[kictanet] Just a thought

[Ngigi Waithaka]

You can take a man from the village, but not the village out of him.
Behaviour, is a really hard thing to change.

If anything, technology exercebates bad behaviour for the already badly
behaved.

Kiriamiti, with a gun, could walk to a bank and steal a sack-full of money.
With modern technology, you can steal a truck load without leaving your
bedroom and not think twice that Kiriamiti served 20yrs in prison.

Before mobile technology, if you had a problem with someone, you walked
upto them and had a one-one talk. Today, you just send them insults on txt
and before we know it we are crafting laws to protect us online.

Not long ago we had two politicians put digital cameras in their hotel
rooms and record their escapades which ended up being plastered infront of
their families.

That woman(the on in the VW) will learn,and quickly, the advantages of a
Digital camera on her vehicle.

Next time she causes a mishap just the threat that she can brandish her
evidence digitally will be used against her unlucky victims.

Technology, makes crime convenient, just as it makes the rest of our lives!

Waithaka Ngigi

Alliance Technologies
Nairobi, Kenya

www.A1.io
On 4 Jan 2014 10:02, "ICT Researcher" <ict.researcher at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> She would have to think twice before accusing the next driver. Technology
> has changed her behaviour.
>
> ------------------------------
> On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 9:33 AM MSK Ohaga JB wrote:
>
> >I do share @Ngigi's opinion, seeking technological solutions to all our
> bad
> >behavior is a favourite pastime of technological determinists, however, we
> >should view technology as instruments that aid in making the world a
> better
> >n easier place to live in. So wht we need is behavior change in our midst
> n
> >basic good manners, so that someone does not back up into your car n then
> >accuse you of having hit them.
> >
> >In all fairness, does Doc think that the lady in question won't falsely
> >accuse the next driver that she does that to just because she already met
> >one guy whose car was fitted with digital cams? I really doubt it...
> >On 04 Jan 2014 9:20 AM, "Ngigi Waithaka" <ngigi at at.co.ke> wrote:
> >
> >> Aren't you scared of having technology being pervasive in every facet of
> >> our lives?
> >>
> >> Add to that the fact that our Governments don't shy away from peeping
> into
> >> our privaye lives through all these gadgets we have.
> >>
> >> Its quite a slippery road.
> >>
> >> I believe in a simple digital world, but not simpler!
> >>
> >> Waithaka Ngigi
> >>
> >> Alliance Technologies
> >> Nairobi, Kenya
> >>
> >> www.A1.io
> >> On 4 Jan 2014 08:55, "Barrack Otieno" <otieno.barrack at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Happy New Year Dr. Ndemo, i agree, technology will help a lot, ATM's are
> >> already doing this we should extend the same every where.
> >>
> >> Best Regards
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 8:16 AM, Bitange Ndemo <bitange at jambo.co.ke
> >wrote:
> >>
> >>> Yesterday morning as I drove to the city, my trip was disrupted by a
> >>> woman
> >>> driving ahead of me.  She was most likely driving a stick shift Toyota
> >>> when at Muthaiga Market (has a small hill as you join on to Parklands)
> >>> her
> >>> car slowly sled backwards resting on the front of my VW bug.  She
> >>> realized
> >>> her mistake too late but when she came out, she said to me "Mheshimiwa
> >>> umenigonga kutoka nyuma" (Honorable you just hit me from behind).  I
> just
> >>> had to smile as I opened my door.  The vehicles behind us sped off.  I
> >>> knew I had no witness.
> >>>
> >>> Her car had minor damage and as she prepared to call the police, I
> >>> encouraged her to do it quick since this is a simple matter.  She then
> >>> says to me "a simple matter".  I said yes.  What do you mean she
> >>> retorted.
> >>>  It is simple because my car is digital, I said.  Digital! what do
> >>> exactly
> >>> mean she says.  My car has digital cameras all round and when the
> police
> >>> arrive, I just will show them exactly what went on.  She stops making
> her
> >>> call and started to look at my car carefully.  This time I tell her
> that
> >>> I
> >>> am calling the police.  She then turns to me as says "this digital
> >>> business is not good, can we just agree that we just cover our costs".
>  I
> >>> said no.  This is the very reason why I mounted a digicam on my car.
> >>>
> >>> She starts to plead with me.  She offers to cover my cost.  I said no
> but
> >>> asked her to put it in writing that she was on the wrong.
> >>>
> >>> Lesson 1:  Technology will help us correct our values.
> >>> Lesson 2: If all our PSV vehicles are mounted with cameras, we shall
> >>> gather good data to hep us deal with road carnage
> >>> Lesson 3:  There are other benefits that will accrue if car
> manufacturers
> >>> were to in-build cameras just like mobile phones.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Ndemo.
> >>>
> >>>
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