[Opinion] Getting Chipped

[Aeternus]

Don't think it's a great idea. As far as I've seen, it was tested on monkeys and they have used it so far on disabled people.
It may be useful for them, but why place it in a healthy brain? I fear that someone could just switch me off during the day or switch me on during the night.
My cat is also free of any microchips. We are sort of bonded. I know she wouldn't like that, so I respect her boundaries.
Where would she run? I know she doesn't like the cold in the winter, and during summer she likes to observe everything from the balcony.
If I open the door and leave she waits until I come back. She's really territorial and likes it inside.
Personally, I wouldn't put something like that in any pet I had, either.

I for one have an old cat as well, had her since she was a junior cat. Nevertheless, she isn't chipped even to this day and so shall she remain.

For us humans, I really dislike and hate the idea of chips and other invasive technologies, especially with technologies that nowadays revolve around bio-hacking and other dangerous stuff. Some people really tend to forget for example that computers can have viruses, any piece of hardware connected to the Internet can be hacked if not taking proper care of, etc. So, why would in all the sanity should I suffer such consequences, not to mention that having a chip is also in my opinion as putting a lock on yourself, very restrictive on personal freedom that we are born with.

 

[Eldros]

I for one have an old cat as well, had her since she was a junior cat. Nevertheless, she isn't chipped even to this day and so shall she remain.

For us humans, I really dislike and hate the idea of chips and other invasive technologies, especially with technologies that nowadays revolve around bio-hacking and other dangerous stuff. Some people really tend to forget for example that computers can have viruses, any piece of hardware connected to the Internet can be hacked if not taking proper care of, etc. So, why would in all the sanity should I suffer such consequences, not to mention that having a chip is also in my opinion as putting a lock on yourself, very restrictive on personal freedom that we are born with.

Cats are indeed great companions for our souls. Had a few myself, some I saved, and some I received as a gift. Have her since she was like 6 or 7 weeks old. I think the best age is when you can start training them or get them used to things.
I was, and I might say I still am a great fan of technology. I was among the first who had and knew what an email was, even when no one knew what the internet was.
But not sure if I like it anymore in which direction technology is developing. If it is a tool to facilitate communication, development, fast calculation, etc., then yes, I agree with that.
But if it's for "something else," I'd rather pass.

 

[Rynnshng]

It's inevitable. Just a matter of time. We're all using computers, phones, internet none of which systems we built and therefore none of which intention by its Creators we understand. We accepted (by force, coercion, propaganda) every technological wave that has led to today, steered by shadowy corporations and their PR armies, and eventually, the conditions will be right for many to see being chipped as their only alternative, a fun/critical thing to do. Just like they lined us up and jabbed us with fuck knows what, and will suffer for the consequences, we're constantly at war with powers we barely comprehend the scale of but are always at the mercy of - and which usually win out because humans have almost no defence against the majority entranced by magic (inc. forms such as nationalism, national security, ideology, religion, blah blah). Barely, politics. To stand a chance of stopping it you have to go to war with your government, like we have. (We being the Temple of THEM and the Order of Nine Angles).

 

[Aeternus]

Cats are indeed great companions for our souls. Had a few myself, some I saved, and some I received as a gift. Have her since she was like 6 or 7 weeks old. I think the best age is when you can start training them or get them used to things.
I was, and I might say I still am a great fan of technology. I was among the first who had and knew what an email was, even when no one knew what the internet was.
But not sure if I like it anymore in which direction technology is developing. If it is a tool to facilitate communication, development, fast calculation, etc., then yes, I agree with that.
But if it's for "something else," I'd rather pass.

Wow, 6 to 7 weeks old, that's so nice .

Well, I must say you were really interested in technology, especially in the early days when modems where the main connection tool and were painfully slow.

Yeah, technology that is useful such as calculators, computers that literally help in the case of hospitalized patients to monitor their health and alert if there is risk of heart attack, or many other examples of useful technologies yes, I agree that they are important and I would use them as well. Those for "something else" can only have one place to go :

 

[diana_i_gusarova]

Turning people into radio‑controlled slaves, into biorobots, has long been a dream of totalitarian dictatorships. The Bolsheviks began these developments under Lenin. Bekhterev, the Institute of the Brain, and so on. Naturally, there were no modern technologies back then. But there was hypnosis and other methods. “Fortunately,” Stalin turned out to be a conservative — he preferred executions and concentration camps.

 

[Aeternus]

The Bolsheviks began these developments under Lenin. Bekhterev, the Institute of the Brain, and so on. Naturally, there were no modern technologies back then. But there was hypnosis and other methods. “Fortunately,” Stalin turned out to be a conservative — he preferred executions and concentration camps.

One worse than another IMO. Whether it was Lenin with his totalitarian dictatorship dream of what you said, or that paintbrush mustache-of-a-man Stalin, the dream was a shared one nevertheless. Methods were different, but the purpose was the same.

 

[diana_i_gusarova]

A prisoner in a concentration camp retains his freedom of will. He is capable of rebellion. He remains a human being, and moreover, a human being who hates the ruling regime. A biorobot no longer has any will. He is an absolute slave.