People are extremely irrational when it comes to privacy. They've been brainwashed into believing that they have some kind of right to privacy, which is absolut

People are extremely irrational when it comes to privacy. They've been brainwashed into believing that they have some kind of right to privacy, which is absolutely insane. This kind of irrational paranoia is extremely common amongst tech people, especially on HN. I can't think of anything that could slow down progress more than fear of transparency. Yet I can't blame these people because they clearly don't know better. I regularly try to have discussions around the benefits of transparency and the unsustainable nature of privacy, but it's such a touchy subject that it inevitably gets buried.