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jenmangler's review against another edition
2.0
We all need to think a bit more about the ideas discussed in this book. Very thought-provoking.
matthew_p's review
4.0
I've been struggling to resolve my thoughts on privacy. This book helped with clear analysis of the concept, importance, and limitations of privacy. I'd go so far as today this book should be a foundational element in civics education (if such a thing still exists).
"...the protection of one's own privacy is often a gesture of respect to another person's sensibilities." (p. 16)
"Privacy and sustainability both belong by first right to the oldest elite the world has ever known, by which I mean the aristocracy of those who can do without. Writing on behalf of that aristocracy, Henry David Thoreau said we are wealthy in proportion to the number of things we 'can afford to let alone.'" (p. 135)
" When people complain that nothing is sacred anymore, they are essentially saying that we are at the point where nothing trumps convenience. They are lamenting that what has come to matter most is getting what we want in the best, cheapest, and quickest manner possible. In a roundabout way they are also talking about technology, consumer capitalism, the fate of the earth, and the will to resist. Almost always they are talking about privacy, about the explicit exposure of matters they feel ought to be kept private." (p. 139)
"...the protection of one's own privacy is often a gesture of respect to another person's sensibilities." (p. 16)
"Privacy and sustainability both belong by first right to the oldest elite the world has ever known, by which I mean the aristocracy of those who can do without. Writing on behalf of that aristocracy, Henry David Thoreau said we are wealthy in proportion to the number of things we 'can afford to let alone.'" (p. 135)
" When people complain that nothing is sacred anymore, they are essentially saying that we are at the point where nothing trumps convenience. They are lamenting that what has come to matter most is getting what we want in the best, cheapest, and quickest manner possible. In a roundabout way they are also talking about technology, consumer capitalism, the fate of the earth, and the will to resist. Almost always they are talking about privacy, about the explicit exposure of matters they feel ought to be kept private." (p. 139)
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