| Florian Cramer on Mon, 14 Apr 2014 21:59:32 +0200 (CEST) |
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| Re: <nettime> Will your insurance company subsidize your quantified self? |
This is likely the beginning of a social class and status symbol reversal for electronic technology and digital devices. It's foreseeable that affordable healthcare, transport, insurance policies, pension plans, will only be available to those who subscribe to behavioral tracking and control via mobile sensor devices, and have themselves monitored for compliant lifestyles. And whatever will be left of welfare cheques and unemployment severance pay, will only be paid on the condition of behavioral tracking as well. As Enzensberger's "Rules for the Digital World" suggest - somewhat unintentionally -, freedom of electronic devices will be a privilege of the wealthy. In the near future, to be upper class will no longer mean that you carry the latest electronic gadget, but that you can afford the luxury surcharge for a life without tracking devices. -F On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 6:04 PM, Keith Sanborn <[email protected]> wrote: > It wd be interesting to make public how that figures into actuarial tables. # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected]