The notion that only shame generates a desire for privacy is a moralistic one a notion that I, for one, would like to see disappear. I think anonymity will become critically important. In the latest Esquire, Norman Mailer alludes to the erosion of privacy with the evolution of digital technology. Yes, simply a courtesy of disappearance. Well, if Norman Mailer is just now getting clued into this.
Government security is an oxymoron.
I think he's just putting two and two together, or government and corporate America together. The ability to disappear make strong JA possible. It's a prerequisite. I have a hard time arguing for it sometimes because the assumptions in its favor are so deeply embedded in my thinking. Well, there's the whole encryption hearings right now as an example.