...to bouts of depression, especially when wondering about the world into which you brought children:
"...the Florida State Department of Juvenile Justice will use analysis software to predict crime by young delinquents, putting potential offenders under specific prevention and education programs. Goodbye, human rights!
They will use this software on juvenile delinquents, using a series of variables to determine the potential for these people to commit another crime. Depending on this probability, they will put them under specific re-education programs. Deepak Advani—vice president of predictive analytics at IBM—says the system gives 'reliable projections' so governments can take 'action in real time' to 'prevent criminal activities?'..."
http://gizmodo.com/5517231/crime-prediction-software-is-here-and-its-a-very-bad-idea?skyline=true&s=i
Sounds like precrime in Minority Report.
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ReplyDeleteNext they will start embryo scans to determine who will not pay taxes.
I say we get the touches and burn the entire muthafukker down..
Now where is my iphone...pft.
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PS- Great bloggage!!! A seriously independant thinker...
And i will forgive you for not already reading (subscribing) to my blog. Seriously, I forgive you.
Oh, Florida, why are you so backwards? You are my home state; why must you have such a fascist streak? :-(
ReplyDeleteIt hurts my brain, to think about this at anything but surface depth.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why they're bothering when they could just look at skin tone. It seems to work real well for them now.
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