Personally, I must confess that I’ve been called a “Luddite” more times than I can remember because of my bald-faced ability to admit I dislike and don’t trust most of technology being forced upon humans under the guise of “helping” advance the human race.
Yes! There is technological advancement on two levels, I offer: 1) corporate Profit & Loss statement bottom lines, including “Corporatocracy” [1]; and 2) personal autonomy decline, government surveillance and control mechanisms on various levels regarding human rights, dignity, health and privacy.
Nothing—again nothing!—fits in with the conspiracy aspects of the “New World Order” [2] cartel or the Georgia Guidestones [3] “‘message’ for the future of humanity (?)”—often referred to as the ‘new’ Ten Commandments—than the Internet of Things [4], which consumers are buying into, literally, due to their love affair for ‘smart appliances’, gadgets and phones!
Not wanting to belabor readers with more verbiage on my part, there is an EXCELLENT discussion and partial exposé of the Internet of Things—and what to expect from it that consumers probably don’t know and will be horrified to find out—from James Corbett and James Evan Pilato in Story 2 of this video. Please continue to listen to Story 3, which ought to “gild the lily.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2KV3X5q0WdE#t=770
Now, what do you think and feel about all that technology you’ve been acculturated to accept and love?
References:
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporatocracy
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_Order_(conspiracy_theory)
[3] http://www.thegeorgiaguidestones.com/message.htm
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_Things
Catherine J Frompovich (website) is a retired natural nutritionist who earned advanced degrees in Nutrition and Holistic Health Sciences, Certification in Orthomolecular Theory and Practice plus Paralegal Studies. Her work has been published in national and airline magazines since the early 1980s. Catherine authored numerous books on health issues along with co-authoring papers and monographs with physicians, nurses, and holistic healthcare professionals. She has been a consumer healthcare researcher 35 years and counting.
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It would seem at first glance that the faction of society that would plan on using home appliances as an adjunct to surveillance seems a little short-sighted, just like plans to ‘put a device in every car’ …. the ability for people to even afford to buy these things is disappearing rapidly, so a useful threshold for a useful volume of data would never be reached. There isn’t enough viable time left in the civilization for this to really go anywhere, anyway. There is more to life and existence than technology.
Here in Australia, prices come down so low to make sure you can afford it lol. However, your point is quite valid for sure. I agree it almost seems pointless at this stage. They already know who we are. Thats why they have allowed us this freedom for a period. But this social media platform is about to be taken from people like us. They have what they want and now it is time to halt the possible expansion of our numbers; which have been growing rapidly in last 12-months! Cheers, Val…
Don’t buy new appliances, perfectly good older models exist that are made to last, not the crap we’re sold today.
Get rid of your Smart Meter!!
Done!
The Smart meter took a year to remove, and my bills dropped 30%.
How did you get it removed? I was told here in Australia, that once its in, its in to stay. Every new home must have one and they are rolling out the propaganda that it is a must have for any home owner. Everyone i know that has one power bills went through the roof! Some by thousands!
I agree 100%. Because this is already our mindset, we own no appliance or anything else that is internet capable that is not a computer. No ‘smartphones’, no meters, all of our kitchen appliances are older than 10 yrs old, no televisions that receive any input other than from a VCR and DVD player…even our vehicles are older than 10 years old and our computers are 6 years old. We do not want a new computer with spyware built into the hardware. Our only slip is we use that demonically irritating OS “Windows”7 pro instead of using Linux.
Why? Because we do not trust new technologies, either. On top of that, newer stuff is utter junkie crap. Crappy plastic that breaks, stupidly engineered features or useless features, overly complicated systems prone to failure because Occam’s razor, you know? Not only all that but who wants their coffee pot recording their morning conversations while still trying to wake up? pthbbt!