“We’ve had agriculture for about 12,000 years, towns for eight to 10,000 years, and writing for about 5,000 years. But we’re still living in the dark ages leading up to the dawn of history.”

Science fiction writer Charles Stross contemplates a future where everything we do - where we go, what we say, what we think, how we interact - is recorded on nanoscale devices. I don’t think the human race would ever get to a stage where privacy disappeared to this extent, but it’s a fascinating idea. Article on BBC News, here. Via elmyra’s del.icio.us bookmarks, here.

Posted Thursday, July 19th, 2007 @ 1:38 am
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