Risk Aversion kills LifeLog

Sigh,
LifeLog,
DARPA’s project to capture, store and interpret mounds of data collected on or about a person, is basically a good idea, and will happen one way or another on the road to augmenting human abilities with technology.
Wired News: Pentagon Kills LifeLog Project says it’s done. I deeply sympathize with critics over privacy concerns, but can we look at the merits and avoid knee-jerk reactions to every government project?

[See also Techdirt: DARPA Ditches Backup Brain Plans]

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