While many social evils, like the ones mentioned in the article, can be stopped when we end privacy, profound harm can be caused by doing so as well. In a demo

While many social evils, like the ones mentioned in the article, can be stopped when we end privacy, profound harm can be caused by doing so as well. In a democratic society, the end of privacy means we are all fully at the mercy of the majority. When the majority errs, our freedom and even our lives can be lost. Privacy is the check against that unimaginably large systemic risk. The piece doesn't even look at the other side of the privacy argument. That highly placed opinion makers like the authors of this article can write such a one sided article about privacy just goes to show that we could very well end up in a situation where the majority is steered in a terribly destructive direction.