[binarymax]

It's funny, because in 1000 years, this is an anthropologists dream come true (assuming the storage can be preserved that long by eventually copying to a less volatile medium).

Is it worth sacrificing our privacy now, so that their perfect glimpse of us in "the stupid ages" teaches them enough to learn from all the mistakes we keep repeating?

[Zimahl]

Man, this brings up a lot of privacy questions. Especially around who gets to look at what. I mean is this a personal archive that only unlocks after your death? Is it open to anyone? Is it available to law enforcement?

This about this:

Your entire sex life is replayable. This includes being with someone or solo action. Do you want you grandkids watching that?

No longer are we contemplating whether someone committed a crime, we would just watch the replay. Would you even commit a crime if you knew it was being recorded? You wouldn't need witnesses, just their feeds. Heck, you don't need forensic evidence really - if you never find a murder weapon who cares? It's on video! The innocent always have an air-tight alibi. It's on video!

Would not allowing law enforcement to look at your 'life feed' automatically make you a suspect?

[clarkmoody]

Robin Williams played in The Final Cut[1], which is a film that explores the idea of making a post-death movie called a "Rememory," usually shown at the deceased's memorial service. Williams plays the role of the editor of the Rememory, and he faces the internal and external dilemmas associated with uncovering all of a person's gritty life experiences.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Cut_(2004_film)

[cpa]

Have we learnt from the middle ages, or do we find the circumstances too different from now to draw authoritative conclusions? (honest question)

[binarymax]

Yes I think in some regards we definitely have - like taking science as fact rather than religion as fact - is mostly the status quo. That certainly wasnt the case 1000 years ago.

[zanny]

Depends where you live. I've toured entire counties that seem to think Al Gore is the devil for daring to say their hummers are melting ice caps.

But on principle, those are the kinds of people that didn't study history. Or much of anything, at all. So we do have evidence we learn from our history, just that we don't inspire enough people to learn about it.

[mtgx]

And as long as it doesn't have DRM (although I assume they'll be able to break it easily).