Social implications of Everyware Ch 40,41,42

These three chapters discuss the various foreseeable and unforeseeable social implications in ubiquitous technology.

Fears of seamless steady and customizable information flow and control is discussed in the first chapter. Where will the physical customizable controls be in an "imperceptible system?" This question poses an interesting dilema of "seamlessness." Yet the question is not whether we should be able to have complete control over the system rather what form will the control take and will it be restricted or segregated within society.

The emergent implication of the system and what it will be used for and how it will be utilized is an extremely important and unpredictable question discussed in the next chapter. Most future applications for this system of everyware are unforeseeable and for this reason there is a sense of social danger with its integration. Society must not see the technology as a separate entity from our culture or ourselves because everyware and the emeregent technology is a cyborg anthropological system that is embodied within each individual who is culturally encountered by it. Because everyware has social awareness ingrained in its creation, society must be safe with its integration.

The way in which the logistics of the system are decided are as important as the system itself and it's potential use in society. This is most evidently described through Lawrence Lessig's discussion of the webs architectural implications and freedoms of design. He speaks of the way in which the design of the "end to end" web architecture lead way for many social interactive technologies unforeseeable but only possible by way of the logistical setup of the system. He also speaks about a social consciousness of design as to be aware of future unpleasant applications used by the system. Overall their are many social fears in the only partially foreseeable future of the everyware system.