Even in college it is available, at best, as an ELECTIVE -- which next to nobody takes as it is commonly in the philosophy department.
As a result, even most highly educated people can't adequately question authority nor counter political and pseudo-scientific nonsense in an effective, timely manner.
It's almost as though the government wants compliance -- at almost any cost.
I see this, very much, as connected to the surveillance society model which is under heavy construction.
I'm pretty anti-government but I'd sure support a "Do Not Track Me" law. I've had more than enough of google and their "Don't Be Evil" hypocrisy. A central question the Founders never could have contemplated is how technology could completely destroy privacy. Do I own my own privacy, or is it google's to take without permission and pimp out for money? I'd say that, ultimately, if you don't own your privacy than you own nothing -- not even your own life. I'm sure Schmidt would counter that "If I have something to hide, perhaps I shouldn't be doing it" but obviously if we could track Schmidt, Page, and Brin well enough we'd catch them all lying, cheating, stealing, screwing, and defecating. I bet we could sell that footage for good money, too. Google makes the Microsoft of old look saintly.
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Even in college it is available, at best, as an ELECTIVE -- which next to nobody takes as it is commonly in the philosophy department. As a result, even most highly educated people can't adequately question authority nor counter political and pseudo-scientific nonsense in an effective, timely manner. It's almost as though the government wants compliance -- at almost any cost. I see this, very much, as connected to the surveillance society model which is under heavy construction.
I'm pretty anti-government but I'd sure support a "Do Not Track Me" law. I've had more than enough of google and their "Don't Be Evil" hypocrisy. A central question the Founders never could have contemplated is how technology could completely destroy privacy. Do I own my own privacy, or is it google's to take without permission and pimp out for money? I'd say that, ultimately, if you don't own your privacy than you own nothing -- not even your own life. I'm sure Schmidt would counter that "If I have something to hide, perhaps I shouldn't be doing it" but obviously if we could track Schmidt, Page, and Brin well enough we'd catch them all lying, cheating, stealing, screwing, and defecating. I bet we could sell that footage for good money, too. Google makes the Microsoft of old look saintly.