32 000 feet
roughly 10 kilometers above the ground, that’s where I am now as you are reading this. So, you must be wondering: that’s all nice, but why are you on a transatlantic flight anyway?
Month: August 2011
Super 8
Among all the 3D super hero blockbuster violence of late, there is: Super 8. Good science fiction does not revolve around using impossible physics and technology just for the sake of it, but rather: using these as backdrop in stories about the human condition. Does Super 8 succeed in this regard, or is it just a special effects extravaganza?
Big Brother: Why Not?
Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, remarked: “If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place”. Connected to this: a friend recently asked me the question: If we would place camera’s everywhere that would track your every move continuously why would that be a problem, other than it making you feel uncomfortable? What are the rational arguments against continuous nation-wide surveillance?