\u201cThey\u201d aren\u2019t really connected\u2014other than through an Authority-given moniker: The Readers.<\/p>\n
People tell themselves listening\u2019s better than reading. It\u2019s convenient.<\/p>\n
But, truth is, it\u2019s less risky.<\/p>\n
Nobody uses flash these days: All audio stored on hybrid cloud where it\u2019s easily monitored (no matter how secure people believe their accounts are).<\/p>\n
Text needs no cloud: Print materials are less common, but still available in art stores. Messages passed hand-to-hand can\u2019t be read by Authority eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI read, but I\u2019m not a Reader!\u201d Devinder cries.<\/p>\n
\u201cExplain that to the Commander,\u201d the faceless Authority agent grunts, shoving him in the patrol van.<\/p>\n
via NetAppVoice: The ‘Readers’ Are Dangerous [100 Words Into The Future] – Forbes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cThey\u201d aren\u2019t really connected\u2014other than through an Authority-given moniker: The Readers. People tell themselves listening\u2019s better than reading. It\u2019s convenient. But, truth is, it\u2019s less risky. Nobody uses flash these days: All audio stored on hybrid cloud where it\u2019s easily monitored (no matter how secure people believe their accounts are). Text needs no cloud: Print […]<\/p>\n<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1997"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1997"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76916,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1997\/revisions\/76916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}