Comment Re:so who benefits? the Matrix. (Score 1) 188
RFID is used for logistical applications. Wal-Mart and the Pentagon have both the largest and most sophisticated logistics organizations in the world (the Matrix). Wal-Mart HQ already records every transaction (250 million) every day in near real-time and they keep the data for 2 years.
In the sense that capital seeks efficiency through logistics, then Wal-Mart executives, being true devotees to profit, will pursue RFID and any other technologies or markets which can be exploited to that end. You may try to argue but capitalism is indeed a religion just like any other.
The Pentagon's logistical operations are on par with Wal-Mart but the center of attention is not profits it is purely materiel. Ammo, food, boots, chem suits, laser sights, personnel, armor vests, etc. Suffice to say the Air Force isn't going to put an RFID on an F-16 or it's payload. However, a lot of night vision goggles turn up missing and they must protect that materiel from theft.
Back to the Matrix. RFID allows the Machines to increasingly "see" what is going on in the Matrix. When everything is made trackable in real-time then the Machines will have established a "sense" for itself, which is the A.I. I liken RFID to embryonic nerve cells in first stages of development. It is stunning to think then that the most avid pursuit of tech like RFID is being done by the military and inhuman corporations. Technology is evolving thousands of times faster than humans are. Technology is now readying to sever the natural connectivity between earth and humanity while simultaneously constructing alternative means of filtering us out of reality. Thus, you become a number, THX-1138.
Think different. Corporations are non-living persons, under the law, which pay living persons (i.e. humans) to perform functions for the benefit of the corporations. It is multi-ironic that corporate executives call employees "most valued assets", "cost per units", "human resources", etc.
Wake up. And keep waking up. And waking up again.
Obviously, I'm using technology to post this. I am however noticing that humanity is often left out of the technology conversations. There are some writers/thinkers having a difficult time translating this down to street level users.
In the sense that capital seeks efficiency through logistics, then Wal-Mart executives, being true devotees to profit, will pursue RFID and any other technologies or markets which can be exploited to that end. You may try to argue but capitalism is indeed a religion just like any other.
The Pentagon's logistical operations are on par with Wal-Mart but the center of attention is not profits it is purely materiel. Ammo, food, boots, chem suits, laser sights, personnel, armor vests, etc. Suffice to say the Air Force isn't going to put an RFID on an F-16 or it's payload. However, a lot of night vision goggles turn up missing and they must protect that materiel from theft.
Back to the Matrix. RFID allows the Machines to increasingly "see" what is going on in the Matrix. When everything is made trackable in real-time then the Machines will have established a "sense" for itself, which is the A.I. I liken RFID to embryonic nerve cells in first stages of development. It is stunning to think then that the most avid pursuit of tech like RFID is being done by the military and inhuman corporations. Technology is evolving thousands of times faster than humans are. Technology is now readying to sever the natural connectivity between earth and humanity while simultaneously constructing alternative means of filtering us out of reality. Thus, you become a number, THX-1138.
Think different. Corporations are non-living persons, under the law, which pay living persons (i.e. humans) to perform functions for the benefit of the corporations. It is multi-ironic that corporate executives call employees "most valued assets", "cost per units", "human resources", etc.
Wake up. And keep waking up. And waking up again.
Obviously, I'm using technology to post this. I am however noticing that humanity is often left out of the technology conversations. There are some writers/thinkers having a difficult time translating this down to street level users.
