Privacy is not a property right. Nor will it ever, as such inalienably ideas are not, should not, and can not be considered property. Besides being vague and unwieldy, considering such humanistic rights property (such humanistic rights as privacy, freewill, thought, etc.) tends to lead to trouble. Look at the patent system.
Of course, this is all just hyperbole, as redefining privacy as a property changes nothing. It's simply calling X by the name of Y. Without suggestions of implementation it's only an interesting experiment in etymology.
Perhaps "Code" covers such implementation, though. Admittedly I haven't read it.
Not to mention the ability to actualy patent genetic codes. The idea that one can actualy get a patent on our own gene structure is a rather awfull concpet. If we are indeed the sum and order of our parts, as a materialist would have us belive, and a company can own a map to those parts, then what does that say about humanity? That we can put a price on what it is to be human.
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Privacy is not a property right.
Nor will it ever, as such inalienably ideas are not, should not, and can not be considered property.
Besides being vague and unwieldy, considering such humanistic rights property (such humanistic rights as privacy, freewill, thought, etc.) tends to lead to trouble. Look at the patent system.
Of course, this is all just hyperbole, as redefining privacy as a property changes nothing. It's simply calling X by the name of Y.
Without suggestions of implementation it's only an interesting experiment in etymology.
Perhaps "Code" covers such implementation, though. Admittedly I haven't read it.
You'll see somthing like this: .
Just change the %n holder to some random "www.blah.com" address (keep the quotes). You'll kill the ads, or any boxs or whatever. If you want to get more elaborate, you can put your own pics and stuff there as well.
Not to mention the ability to actualy patent genetic codes. The idea that one can actualy get a patent on our own gene structure is a rather awfull concpet. If we are indeed the sum and order of our parts, as a materialist would have us belive, and a company can own a map to those parts, then what does that say about humanity? That we can put a price on what it is to be human.