"I speculate that, in a world of total transparency, things like this will become much less important as everyone realizes how weird nearly everyone is." Seems

"I speculate that, in a world of total transparency, things like this will become much less important as everyone realizes how weird nearly everyone is." Seems like very wishful thinking. It seems to be hard-wired into human nature to be suspicious of, and consequently antagonistic toward, noticeable differences. Forcing those differences out into the open probably won't significantly alter the impulse toward hostility. It seems just as likely that the differences will come out into the daylight, but the prejudices will sneak into hiding. I'm not sure if those prejudices are more dangerous when they're naked, or when they're cloaked. I think you raise an interesting point, of course. I guess I just have a more cynical and pessimistic view of the result.