Who’s to say some rogue company won’t develop a chip reader of its own to scan people as they walk down the street? What if a big box store starts reading you and mailing you coupons based on what section of the store you spent the most time in? What if your employer wants to monitor how much time you spend in the bathroom, or at lunch? Ninety percent of the time, I’d rather people not know where I am — I have no desire to live within The Matrix.
Employees who have had the chip implanted delight at the “convenience” of it all — imagine being able to purchase snacks at the company cafeteria by simply waving your hand! But have we really regressed to the point where the process of extracting a wallet from your trousers to exchange currency has become too much of a burden for common workers? Has anyone complained to their daughter, “Sorry, sweetheart, I’m not going to be able to make it to your piano recital tonight, I’m going to be busy picking up some Combos from the work vending machine”?
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