Good Morning Clown World, Vol. 58

I don't want my phone telling me whether to ride the bus or train, to track my every step, and allow me - or not - to board a public conveyance. I sure don't want my phone spending my money for me, or monitoring my caffeine intake. Hot racking an office or a minimal footprint bugpod is right out, as is enduring body scans for drugs and weapons, and facial recognition by our AI overlords. All I want a phone for is making PRIVATE phone calls and communication with people I choose, not a surveillance and tracking device for my benevolent - or not - overlords.

"We see new technologies, and new business opportunities...above all, we see you." That sounds pretty damn ominous, and pretty obvious from the first segment. Doesn't sound like any privacy, liberty, or pursuit of happiness is involved.

"Shaping future cities and ecosystems means shaping your very own future." Unless I'm the one shaping, I don't want to be shaped. I like the shape I'm in just fine the way I do it.

Mutant wildlife in the city center of Tokyo, and people imprisoned in fallout pods is a life sentence in supermax. Sounds like the third installment in the 80s thrillers starring Kurt Russell as Snake Pliskin. Escape from Tokyo.

Pardon me if I opt out with the mutant wildlife.

Thanks!