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The Case For (Considering) Regulation Of Technology, James Gibson
The Case For (Considering) Regulation Of Technology, James Gibson
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Given a choice, which would you prefer: A world in which it is easier to encrypt information than to decrypt it? A world in which decryption is easier than encryption? A world in which the two stand in a cost/benefit equipoise?
When the question is put like that, the answer seems to depend on how we weigh certain core values. For example, if we prefer privacy over order, we might prefer the first world. If we value order more than privacy, perhaps the second world is more to our liking.
As it happens, we live in the first world. Modern …