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by Shinkirou 2948 days ago
Black Mirror S01E03. Even with bullet-proof privacy, not a future I would want to live in...
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What I saw in that episode was people being assholes to each other, the fact that they also happened to have a tool to prove things wasn't really the major factor. Especially the final point was a bit off to me, sure, it happens that we would be happier not knowing specific things, but being unsure about things can be pretty terrible as well and just as well destroy life.

We don't expect people to show us their diaries, we don't expect people to retell their awkward memories. We even generally try to gauge the situation before retelling a story about a friend (maybe their embarrassing blackout last weekend is not what we talk about with their boss). This is all in the social rules and conventions, and doesn't have to do with limitations in our ability to do so.

We already have the technology to record all digital communication. Seems like most people can handle this just fine.

Much like there is a XKCD for everything, there'll be a Black Mirror episode, too :)