[Klug-general] Any help....

[David Halliday]

There is nothing like having faith in humanity... And that was nothing like
having faith in humanity :)

On 27 August 2010 12:27, Mike Evans <mike at tandem.f9.co.uk> wrote:

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> On 27/08/10 11:52, Colin McCarthy wrote:
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>  Can't we just mark the radioactive waste dumps on Google Maps? I am sure
>> future generations and visiting aliens will have 'The Google'. :)
>> http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2010-08-18/
>>
>
> I doubt it.  My prediction is that within a decade Google will gather so
> much personal data on s much of the global population that 1984 and the
> Stasi archives will look pathetic.  The temptation to use this information
> to control/influence people will become too great either for the company or
> government.  People will rise up against the consequent
> persecution/repression and there will be bloodshed.  The name Google will be
> associated with evil, harm, damage, repression etc etc and no-one will
> remember that it once provided some useful services.  People will never
> again share their information/lives etc in such a publicly accessible way.
>  Meanwhile the documented lives of the Pharaohs (who were probably just as
> despotic) will live on in their alabaster jars.
>
> Visiting aliens will pass by, turning up whatever passes for their noses,
> saying "interesting life-form, but sadly pre-programmed for self
> destruction.  Let's come back a bit later when the planet is uninhabited.
>  Shouldn't take long."  Oh - and they will probably /like/ radioactive waste
> and wonder why on earth we spent so much time trying to hide it.
>
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