http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2014/10/31/what-happens-when-your-friends-smartphone-can-tell-that-youre-lying/
Essentially, this Washington Post article discusses the role modern-day technology e.g. smartphones will play on lying. I thought it was very interesting in terms of the course. Many of the texts and novels we have dealt with include some form of someone being duped by another. Basically, with everyone nowadays having a smartphone, will it mean the end of lying in daily life? Ways of accomplishing this are mentioned in the article such as an app (that is available now) that can measure the emotion of another just via voice, but also new technologies that are emerging to track emotions and honesty from facial expressions. Thus, ultimately the polygraph will become democratized since everyone will have access to one in their pockets.
So I wonder whether the supposed benefits from such a move e.g. more scrutiny for our publically elected officials will outweigh the supposed cons where lying is nearly impossible in our day to day lives. I definitely think it would be an interesting and very beneficial result for people to have better ability to judge the honesty and sincerity of their politicians. But of course, politicians would likely be the first to find ways around such tools of accountability.
But are there other dangers and/or benefits in technologies being instantly able to catch a liar? Thoughts?
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