From:	Gorbi gbmaill@***.de
Subject:	Human barcodes
Date:	Sun, 19 Sep 1999 00:10:28 +0200

Starrngr@***.com wrote:
>> Back to SR:
>> What would be the arguments for a subdermal chip? What can the corps tell
>> the people to accept that chip?
>> "You'l never lose your credstick"?
>> "In case of an accident you can be treated faster"?
>> "I am the big daddy corp. Now every bearer of a chip gets 10 nuyen
off"
> (ok,
>> that was silly)
>>
>> All not very convincing.
>>
> Actually, given the level of mega power in 2060, I would expect that if a
> corp decided to do something like this, it would come down more to something
> like "All corp personnel WILL recieve this chip and will report to medical at
> x hours to recieve theirs". It would be a case of get with the program or
> find a new job somewhere else.

Hmmm. I can't think of the corp managers being cruel dictators. Er ... cruel
yes (but not in public), dicators no. I think the average wageslave really
thinks the corp is his/her family.
Besides, I think the corps have adopted some aspects of japanese management.
And AFAIK japanese corporations never dismiss. They cut loans, they cut
vacation time, whatever, but they never dismiss. Think of the book "Predator
and Prey": If Amy Berman has done anything wrong, she won't be dismissed but
employed as a room cleaner.

Gorbi