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Hasn't that always been the case throughout the history, though? Everyone always knew everything about everyone else in the village, or neighboring villages. On
by pferde 7y ago
Hasn't that always been the case throughout the history, though? Everyone always knew everything about everyone else in the village, or neighboring villages. Only the select few knew and cared enough to keep their affairs hidden.
Except that now the technology has packed the entire world into a single "global village".
- Santosh83 7y agoNo the power dynamics has shifted. In the old days it is true that everyone pretty much knew lots about each other in a specific locality. But now a relatively small group of people (i.e. the big corps, ISPs and various 3-letter agencies) know everything about everyone in the whole world, more or less. This kind of power is unprecedented in human history.