1/2 YES! I have been looking for something like this brilliant talk by Carissa Véliz :verified: (npub1zcj…2yep) , that explains in a clear way exactly why democracy dies as privacy is taken away from us https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSPRouBvgFE
She is also spot on about how technology is not completely neutral. Pots and pans invite you to make food. Guns don't. In the same way, digitization and surveillance tech invites people to spy on others.
#privacy #democracy #surveillance
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