest of the world. It is called GLOBAL warming after all. At the moment I am in Australia, 44 degrees here (Celcius) and one of the hottest days on record. It has been bloody hot for bloody ages in this part of the world.