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Fighting the worms of mass destruction (Economist)

Fighting the worms of mass destruction (Economist)

Posted Dec 13, 2003 4:14 UTC (Sat) by Baylink (subscriber, #755)
In reply to: Fighting the worms of mass destruction (Economist) by dvdeug
Parent article: Fighting the worms of mass destruction (Economist)

Well, roughly, the answer is that in a Transparent Society -- where no one has *any* privacy
about anything -- people will not be inclined to *try* to take a moral higher-ground (to which
they're commonly not entitled anyway) over others, which is the most common source of problems
there...

Brin makes the argument much mo' better than I; if you're interested, go read the book.


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