So at the height of the next privacy/NSA/Snowden debates, I guess, I should expect society to be vigorously defending the privacy rights of the next Anthony Wiener.
Yup I am sure that day will come.
Sounds like parent doesn't get much human contact.
So if you are saying in future, Anthony Weiners will get elected, then again I have to disagree with you.
Thanks to human nature, I see the exact opposite happening with our leaders.
And to your main point, the tech is inevitable cause its finally viable. As to its success, I'm highly doubtful
for two reasons-
1) There is a cost to transparency - both to individuals and organizations. Once the cost is felt, information will stop flowing as freely as it does today.
2) Just because there is a machine that can digest unlimited information and produce a list of threats
doesn't mean unlimited resources exists to address all of them, not to mention address them effectively.
Whether it was the boston bombings or the wall street meltdown both events happened despite information being available. Just as economics in the end, reduced nuclear arsenals economics will limit the size and scope of these machines.
I really don't see us reaching any stable state with zero privacy and high transparency levels. Though I can see why a Zuckerberg, Schmidt or Karp might see that. It aligns well with what they do.
Really?
So at the height of the next privacy/NSA/Snowden debates, I guess, I should expect society to be vigorously defending the privacy rights of the next Anthony Wiener.
Yup I am sure that day will come.
Sounds like parent doesn't get much human contact.