Listen to the dialogue and decide which of the facts in your workbook are true, false or not mentioned in the dialogue.0:04
Do you really think that computers are going to be so all important in the future?0:10
I have no doubts about that.0:16
The world of the future is the world of information, the world of big data.0:18
But can it make people any happier?0:22
We'll just live and see Anyhow.0:26
Do you know that happiness can be measured?0:28
In fact, it's already happening.0:32
One of the projects has helped to measure and map happiness levels in the cities across the United States.0:34
How did they do that?0:40
They used Data from Twitter.0:41
37 million tweets from more than 180,000 people in the US among other things, the study produced some interesting facts about how healthy people were.0:43
What can be the use of this information?0:53
Such information can be used in many ways.0:57
For example, city governments may need it to decide what is necessary to do in any given area.0:59
To me, all this sounds a bit scary.1:05
I've heard a prediction that by the year 2050, all objects around us are going to be some form of a computer.1:07
I have a feeling that this prediction is already starting to come true.1:16
Why does it worry you?1:20
The information computers collect may prove to be really handy.1:22
I can give you some examples.1:25
I know that in the British city of Birmingham, lamp posts are fitted with sensors.1:27
The sensors transmit information about cloud cover.1:32
As a result, they get weather forecasting for their locality.1:35
Another example, in Seattle, an American city, some pieces of rubbish were fitted with sensors and carried around the country to find out if recycling was really efficient.1:38
All this is very impressive.1:48
But in this new world, where so much information is collected and widely used, how can we protect our personal data and our privacy?1:50
That's what worries a lot of people.2:01
You see, whether we like it or not, we are already beginning to interact with our cities.2:03
Our computers and smartphones help us to do our shopping, pay bills, tell us about the nearest coffee bar and remind us about the things we have to do.2:08
We can easily turn them off, but we don't because we find this information significant.2:17
This new digital world is fantastic and scary at the same time.2:22
Anyway, it seems to be our new reality.2:26
As I understand, there are a lot of ethic problems to be solved in the near future.2:28
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