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To: Pining_4_TX

Like all technology, 5G is a double-edged sword.

It can help economies to boom, but it can also help governments spy on their citizens and demand conformity.

While I understand the benefits, I would rather live out in the sticks without the technology—I own my life, and want the busybodies out of my life.


2 posted on 06/20/2020 8:28:24 AM PDT by cgbg (Kneeling is a half measure--lefties need to dig a six foot hole and bury themselves in it.)
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To: cgbg

“I would rather live out in the sticks without the technology—I own my life, and want the busybodies out of my life.”

In this day and age, I wonder if that is even possible, even out in the sticks. Hope you succeed.


3 posted on 06/20/2020 8:30:20 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX ("Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy." - Franz Kafka)
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To: cgbg

“It can help economies to boom, but it can also help governments spy on their citizens and demand conformity.”

Does our immersion in technology start going against human nature at some point? A lot of people are out of their element spending their time sitting, looking at a screen poking keys or touching a piece of glass.

In terms of communication and data-gathering I think we have enough now.

I think 5G will help organizations but not us individuals.

Its ability to track us more closely is a double edged sword and the sharper edge is the one I don’t like.


4 posted on 06/20/2020 9:45:47 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: cgbg
"I own my life, and want the busybodies out of my life.

Parasites.
5 posted on 06/20/2020 4:44:07 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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