Comments on: emergent road maps and route-finding

By: mote

mote — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 19:33:26 +0000

Yeah, I’m not too happy about the big-brother thing, but I think it’s an inevitability given technology and our governments increasing bent towards totalitarianism.

Then again, there are ways of doing this kind of monitoring while still maintaining anonymity. Especially if you look at statistics in aggregate (latitudinally vs longitudinally)

By: ben

ben — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 23:53:05 +0000

a very interesting idea, if nothing else would be quite useful for urban planning, giving insight into where mass transportation is most needed. tracking where people go does trigger a big brother paranoia in people though, just look at all the hissy fits that start over public security cameras. another good wisdom of the crowds example here