[PGR88]

not participating in social media means you will increasingly not be able to participate in normal civil society

How will you live in society when cash no longer exists and all payments will go through approved oligarch tech firms like Google or Apple? How will you work when employers won’t recognize someone who can’t submit their life details and CV via Facebook or Linkdin? How will your children be allowed to go to the mandatory state schools without an on-line profile?

[vette6387]

“How will you live in society when cash no longer exists and all payments will go through approved oligarch tech firms like Google or Apple? How will you work when employers won’t recognize someone who can’t submit their life details and CV via Facebook or Linkdin? “

Well, I’m 78 years old so it’s not going to affect me.

[snarkpup]

Some insurance companies (car, health) offer discounts if you agree to constant surveillance with appropriate devices. How long until this becomes manditory?

[Drew68]

not participating in social media means you will increasingly not be able to participate in normal civil society

This is correct, regardless of what geriatric FReepers who yell at clouds try to say.

[3boysdad]

You could accept the free gift of the blood of Jesus Christ in exchange for your sins and never have to worry about such silly stuff ever again!