As the desire to improve information management and the ability to access information anywhere, anytime globally increases, technological means to meet these needs increasingly become a reality. Last April, Google announced its latest development called Project Glass. Google recently sold a limited number of the "Explorer" version of Glass to any US resident who places an online order for the device. Its goal is to build a wearable computer that delivers information through a head-up display used on the move and delivers that information immediately. With this in mind, Glass will revolutionize the way its users operate both functionally and socially. Not only can a user share their hands-free moments with the people they love via SMS, photos and videos; users in their professional fields who work with their hands will be able to create new uses with this tool. There is, however, strong opposition against this latest technology. A recent study by market research firm Toluna found that around 72% of respondents said they wouldn't wear Google Glass for privacy and security reasons. Additionally, studies conducted over a 30-year period and reviewed by legal scholar David Shenk point out that numerous symptoms resulting from information overload caused by technology include stress and fatigue, to name a few. While the general public may have legitimate ethical concerns about public privacy and information overload, the benefits are still outweighed by social and functional benefits. This argumentative essay considers whether or not Google Glass is useful to us by answering the following questions about utilitarianism and human rights ethical views:1. Will Google Gl...... half of the document ...... providing social and functional benefits that outweigh minor issues of privacy and information overload. Works Cited Barfield, Woodrow, and Thomas Caudell. Fundamentals of wearable computing and augmented reality. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2000. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Network. April 24, 2014. Loomis, J. M., R. G. Golledge, and R. L. Klatzky. 2001. GPS-based navigation systems for the blind. In Fundamentals of Wearable Computing and Augmented Reality, W. Barfield and T. Caudell, eds. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum AssociatesShenk,David Data Smog: Surviving the Information Glut (HarperSanFrancisco, 1997)Velasquez, Manuel, Claire Andre, Thomas Shanks, and Michael J. Meyer. “Calculating Consequences: The Utilitarian Approach to Ethics.” Calculating consequences: the utilitarian approach to ethics. Np, nd Web. April 25. 2014.