The Argument Against Privacy That Sounds Smart But Isn't
'Privacy is impractical.'
'Concessions are necessary.'
'Be realistic.'
These views about becoming mainstream. And they're wrong. Here's why limits on privacy are never a price worth paying for adoption, no matter how reasonable the argument sounds.
00:00 The Privacy Salon
01:40 Shifting Baseline Syndrome Over Time
04:30 The Machine We Built
08:24 No More Compromises
09:40 The Debate
10:54 Privacy Enables Freedom
11:20 Shifting Baselines
11:54 False Company Claims
12:37 Security Risks
13:39 In Closing
This debate is not about whether limiting privacy can accelerate growth. It is about whether trading long-term freedom for short-term scale is a price we should be willing to pay, and the answer is no. Because what's at stake is security, freedom, and human dignity, and the cost of losing that in society for future generations is too high.
Learn More On Shifting Baselines in our previous NBTV video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXhXkXcMXyM
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