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by lifeisstillgood 1574 days ago
I see. I guess it's something about trust or hope. I hope that we can build a society that respects the individual rights of all, while using the powerful insights of digital surveillance to improve our lives (obvious answer is how much medical epidemiology will benefit from minute by minute data).

I can certainly see I am putting hope over experience. But that is the excuse to do nothing as well.

The world has changed. We must chnage our laws and our culture.

Yes there is a danger of totalitarianism, but we have had that without iPhones. We will have it with iPhones. The problem lies not in our stars.