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Scott Adams Says Plenty Would Choose Life In Noprivacyville

Posted by timothy on from the depends-on-the-neighbors dept.

LoLobey writes "On the other end of the spectrum from Richard Stallman, Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame) speculates upon the advantages of living in a town with no privacy whatsoever. Everyone gets chipped and tracked online. 'Although you would never live in a city without privacy, I think that if one could save 30% on basic living expenses, and live in a relatively crime-free area, plenty of volunteers would come forward.'"

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  1. Re:There will always be an Edgar Friendly by tehcyder · · Score: 1, Redundant

    If you set aside all old notions of sexual morality and accept the surrender of some level of free will, it wouldn't be a dytopia at all.

    So, it's not a dystopia at all then?

    (There's no such thing as perfect free will anyway unless you live alone on a desert island or something, so that's not really an objection.)

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    To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it