[guycook]

> Either way, it's another data point for "privacy vs. progress of mankind, pick one".

I read The Circle recently and thought "no one could possibly go for this". And yet here we are already in 2015

[TeMPOraL]

I don't want to spoil the book too much for myself, but from a cursory check I infer that this comment was meant to be a criticism.

My point is, if one stops treating the vague notion of "privacy" as some kind of end-goal and focuses on costs and benefits, it seems reasonable that we might be losing more than we are gaining as a civilization by fighting for as much "privacy" as possible.