Voting Online vs. Voting Offline

Petition sites like what was seen at the White House site are much faster and efficient than trying to gather people together on Election Day to vote on something that really may not make much of an impact. One thing that I saw which is stupid to vote on is the secession of states from the Union. The chances of that happening are non existent as the fact is that we worked too hard to unite all 50 states into one country and foolish individuals want to go back to those times. That to me is ludicrous in the most sensible context that you could put it.

Conscious Machines

Machines that have a consciousness are a scary thing to envision given the fact that the article states that within 30 years, we could be at that point. The fact of the matter is, that kind of scares me given how bleak media has portray these things happening. One thing I would like to happen is that it stays sci-fi and not progress to something to where it may be a reality for everyone. It would probably kill society as we knew it if people were walking around almost emotionless, as well as the fact that life would change dramatically because of it.