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At a more fundamental level, perhaps the justification for privacy is this: Privacy is about thoughts. It is impossible to fully know the mind of another perso
by hliyan 6y ago
At a more fundamental level, perhaps the justification for privacy is this:
Privacy is about thoughts. It is impossible to fully know the mind of another person. Without that knowledge, a person's thoughts can never be fully put into context. If all thoughts were made public, all human beings would look like monsters or mentally ill to each other. This is why privacy is necessary.
- op03 6y agoIn addition Zuck & Co have been meddling with people's thoughts thanks to their main contribution to the internet - the Like and Follower counter. Those unimaginative reward mechanisms effect thought and behavior. So its not just about protecting people's thought, its also about protecting peoples thoughts from being fiddled with by fools too dumb to fully understand how dumb they are.
- ffwd 6y agoYours is a possibility but I personally think the opposite is true - if all thoughts were made public everyone would understand each other much better (100% empathy if ALL thoughts were known), and thus there would be no monsters or mentally ill people left.
- blindm 6y ago> If all thoughts were made public, all human beings would look like monsters or mentally ill to each other. Which is why privacy is about power and claiming our own territory for our thoughts. It's also about testing different ideas out before they're made public so that the ideas have been mulled over properly in a safe space, un-judged by the masses.
- MaxBarraclough 6y ago> Privacy is about thoughts. No, not always. Insisting on there being no cameras in your bathroom has nothing to do with thoughts. It's barely even to do with information: you'd be unlikely to really learn anything consequential from those cameras. It's still a matter of basic privacy.