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...And computer scientists, IT people, all the rest that talk to machines for a living:
Suppose your company collapsed like a fragile house of cards, and you were out of work. You're out of work for months; you're behind on all your bills, eating beans and rice and ramen, etc. Then a new company starts up; they want to give you a job. They're making a national identification card that identifies, among other things, religion, ethnicity and sexual preference, along with thumbprints and where you work. This will tie into the census data. Actually, it will be the census data; doing the census consists of updating these cards.
Would you take the job?
What if they had a contract from some other government, and the cards were for their citizens, not us? Would that affect your decision?
Suppose your company collapsed like a fragile house of cards, and you were out of work. You're out of work for months; you're behind on all your bills, eating beans and rice and ramen, etc. Then a new company starts up; they want to give you a job. They're making a national identification card that identifies, among other things, religion, ethnicity and sexual preference, along with thumbprints and where you work. This will tie into the census data. Actually, it will be the census data; doing the census consists of updating these cards.
Would you take the job?
What if they had a contract from some other government, and the cards were for their citizens, not us? Would that affect your decision?
