Hey, @bashadow.
I'd have to see what a contact tracer entails. I'm not liking the 'digital tracker' options I've been getting glimpses of from phone makers. I'll need to do more research into just what privacy rights/laws are going to be trampled.
Once this kind of thing is put into place, it's just a hop, skip and a jump away, if that, from being used for nefarious purposes.
re: crypto investments
That would be nice. I'd settle for more lucrative at this point over more important. Leave that up to the younguns who feel it's their birthright to change the world. Good luck.
re: comic book
Wouldn't that be something? I doubt any of the stories I have are particularly 'original', but they won't be just about the action, or character building. I'll stop short of calling them morality plays, because that sounds over-the-top, but for those who wish to pause to think about them, there will be ample opportunities to do so.
re: future
I kind of feel I know where this is ultimately all going—it's just a matter of how quickly. I'm balking against the constraints now. It's only going to get worse. Crypto's going to need to pick up the pace if it's going to 'save the world' somehow, without carrying over all the bad habits of the old system. I'm not holding my breath. I don't see anyone with any sense of urgency.
As far as humanity goes, yeah, it will go on. As to whether I live on or die, well, that's not something I've ever had a whole lot of control over (certainly, I can and have mitigated risk, but all it takes is being in the wrong place at the wrong time). It's whether or not any of us are going to have any freedoms left by the time it's all said and done. There will always be some 'greater good' to sacrifice individual sovereignty on.