Мастрид про историю понятия «прайвеси» (приватность, частная жизнь). Оказывается, бОльшую часть истории человечества (даже современной истории!) прайвеси отсутствовала как явление. Текст можно прочесть по ссылке:
medium.com/the-ferenstein-wire/the-birth-and-death-of-privacy-3-000-years-of-history-in-50-images-614c26059e. Проблема особенно актуальна с учётом нынешних дискуссий о приватности в интернете.
“Privacy may actually be an anomaly” ~ Vinton Cerf, Co-creator of the military’s early Internet prototype and Google executive.
Cerf suffered a torrent of criticism in the media for suggesting that privacy is unnatural. Though he was simply opining on what he believed was an under-the-radar gathering at the Federal Trade Commission in 2013, historically speaking, Cerf is right.
Privacy, as it is conventionally understood, is only about 150 years old. Most humans living throughout history had little concept of privacy in their tiny communities. Sex, breastfeeding, and bathing were shamelessly performed in front of friends and family.
The lesson from 3,000 years of history is that privacy has almost always been a back-burner priority. Humans invariably choose money, prestige or convenience when it has conflicted with a desire for solitude.
Согласен с выводом автора: "It’s hard to know whether complete and utter transparency will realize a techno-utopia of a more honest and innovative future. But, given that privacy has only existed for a sliver of human history, its disappearance is unlikely to doom mankind. Indeed, transparency is humanity’s natural state."
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