Some forms of ignorance and/or stupidity are worthy, nay,* richly deserving*of contempt. And disparagement. We have, IMO, a societal obligation to push back against stupidity, and arrogance, and studied ignorance.
But not on this topic. Times are a changin'. Personal privacy no longer exists if you use internet technologies to communicate, or browse for information, or to share pictures of your kitties. Or look up bomb recipes. If you're going to do something online that could come back to bite you, you'd better become a top-notch expert on anonymizing technologies and methodology and practices. Get used to it, it is the way it is. --Doug On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Nicholas Thompson < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, everybody, **** > > ** ** > > Did you see this odd, avuncular op-ed from the Federal Trade Commission? > **** > > ** ** > > I don’t know whether it reassured me more than it scared the living > bejeesus out of me. “Big-Brother’s Big Brother is looking out for you.” > **** > > ** ** > > I take it back about contempt: If one of you would like to write me an > email, right now, which begins, “Nick, you miserable, feckless, idiot: go > immediately to your browser properties, google profile, registry, WHATEVER, > and do the following N things. And tell everybody in your family to do the > same.” , I would give you a totally free pass on the contempt thing. And > be grateful for it. **** > > ** ** > > Nick **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Nicholas S. Thompson**** > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology**** > > Clark University**** > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/**** > > http://www.cusf.org**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > -- Doug Roberts [email protected] [email protected] http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell
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