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THE MARK OF THE BEAST

Revelation, Chapter 13 speaks of the beast and how to identify his followers. According to verses 16 and 17 of Revelation, Satan and his followers will have the mark or the name or number of the beast on their right hands or foreheads. Verse 18 introduces the number 666: "Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six."
Great semiotic stuff the Book of Revelation.  Lately it is in the news again with the Californian ban on implanted RFID in humans.  For some religious organizations, it is the sign of the devil, for researchers it is linked to cancer.  More than enough information for California to ban it in future.

I am not a fan of RFID, but speculating about it, is quite fun.  
First of all, can it be linked to cancer?  The article in question says that glass-encapsulated RFID transponders developed malignant, fast-growing, lethal cancers in up to 1% to 10% cases.  The tumors originated in the tissue surrounding the microchips and often grew to completely surround the devices.  In fact: the real research report does not say that.  It is another proof that o the internet today one can basically argue anything and nobody bothers to check the original source anymore.  The research reports speaks of abnormal tissue: that is rather vague.   There are only two kinds of tissue: benign (scar tissue, necrotic tissue) or malign (tumor tissue).  The second metastases and kills you.
TFA only mentions two cases out of hundred DOGS (not humans) and only one case is there a 'possible' connection between 'abnormal growth' (RFID's are coated to attract scar tissue to connect to the foreign device) and 'RFID' and RFIDs do not emit RF, they get RF from the reader and are only warmed up by that energy.  

Now that we are reassured, let's think of an RFID world.  Wouldn't that be fun?  (I am joking of course, just Spielerei).  Let's say everyone gets an RFID at birth and we combine these in a mesh network where data is routed between the nodes.  A mesh network whose nodes are all connected to each other is a fully connected network. Mesh networks are self-healing: the network can still operate even when a node breaks down or a connection goes bad. As a result, a very reliable network is formed.  This would be Minority Report, would it not?  Think of Forensics, it would be the end of crime because a dead body would contain the information of the nodes he/she was in his vicinity the last hour.  

Think of the e conomics of the idea. This would be a paradise for homeworkers and freelancers.  We could take up our nomadic state again.  Freedom would reign once more.   There would be no more national tax but a global tax system where everyone would be taxed by the day and whereby countries have varying tax systems.  You would get a tax bill that would read like this:

Venezuela-88days-2000$
Hong Kong-20days-3300$
USA-231days-4500$
Carribean-2days-0$ (discount countries)
Monaco-12days-1200$
Egypt-3days-30$

Total: 11, 230 $

Yep, simple solution, tag everyone.

Walter

P.S This is an ironic piece.