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One disconcerting possibility is that we'll be remembered as the pioneers of a new way of life, and the first generations to give up on outdated notions such as
by strken 5y ago
One disconcerting possibility is that we'll be remembered as the pioneers of a new way of life, and the first generations to give up on outdated notions such as "privacy" and the right to make bad choices.
- exporectomy 5y agoPrivacy seems stronger now than when I grew up. We had phone books with our name and address in them. Our name was written inside the cover of every library book we borrowed. Neighbors were more static and knew each other and their families for decades and gossiped about each other. You could obtain a car owner's address from their number-plate by paying a $2.50 fee. After somebody got worried by that, they started also requiring ID as well as the fee. Computer hacking wasn't a crime. Phone calls weren't encrypted - in earlier generations, a lady at the exchange could easily listen in.