"The only way to manage this is true transparency and no anonymity. In a world of asynchronous threats, it is too dangerous for there not to be some way to iden

"The only way to manage this is true transparency and no anonymity. In a world of asynchronous threats, it is too dangerous for there not to be some way to identify you. We need a [verified] name service for people. Governments will demand it." I'm torn between thinking "wow, that's scary" & appreciating how much potential for good there is in a completely transparent world. I've been thinking about (genomic & medical) identity: research could benefit massively from a world of total transparency. 23andme is sitting on a growing collection of personal genomics data which they are trying to use for research purposes through their 23andwe program. That's great, but that is still a massive collection of data locked up in a single company. Imagine a world where every single individual is sequenced at birth & his data is made publicly available for research purposes. Total transparency. Kind of the polar opposite of the current situation where the patient owns his data & permission needs to be gathered to use of that data for research purposes. We're forgoing massive progress for fear of an artifact of current society (a.k.a. insurance companies).