> "We have the ability to live with a level of anonymity that our ancestors would deeply envy." This is completely ridiculous. Just consider how many pieces of

> "We have the ability to live with a level of anonymity that our ancestors would deeply envy." This is completely ridiculous. Just consider how many pieces of data are needed to take part in society as a normal person. Social security numbers, Passports, ID cards, Bank account numbers and who knows how many other things. Back in 1714, I'm sure it was a lot easier to hide things from people and even lie about who you were. Taking pregnancy as the main example is silly and equating Big Data with Small Town even more so.