Tuesday, March 11, 2014

A popular argument in the privacy debate

For the most part, my peers give a resounding, "We don't care!" in response to the ongoing internet privacy debate. Kevin Kelly argues that this is because our "human impulse" to share trumps our need for privacy. While the term "human impulse" bothers me (sounds a bit biological, doesn't it?), I consider myself in his boat. It's like over-sharing on a first date because it's been forever since you've had dinner with another human being, or standing in line for hours for the chance to embarrass yourself on live TV. It seems like people in my generation, and maybe, as Kelly argues, people in general, are just that desperate to feel heard.

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