Cory Doctorow on Nostr: When Schmidt and McNealy and Zuck tell us that we don't have privacy, or we don't ...
When Schmidt and McNealy and Zuck tell us that we don't have privacy, or we don't want privacy, or that privacy is bad for us, they're disguising a demand as an observation. "Privacy is dead" actually means, "When privacy is dead, I will be richer than you can imagine, so stop trying to save it, goddamnit."
We are all prone to believing our own bullshit, but when a tech baron gets high on his own supply, his mental contortions have broad implications for *all* of us.
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