Not very impressed...

... with the way this concept is sneakily setting in as "normal". It's the subtle references, sort of like another issue that I won't outright name, but which used to be taboo, slowly snuck into movies and now you can hardly get a movie where it's not as commonplace as every other subject in the story (which I guess is the reality in some levels of some societies)...

Just 1 out of 20 facts:

17. More than 2,000 people have radio frequency identification chips, or RFID tags, inserted under their skin. The tags can provide access to medical information, log on to computers or unlock car doors.

The way-too-subtle-for-words approach:

Pay with a wave of your hand?


--And at the end of the day, this area will probably be the first to adopt it wholesale. Convenience! Technology! Fashion! Bling! What-have-you!