Comments on: Boldly Wired http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/05/21/boldly-wired/ insight, tactics, advice and mutterings on copywriting, marketing and living life deep... from the most ripped-off world-class ad writer alive... Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:24:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Caleb http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/05/21/boldly-wired/#comment-6141 Caleb Fri, 26 May 2006 02:03:17 +0000 http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/05/21/boldly-wired/#comment-6141 John, First off: Glad I finally met you, and wish we could of gotten together over a beer or something. You're so right. And may I just add that I'm only 20 yrs old man, but it's true, the lack of personal privacy in this country is very disconcerting. The patriot act? Gimme a break... "patriot" so blatently trying to make it sound like it's a good thing. The phone tapping? At least now they're admitting to it. I'm telling ya man, Orwell's 1984 started coming true in 2004, this janx is wack. I have myspace too though, but I don't guess I really put much info up on there. althought lots of "personal" pictures from parties, etc... then again, on my website selling my products: http://www.ChristThroughMe.com I have my address as the contact info, but I guess you do reveal a bit much when you're an entrepreneur. Anywas, thanks for opening the rant gate Later Caleb John,

First off: Glad I finally met you, and wish we could of gotten together over a beer or something.

You’re so right.

And may I just add that I’m only 20 yrs old man, but it’s true, the lack of personal privacy in this country is very disconcerting.

The patriot act? Gimme a break… “patriot” so blatently trying to make it sound like it’s a good thing.

The phone tapping? At least now they’re admitting to it.

I’m telling ya man, Orwell’s 1984 started coming true in 2004, this janx is wack.

I have myspace too though, but I don’t guess I really put much info up on there. althought lots of “personal” pictures from parties, etc… then again, on my website selling my products: http://www.ChristThroughMe.com I have my address as the contact info, but I guess you do reveal a bit much when you’re an entrepreneur.

Anywas, thanks for opening the rant gate
Later
Caleb

]]> By: ken oneill http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/05/21/boldly-wired/#comment-6136 ken oneill Thu, 25 May 2006 20:58:42 +0000 http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/05/21/boldly-wired/#comment-6136 John, I know this is a late reply. But i have been studying up in this cometition issue. It is a big issue. Most of america is being shielded from Reality. THe reality of how much we acctually have to compete today. No one explaing the numbers. There are 500 million people in india under 30.. They on average are much better educated than in the US . There Is another vast amount of people in china and other nations . Better educated than in the US. The only advantage we have right now is the number of people with college degrees and other forms of higher education . Then again. India and china Are quickly catching up. They are also very very very hungry. unlike the under thirties in this country. Who have had most things given to them from debt adicted parents . Who never made their kids work for anything. Hurricane Reality will hit eventually .. I wouldn't wanna be getting out of college with an advanced degree and 200,000 in student loans . John,
I know this is a late reply. But i have been studying up in this cometition issue. It is a big issue. Most of america is being shielded from Reality. THe reality of how much we acctually have to compete today. No one explaing the numbers. There are 500 million people in india under 30.. They on average are much better educated than in the US . There Is another vast amount of people in china and other nations . Better educated than in the US.

The only advantage we have right now is the number of people with college degrees and other forms of higher education . Then again. India and china Are quickly catching up. They are also very very very hungry. unlike the under thirties in this country. Who have had most things given to them from debt adicted parents . Who never made their kids work for anything.

Hurricane Reality will hit eventually .. I wouldn’t wanna be getting out of college with an advanced degree and 200,000 in student loans .

]]> By: pj http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/05/21/boldly-wired/#comment-6131 pj Thu, 25 May 2006 17:24:00 +0000 http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/05/21/boldly-wired/#comment-6131 Scary thought indeed... too much info in too many places. Witness the surge in identity theft as direclty ( I think) a result of the willingness to put info down to the belly button lint level on a computer. Go figure. If you really wanna get the cold shivers, take a look at the paralell between our on demand get it now infobased society and some of the stuff Robert Heinlien wrote... In story after story, the protaganist is 'driven underground' by a few keystrokes that shut of his/her access to money and movement by freezing accounts... not so very far out of the question. Oh yeah, ever try to travel withou a credit card?? No car rental, plan tix, hotel room etc for you buddy... Woof! PJ Scary thought indeed… too much info in too many places. Witness the surge in identity theft as direclty ( I think) a result of the willingness to put info down to the belly button lint level on a computer. Go figure.

If you really wanna get the cold shivers, take a look at the paralell between our on demand get it now infobased society and some of the stuff Robert Heinlien wrote… In story after story, the protaganist is ‘driven underground’ by a few keystrokes that shut of his/her access to money and movement by freezing accounts… not so very far out of the question.

Oh yeah, ever try to travel withou a credit card?? No car rental, plan tix, hotel room etc for you buddy… Woof!

PJ

]]> By: ken oneill http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/05/21/boldly-wired/#comment-5801 ken oneill Tue, 23 May 2006 00:15:13 +0000 http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/05/21/boldly-wired/#comment-5801 Privacy .. what does that mean anymore . the main thing is when there is nothing to be ashamed of .. what is there to keep private . considder many of these people getting out of college have never had a job .. every thing they have done was done to get into college . so besides schoolwork. the only thing they have to talk about and post on websites .. is their personal stuff . ANd many of us have an online persona .. and an offline persona ..and we don't trust everything people put in writeing . As for the government stuff . i don't trust the government . not one bit . But the government is sceen as incompetent.. Think about it everytime you talk on a cellphone or a regular phone .. every inteligence agency in the world can tap in and hear it ..if you say something interesting .. it ends up in some us beuracrats hands anyhow .. Privacy .. what does that mean anymore .
the main thing is when there is nothing to be ashamed of .. what is there to keep private . considder many of these people getting out of college have never had a job .. every thing they have done was done to get into college . so besides schoolwork. the only thing they have to talk about and post on websites .. is their personal stuff .
ANd many of us have an online persona .. and an offline persona ..and we don’t trust everything people put in writeing .

As for the government stuff . i don’t trust the government . not one bit . But the government is sceen as incompetent.. Think about it everytime you talk on a cellphone or a regular phone .. every inteligence agency in the world can tap in and hear it ..if you say something interesting .. it ends up in some us beuracrats hands anyhow ..

]]> By: Antone Roundy http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/05/21/boldly-wired/#comment-5715 Antone Roundy Mon, 22 May 2006 15:24:24 +0000 http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/05/21/boldly-wired/#comment-5715 Don't feel lonly--you're not the only one whose disturbed about the domestic wiretapping stuff (my thoughts on that can be found by clicking my name). Maybe somebody should set up a non-profit that scours the net (using legal methods only) for personal information that could be used to steal an identity, stalk someone, etc., and then email the "victim" saying, "this is what I could do to you, and this is where I got the necessary information." I think because nothing HAS happened to these kids, they think nothing WILL. Maybe they could be "scared straight" by a benign stranger before they're victimized by a malicious one. Don’t feel lonly–you’re not the only one whose disturbed about the domestic wiretapping stuff (my thoughts on that can be found by clicking my name). Maybe somebody should set up a non-profit that scours the net (using legal methods only) for personal information that could be used to steal an identity, stalk someone, etc., and then email the “victim” saying, “this is what I could do to you, and this is where I got the necessary information.” I think because nothing HAS happened to these kids, they think nothing WILL. Maybe they could be “scared straight” by a benign stranger before they’re victimized by a malicious one.

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