But it isn't conceivable that we will succeed in this greater challenge while failing the lesser and more familiar one. Otherwise, you may well be helping to destroy the essential milieu for any privacy worth having. There are ways to strengthen public spaces in the face of the growing flood of anonymous transactions. I will try to illustrate these in the next installment, with examples from my own, decidedly non-urban environment. We can choose otherwise.
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