RFID in the Future: A Simple Prediction

This is a straightforward opinion regarding the future of RFID.
RFID (contactless or proximity chip) technology will probably be accepted in most industrialized nations on the basis of increased efficiency and personal security.
All but the most strenuous objections will be overcome by steps taken to ensure that individual privacy will be safeguarded.
This initial rollout of the technology will create economies of scale that will allow the chips and antennas to approach invisibility to the naked eye.
At that point, the chips will become ubiquitous -- they will be everywhere and used in many clever ways.
As it getting smaller and cheaper, it has big opportunities to be accepted world widely in industrial and business applications.
A generation or two from now, we will be living in the panopticon -- naked in a goldfish bowl. Does the prospect of this scenario bother you enough to write your congressperson in protest?