A blog has recently been created in order to voice concern and create debate about the invention of the Google Glass.
The site is called Stop the Cyborgs (gorgeously dystopian-sounding) and it insists that it is not a petition or an organised group of Google haters, but rather a platform for discussion concerning the frighteningly blasé attitude modern society has toward new technology.
“Despite what some people think we are not Neo-Luddites. We love technology […] Rather we want to encourage individual people to think about the impact of new technologies, to set bounds on how technologies are used proactively negotiate their relationship with the future. We want people to be selective adopters.”
They do have a very good point…more and more people have easy access to sophisticated equipment that could bring about new, undetectable ways of committing crime. Totally new forms of crime could even form, and how could this possibly be policed if it is not foreseen?
The Google Glass has the ability to take photos without being detected by anyone other than the wearer, which could obviously cause a whole host of problems for unsuspecting victims (and I’m not just talking about paedophilia; this is not the only despicable crime that can occur with the use of photography). The Google Glass could also take magnificent, intimate images to cherish and become vital if one was, say, lost on an excursion.
Although it would be ridiculous and detrimental to society to stop the progression of technology, should we not be preparing ourselves for the negative side effects of something so innovative? Or should we embrace change unquestionably instead of fearing it?
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