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I think there are many other possibilities/stands between the two
extremes you mention. For instance, I think it is very easy to be a
distributed capitalist, as you describe, AND still be concerned about
privacy and miss-use of data.

Technology is great, but when it ignores sociology bad things can
happen. We need to find solutions where the technology and sociology
work in concert.

Valdis

On Mar 31, 2004, at 11:07 AM, John Maloney wrote:

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> Interestingly, there are two, rather polarized opinions concerning
> advancing
> this computing metaphor.
>
> I group them in two camps:
>
> Paranoid Luddites: folks that think anything like reality mining,
> contact
> housekeeping and relationship sharing is a threat to Western
> civilization
> and their way-of-life. (Partly to blame are folks advancing the
> outrageous
> farce of 'identity theft' -- which is a big scam per se!)
>
> Distributed Capitalist: folks that understand their specific knowledge
> and
> relationships are the central planks of individual economic
> emancipation and
> physiological self-determination. The deep technology support such as
> reality management will lead the next great episode in human
> advancement,
> dignity and liberty.
>
> Actually, with the incredible, profound dissatisfaction with current
> 'corporate' offerings in health care (>96% mostly dissatisfied or
> totally
> dissatisfied with HMOs), banking, utilities, etc., I personally would
> welcome anything that helps providers get closer to my real needs.
>
> Cordially,
>
> John
>
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>> "Reality Mining" the Organization
>> Who are the experts within your organization? Who has the most
>> decision-making influence? Recently, managers have started mining data
>> from e-mail, Web pages, and other digital media for clues that will
>> help answer such questions. That's a start, says MIT Media Lab
>> researcher Alex Pentland, but it misses the real action: studies of
>> office interactions indicate that as much as 80 percent of work time
>> is spent in spoken conversation, and that critical pieces of
>> information are transmitted by word of mouth in a serendipitous
>> fashion. Fortunately, the data infrastructure for mining real-world
>> interactions is already in place. Most working professionals already
>> carry microphones (cell phones), and many also carry PDAs with ample
>> computational horsepower. This foundation of mobile communications and
>> processing power will support an exciting new suite of business
>> applications: reality mining.
>
> What's the next step, marketers tracking our out-of-office movements &
> interactions? i.e. "In order to 'qualify' for our low prices, you
> must wear
> this device 24-7..."
>
> BTW, is the 80% number above accurate?
>
> Full article at:
>
> http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/wo_pentland033104.asp?trk=nl
>
> Valdis
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