Barry, All human beings are unique and important individually. But if someone does violate another person's rights, it is likely that he or she would be violating others as well. Isn't that what Big Brother is all about?
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> wrote : I was watching a panel discussion on ubiquitous computing - the chip in the toaster, etc., and the vast, interconnected networks that are resulting from that. I have also been watching all the breakthroughs in optical tech, self-driving cars, and autonomous robots. Current civilian drones are now capable of tracking every human being and vehicle, inside a five square mile box, even within a city. No doubt the military can exceed that coverage. What I've never understood is why people who are so unimportant that they couldn't possibly be of interest to anyone, much less a government, are so paranoid about people "snooping on them." Sure sounds like an overdose of self-importance to me. :-)
