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Re:Google Introduces Facebook Competitor, Emphasizing Privacy by bct on Tuesday June 28, 2011 @04:19PM (#2707116)
There's no question that people care more about what their immediate acquaintances know about them. That doesn't mean it's a great path for society, though.

Unfortunately the fashionable thing to do these days is to assume that everything will work out for the best on its own.

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Re:Google Introduces Facebook Competitor, Emphasizing Privacy by contextfree on Tuesday June 28, 2011 @04:35PM (#2707193)
I completely agree. But I think if you want things to change it helps to understand why people make the decisions they do (and that they're "locally" rational most of the time).
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