The Age of Privacy
By Christopher Munroe
Once upon a time, we had a concept called “Privacy”.
Essentially, people could if they chose be alone. No social
media, no CCTV, no NSA monitoring, nothing. Simply an individual, alone with
his or her thoughts.
Communication, in the age of “Privacy”, happened
face-to-face, between small numbers of consenting citizens, unrecorded. No
detailed records were kept, indeed the idea of recording “Private”
conversations was considered uncouth.
Because we were all isolated then, every one of us, even in
groups.
We must’ve been desperately lonely.
Barbaric, isn’t it?
But that’s how we used to live.
We’ve come a long way since…
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