[SkyBelow]

>You're right, let's burn the library down because one book has a liable chapter in it.

It is more like, either you burn the library down or every thing you have written in your private journal is now available to be checked out by anyone.

It really shouldn't be that way and I think we should fix the problem of holding people responsible for bad behavior in the past. But how do we draw lines (for example, what about holding people responsible for past crimes).

>We need to save our culture and digital heritage, else we forget where we come from.

I agree, but we also need to ensure this is done without costing individuals. Technology has advanced, but society has not. Out technology outpacing our culture has and will continue to hurt many people and we should try to find a way to fix it.

[RonanTheGrey]

It is appalling to me that the parent comment is being downvoted. Religious fervor indeed. The point being made is simply that saving every scrap of history including personal tracking and details that are normally LOST to history, is a sea-change in human history and shouldn't be looked at lightly.

There is value in forgetting. What we forget, then is a very relevant question. "NEVER FORGET ANYTHING RAWR!" is not a useful point of view because it denies the very right to have a conversation on the subject.

If you can't agree that I should have some say in what is remembered (or at least archived) about me or generated by me, there's not much we can talk about.

[SkyBelow]

It is also a matter of consent.

And to make it even clearer, one just needs to think about leaked images. Should we not allow a person to delete such images leaked without their consent?

1,000 years from now archaeologist may have some academic interest and those involved and even generations of their descendants are long dead.

But what about 1 year from now? Benefiting those 1000 years from now as the cost of those alive today is a hard position to justify, especially with such a blanket justification.

[ghaff]

The Circle (both book and film) was, sadly, a largely botched attempt to explore issues like privacy, the power of tech companies, widespread surveillance, etc.

Missed opportunity in that the book was only readable if you took it as a deliberately over the top "if this goes on" fable. And the film was mostly notable for how it squandered a top-notch cast.