Because why should Skald have all the fun?
You are tooling around the house when you receive a mysterious call from an unknown number. You have been selected to participate in one of the most immersive sociological case studies in history at Princeton University. How you were selected is not revealed to you, as these things normally aren’t.
The experiment involves you receiving a free Google Glass device before they hit market. Additionally, this particularly well-funded study will pay you a tax-free lump sum of $15,000 upon completion. Being the diligent Dopers you are, you look up the study while the person on the phone rambles on and discover that it is a bona fide, legitimate study at Princeton being headed up by a world-renowned sociologist.
Per your signed acceptance, you will receive a Google Glass device in the mail the next day. In order to remain an eligible participant, you must wear the device every day for the next six months, never once taking it off or turning it off (assume the device has been waterproofed). You will never know when the device is recording and the device transmits without any indication of your identity. Any materials containing personal information such as name, address, SSN, or anything else will be blurred out by a research worker with no backup copy kept.
If you are discovered to have taken off the device for more than 60 seconds (other than to sleep) or if the device is turned off, you receive an immediate call from the facilitators requiring you to box up your Google Glass device and ship it back to them. You are terminated from the study and will not receive a second chance.
Anyway, tl;dr, to sum it up:
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[li]Upon acceptance of the study and filling out the necessary paperwork, you receive a free Google Glass device in the mail. It is yours to keep as long as you complete the study. You are free to use the other features of Google Glass as long as you do not mess with the camera. If you wear glasses, you receive a voucher to have your lenses attached to Google Glass at the local optometrist.[/li][li]As soon as the study concludes, you will receive a tax-exempt check for $15,000 to do with as you wish.[/li][li]You must wear the device at all times (including while having sex or looking at porn). You may only take the device off to sleep.[/li][li]You will never know when the device is recording.[/li][li]If the device comes off your head for more than 60 seconds, you are terminated from the study and lose both the Google Glass and the $15,000. However, the study facilitators may keep whatever they’ve recorded so far.[/li][li]No personal information will be shared with anyone at any time. If you’re looking through your mail, your personal details, information, financials, etc. will all be blurred out. The recorded faces of others of people you look at will also be blurred, but anything below the neck is fair game.[/li][li]Via some magical lawyering by the Princeton legal department, your recording is completely inadmissible as evidence in a court of law. However, if you’re recorded participating in anything more than a misdemeanor, you’ll probably be getting a knock on your door.[/li][/ul]
Upon successful completion of the study, you and a guest will be flown to Princeton for a private viewing of the study’s results before anyone else gets to see them. The results come in the form of a two-part, 8-hour documentary containing portions of all the participants’ recordings.
So what do you say? Are you willing to let others see your day-to-day activities for 6 months? Is the cutting-edge device, fat paycheck, and participation in a landmark study enough to let people watch all the embarrassing private stuff you do, even though you’ll never be identified?
Poll to follow.
