Merri wrote:
Democracy in Finland: The Intopii computer firm of Helsinki announced in
February that it has installed software to assist voters, who, studies
suggest, tend to select candidates who look like themselves. When a voter
uploads his or her photo, the Web site will use facial-recognition software to
find those among the 800 candidates in March parliamentary elections who most
resemble that voter, to ease the difficult burden of citizenship in a
democracy. [Reuters, 2-27-07]
Using it to find someone who looks like you is one thing, but I wanted to vote
for the guy who looks most like David Hasselhoff. Now who wouldn't want to
vote for the guy who most resembles the Hoff? This was a leap forward in
democracy!