{"id":4435,"date":"2017-07-26T17:37:11","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T22:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?p=4435"},"modified":"2018-08-20T16:54:30","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T21:54:30","slug":"wisconsin-company-microchip-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wisconsin-company-microchip-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin company offers to microchip its employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the world continually digitizes itself, we become more and more what George Orwell wrote about in <em>1984<\/em>, with \u201cBig Brother\u201d tracking your every move. And one River Falls, Wis.-based company is offering a service to its employees that brings us dramatically closer to the Orwellian.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.32market.com\/public\/\">Three Square Market<\/a>, which specializes in vending machines and kiosks, is giving employees the option to have a microchip implanted in their hands. Yes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UE074lCGyks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">just like in <em>Demolition Man<\/em><\/a>. And some people are \u2014 very understandably \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/tech-news\/wisconsin-company-three-square-market-offers-install-microchips-employees-n786266\">freaked out<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On one hand, it is super convenient, as Three Square Market has said the primary purpose of the chip would be doing menial tasks like buying stuff in the break room, making copies or logging into computers. Plus, the tech is passive, which means, according to CEO Todd Westby, \u201cThe chances of this being hacked into is literally nil to none.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conversely, it\u2019s a digital connection to the company you can never take off. Or, to quote Twitter\u2019s RatBag (god, I love Twitter):<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I can leave a phone at home. Can&#8217;t leave a company owned micro chip implanted inside my body at home.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RatBag (@RatBagDaRapper) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RatBagDaRapper\/status\/889358969608818688\">July 24, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Also, I\u2019ve seen <em>Demolition Man<\/em> more than once, and if you\u2019ll recall, Wesley Snipes\u2019 character Simon Phoenix did <em>not<\/em> get chipped while he was in cryo-prison and was thus able to more easily avoid Sylvester Stallone\u2019s dogged John Spartan&#8230; you know what, just go watch <em>Demolition Man<\/em> and thank me later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the world continually digitizes itself, we become more and more what George Orwell wrote about in 1984, with \u201cBig Brother\u201d tracking your every move. 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