 | Inchman | Diminishing privacy is bad for society because when one's business is their own, they are free to take chances and explore new things that at that moment in time may not be considered politically correct or just plain odd. The freedom to explore ideas on or outside of the fringes of what society considers acceptable without the prying eyes of one's neighbors or government watching and commenting on every step is a great enabler of progress and creativity. Think of the great inventors and artists who toiled away in labs and studios creating things that people would have considered heretical (Galileo), crazy (the Wright Bros.), just plain weird (Linus Torvaldes) or criminal (Thomas Jefferson) until they were ultimately proven brilliant. ...Innovation rarely happens in public because the public stage is a platform for conformity. | | |
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