[bsaul]

Oh yeah, that swipe gesture looks so natural...

Now in addition to people talking out loud alone on the streets, people checking their notifications on their watch and phones at dinner, we'll have people looking at your teeth doing weird eye and head motions when you talk to them...

[lj3]

I can't help but think wearable computers aren't going to become viable until we further refine brain computer interfaces.

[syshum]

I cant help but to think of the dystopia that will come from further refinement of brain computer interfaces

[bjpirt]

Not sure why this comment is being downvoted - seems like a perfectly valid concern, particularly if you've read Rainbows End by Verner Vinge

[syshum]

Most people on HN believe that technology will only ever improve society, with very limited negative effects that can be mitigated or eliminated with more technology.

Over all they see any negative effects (both current and future) caused by technological advancement to be a technological problem that can be eliminated

In their minds the dystopian worlds depicted in scifi and fantasy just simply can not happen, "we will not allow it"

[grzm]

> "Most people on HN believe that technology will only ever improve society, with very limited negative effects that can be mitigated or eliminated with more technology."

I think it's safe to say that there are people who are enthusiastic about the promises of technology and those who are concerned about how it can be used, and likely significant overlap of those two groups. The likelihood of making an error when making sweeping generalizations about the constituency of HN (or anything else, for that matter) is pretty much guaranteed to miss the mark for a large subset of the population.

Your comment upthread likewise is very general and unsubstantive, and comes off as flip, for that matter. I suspect that has more to do with why your comment was down voted than about your particular concerns or position: after all, the comment doesn't say much. Granted, the comment you're replying to doesn't have a whole lot either, but that isn't an excuse for commenting poorly oneself. Dig in. Share specific thoughts or concerns you have. Help move the conversation in a constructive direction.

[syshum]

>>Dig in. Share specific thoughts or concerns you have. Help move the conversation in a constructive direction.

I have, most substantive comments get higher levels of down votes so why bother.

HN has become a echo chamber and if you push to hard against the echo chamber you just get banned.

[pessimizer]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whig_history

[yoz-y]

Hm, I think that good EMG interfaces will come way sooner than a useful BCI.

[dwighttk]

or maybe just brains