[criddell]

> You are incorrectly assuming that all of the good from smartphones comes at a forced, dramatic reduction in privacy.

No, I'm saying that the dramatic reduction in privacy from the typical use of smartphones is more than offset by the benefits.

There's lots of abuses of privacy that I'd like to see reigned in (I would definitely support the introduction of GDPR-like regulations in the US). I'd like to see my search data have the same protections as my video rental or health data.

> any "good" done from the direct causing of suffering of others is not in fact good at all

I assume you are talking about things like the trolley problem. That's something that I've never been able to resolve for myself.