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"At the end of every seven years you shall grant a deletion of the data. And this is the form of the delete: Every data collector who has recorded anything on h
by openrisk 2y ago
"At the end of every seven years you shall grant a deletion of the data. And this is the form of the delete: Every data collector who has recorded anything on his neighbor shall delete it; he shall not maintain any of it about his neighbor or his brother, because it is called the Lord's delete" [1]
[1] Deuteronomy 15-17
- debo_ 2y agoThis is a Neal Stephenson LLM-generated ebook waiting to happen.
- debo_ 2y agoAlso, you missed the chance to change to citation to "Dataronomy"
- readyplayernull 2y agoThen what would be the "Datanomicon" about?
- burnished 2y agoDrive recovery incantations.
- backtoyoujim 2y agoDebt jubilee but for data is a great idea.
- actionfromafar 2y agoBasically GDPR.
- zehaeva 2y agoThis is entertaining to game out the idea that anything that happened digitally more than 7 years ago just disappears. A rolling Nothing that just eats anything that's 7 years in the past. A Great Oubliette into which we just toss anything from 7 years ago. I think this would make an interesting dystopian novel.
- hansvm 2y agoWhy stop at digital data? All memories roll into nothingness at 7 years, to be replaced by whatever the brain is forced to put in their place to resolve any apparent dissonance. A select few have discovered the secret and used it to build unimaginable power (e.g., building armies by promising riches and wealth after an 8yr term, using the Greate Oubliette to convince recruits they only have 1 yr left for the entirety of their lifetime of service).
- rcktmrtn 2y agoI think this is actually hitting much closer to the intention of Levitical law than people realize. Data and debt are very strongly connected, and I think probably always have been.
- pyuser583 2y agoBook of Numbers - God demands a census, and then prohibits censuses because only God can call for one. Echos of this are found in Revelations, where all are required to have a number for buying and selling.
- cvoss 2y agoWhat is the connection you are drawing between those two things? A census was used to assess a nation's fitness for battle and to set a taxing expectation. Revelation is discussing the state of affairs under the rule of Nero (the man whose name has the number 666, or 616 depending on the source of your translation). Presumably, it became difficult to do business if you were not known to be loyal to the emperor. (Side note: You are probably meaning to reference 2 Samuel 24 / 1 Chron 21 when you claim that unsanctioned censuses were prohibited, though that's never actually stated. Just, everybody in the story knows that what they're doing is wrong. But plenty of commentary has been written about why David's census was problematic.)
- Detrytus 2y agoNot a number a mark, either on their forehead or their hand. Which kind of resembles Apple's FaceID and TouchID :)
- Log_out_ 2y agoevidence of crime removal festival?
- abofh 2y agoThe (data) purge