The problem isn't that the information is available, it's how the information is used. That is, the problem isn't Wikipedia, it's the coworker who treats the re

The problem isn't that the information is available, it's how the information is used. That is, the problem isn't Wikipedia, it's the coworker who treats the reformed and repentant ex-convict like trash, then goes home and beats her kids. Or the neighbor who tells guests that "a criminal lives next door", without being asked and for no good reason. Our built-in reputation heuristics don't function correctly when our memories are so wonderfully enhanced by technology. I look forward to the days of disposable identities and the Friends of Privacy. Or genetic screening against being a dick.