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Kids, computers and the future

    Having computers, learning computers and using computers is really good, but think of the consequences of future computing. For one, if computing power reaches planetary porportions, we are going to be in a mess with all the data that’s produced. Sure, they teach kids a lot, but think of that. We still must provide thinking power with the data to arrive at answers to the results.

    Do we want designer babies? How about robots that do our thinking? Or aggressive cars on the road? Unmanageable laws? Automatic houses that fall apart. Food processors that decide not to do the work they were designed to. Stereos that change channels when we want one. Lights switching on in the middle of the night. Or units that power up when we want to save. Non-working self-tying “Back to the Future” shoes. The list is endless.

    Computing is a resource, but in this time of global realization, for 10 billion people, all resources need to be managed, and managed better than we are doing right now. We could start right here. You might say, there’s nothing I could do or let someone else do it. What about using the connections to others we have now? Because now is when this will happen. Tell friends, talk is the one communication available to us we still have. Create a way to slow the juggernaut. Before it is too late.

David Schaedler

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