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This is a really scary look at how as we allow government to monitor everything we do, buy and see and as technology becomes more complex, many things that were previously considered private no longer are. Looking at social media really illustrates this point.
I also really liked the point that just because we want to keep things private doesn't mean we are doing anything wrong, illegal, or shameful. As illustrated in the book, we all do various bodily functions in private which are perfectly no ...more
I also really liked the point that just because we want to keep things private doesn't mean we are doing anything wrong, illegal, or shameful. As illustrated in the book, we all do various bodily functions in private which are perfectly no ...more
I love this...
"There's something really liberating about having some corner of your life that's *yours*, that no one gets to see except you. It's a little like nudity or taking a dump. Everyone gets naked every once in a while. Everyone has to squat on the toilet. There's nothing shameful, deviant or weird about either of them. But what if I decreed that from now on, every time you went to evacuate some solid waste, you'd have to do it in a glass room perched in the middle of Times Square, and y ...more
"There's something really liberating about having some corner of your life that's *yours*, that no one gets to see except you. It's a little like nudity or taking a dump. Everyone gets naked every once in a while. Everyone has to squat on the toilet. There's nothing shameful, deviant or weird about either of them. But what if I decreed that from now on, every time you went to evacuate some solid waste, you'd have to do it in a glass room perched in the middle of Times Square, and y ...more
A bit too much of an angst-fest for me.
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