2026-03-21
Multiple conflicting beliefs about privacy/transparency I hold at the same time
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- Multiple conflicting beliefs about privacy/transparency I seem to hold at the same time:
- It would be good to live in a world where literally no one has privacy and everything was transparent. Most people, including me, would happier living in such a world, as compared to the present one.
- Due to multiple reasons, there is significant probability we may end up in a world where no one has privacy and everything is transparent.
- The primary reason is that the offence-defence balance of cybersecurity may shift in favour of offence, regardless of anything I do.
- A secondary reason is that economic pressures are such that if you want anything of value - a high-status business, a partner, maybe even basic food and shelter - you will eventually be survive in the competition only if you make the information transparent to the public. Private people will just not be able to compete in the economy. (This assumes we don't get ASI in 5 years.)
- Additionally, leaks are becoming common, but these are only common among politicians/billionaires, because the leaker also has to pay a significant cost to succeed.
- I lose self-esteem for violating people's consent.
- This is even true if I think their consent will get violated anyway, regardless of anything I do.
- I think politicians/billionaires deserve to have their consent respected.
- I think even pro-ASI people might be able to keep their consent respected.
- The only people whose consent I am thinking of violating are pro-ASI politicians/billionaires, and the reason I am doing so is because they are pro-ASI, not because they are politicians/billionaires.
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