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Privacy is irrelevant
- The relationship between technological advancement and individual privacy presents a fundamental contradiction that must be studied if one were to question the need or relevance of privacy and digital protection in the modern age.
- Each technological progress creates systems of increasing complexity and interconnection in sourcing, storing, refining, and finally exploiting data for action, leading to an eventual integration and control.
- New privacy regulations impose constraints that run counter to the natural direction of technological development and are often temporary or require constant updating and reinforcements.
- Technological systems initially comply with privacy regulations, but the underlying drive towards optimization eventually circumvents or obsoletes the original protections.
- History shows that technological systems can be shaped by human intention, but only through sustained and deliberate effort.
- There is no middle ground between privacy and technological advancement, rather it's a binary and absolute choice.
- The fantasy of 'privacy-protecting regulations' stems from a fundamental misunderstanding of technological progress.
- We can embrace the technological future with its promise of unprecedented convenience, efficiency, and personalization by accepting the end of privacy.
- Alternatively we can choose to preserve privacy by rejecting the siren song of technological optimization and perpetual innovation.
- The course of human development has brought us to this decisive junction. We must now decide which is more valuable: the promise of technological advancement or the preservation of personal privacy. We cannot have both.
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