Comments on: Saturday Reading – Google And You http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/saturday-reading-google-and-you/tech-goodies “Where Just Being 'Right' Is Wrong" Thu, 24 May 2012 06:53:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Frank Hilliard http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/saturday-reading-google-and-you/tech-goodies/comment-page-1#comment-922 Frank Hilliard Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:06:24 +0000 http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/?p=2480#comment-922 I've seen this concern expressed before; that some one, somewhere might know what you're doing. The fear is that you might lose your freedom if your actions were tracked. What I always find interesting is the implied belief that you can continue to take actions that have no consequences. Or to put that another way; that there is a difference in quality between actions no one knows about and those that they do. Really! What kind of a life are you living anyway? I wonder if half the country isn't dodging taxes, robbing banks or avoiding support payments; given the way they hold privacy as the gold standard in human relations. I think the gold standard is the reverse; transparency. However I seem to be very much in the minority on this subject. I’ve seen this concern expressed before; that some one, somewhere might know what you’re doing. The fear is that you might lose your freedom if your actions were tracked. What I always find interesting is the implied belief that you can continue to take actions that have no consequences. Or to put that another way; that there is a difference in quality between actions no one knows about and those that they do.

Really! What kind of a life are you living anyway? I wonder if half the country isn’t dodging taxes, robbing banks or avoiding support payments; given the way they hold privacy as the gold standard in human relations.

I think the gold standard is the reverse; transparency.

However I seem to be very much in the minority on this subject.

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