[The Transparent Society 01] • Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Privacy and Freedom by Brin, David -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Page Dedication PREFACE Epigraph PART I A NEW WORLD CHAPTER ONE - THE CHALLENGE OF AN OPEN SOCIETY

TECHNOLOGY’S VERDICT A MODERN CONCERN THE PRIVACY WE ALREADY HAVE WHAT LIES AHEAD THE GHOST OF PERICLES STRONG PRIVACY OTHER VOICES THE CONCERNS OF NORMAL PEOPLE

CHAPTER TWO - THE AGE OF KNOWLEDGE

TRANSFORMING TECHNOLOGIES OF THE PAST AND FUTURE PROJECTIONS OF CYBERNETIC PARADISE A PASSION TO BE DIFFERENT A CENTURY OF AFICIONADOS AN AGE OF PASSIONS

CHAPTER THREE - PRIVACY UNDER SIEGE

EMBATTLED CITIZENS THE ENCHANTMENT OF THE PAST PRIVACY AND THE LAW PRIVACY LAW IN ALLIED NATIONS “PRACTICAL OBSCURITY”? PRIVACY AS A PERSONAL GOAL RECIPROCAL TRANSPARENCY

CHAPTER FOUR - CAN WE OWN INFORMATION?

THE END OF COPYRIGHT? A FUTURE FOR COPYRIGHT?

PART II - MINEFIELDS CHAPTER FIVE - HUMAN NATURE AND THE DILEMMA OF OPENNESS

THE FAILURE OF EXHORTATION VIRULENT IDEAS A CIVILIZATION OF “T-CELLS” DUDGEON ADDICTION A CIVILIZATION IMMUNE TO ERROR?

CHAPTER SIX - LESSONS IN ACCOUNTABILITY

A NEW “COMMONS” THE RISKS PEOPLE WILL ENDURE GUARDING THE GUARDIANS HACKED TO BITS THE END OF CIVILITY? CHOICE ON THE INTERNET: BLOOD FLOW OR GANGRENE ARENAS FOR FAIR DEBATE WHAT’S IN IT FOR US?

CHAPTER SEVEN - THE WAR OVER SECRECY

CLIPPER CHIP AND PASCAL’S CHOICE MORE “ESSENCES”—MORE ERRORS WE CAN PRESERVE PRIVACY THE SINGAPORE QUESTION THE ALLURE OF SECRECY DEFEATING THE TRICKS OF TYRANTS THE DEVIL’S OWN DICHOTOMIES

PART III - ROAD MAPS CHAPTER EIGHT - PRAGMATISM IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD

NAMES, PASSWORDS, AND SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS: THE PROBLEM OF IDENTIFICATION ANONYMITY VERSUS PSEUDONYMITY PRAGMATIC TRANSPARENCY A TOOL KIT FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

CHAPTER NINE - HUMILITY AND LIMITS

THE JUDGMENT OF MATHEMATICS: IS SECRECY POSSIBLE? THE JUDGMENT OF TECHNOLOGY HOW THINGS MIGHT GO WRONG

CHAPTER TEN - GLOBAL TRANSPARENCY

NETWAR CAN NETWARS BE WON?

CHAPTER ELEVEN - THE ROAD OF OPENNESS

THE GARDEN OF LIBERTY A SHOPPING LIST FOR THE FUTURE NEGOTIATING WITH THE ENEMY THE FLOW OF INFORMATION, THE FLOW OF LIFE

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