[pp.int.general] Marc Goodman: A vision of crimes in the future

[Pat Maechler aka Valio]

Yes, I was aware that the implication of probably walking into a
self-surveilling society exists, which is why I did not wrote that I
think that it is a good approach, but just one to consider.

There are different possible interpretations of the arguments given in
the presentation:

1. that this is mostly fear mongering with no real basis for an
increase, but in contrast there are indications for...
1a. a stable situation OR
1b. a situation with decreasing rates
OR
2. that this has some real basis and..
2a. that there is no need for intervention whatsoever (probably an
extreme libertarian view) OR
2b. that the current systems does scale well as it is (so there is no
need for a paradigm shift) OR
2c. that there is some need for a paradigm shift

If one thinks 2c may hold true, it would be necessary to come up with
a suggestion (which can be different from the suggestion in the video
of course).

-pat

On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 8:12 PM, Daniel Riaño <danielrr2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks. An amazing video indeed. If I understood the speaker right, what
> he's suggesting at the end of the video it is too vague to call it a
> proposal proper. Rather it is a knife that cuts both ways: everybody should
> be engaged in police-like surveillance of the rest of us, for the well being
> of society at large. Sounds kinda scaring. I am not telling that this may
> not be a probable outcome of the next big terrorist blows in the coming
> years. At first sight, it sounds dangerously close to war-time security
> psychosis.