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> At this point I’m carrying so many electronic devices with me or at home that I’ve give up on going out of my way to prevent getting tracked

As much as I hate the guy, Kissinger made a great point in an interview with Eric Schmidt paraphrased:

'We have lived a fairly peaceful period in the last century with a stable world order, we should not assume that this is guaranteed to continue forever.'

We usually don't like to think in centuries or decades. But a democratic state today can become autocratic 50 years from now.

Equally, today caring about my privacy is just adding a lot of friction to me daily live. 50 years from now, I have no guarantee that myself or someone in my family becomes 'a person of interest' for my government.

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I start to think that in an ordinary human lifetime it is more likely than not to experience disaster. If you were born in 1945 and are still alive today, you may have picked the most lucky period to have lived through of all possible. I am not concvinced the next 75 years will be as peaceful as the past 75.

I'm not sure how true that is. I think it's dependent on location really or country for conflicts. Some places have seen a lot of violence. Violent crime rates were pretty high in some areas too.

Yes I realize it is not a very general statement. Many places have experienced conflicts also during this period. But in average, I think it may still be true.

Yes. Second amendment supporters often make the same point.

> But a democratic state today can become autocratic 50 years from now.

It can happen in years, nevermind decades.

"Equally, today caring about my privacy is just adding a lot of friction to me daily live. 50 years from now, I have no guarantee that myself or someone in my family becomes 'a person of interest' for my government."

Careful there. Now you're sounding like you you don't want to obey the government/laws if you don't agree with what is created in the future. At least this has been the argument around many gun laws that create registries, quasi-registries, or release identity information publically, especially with the Overton window and rhetoric.

Edit: why disagree? Really, still no response? Isn't this the general play that is being mentioned in the prior comment - information gathered now can be used against them by the government in the future when the laws change or are ignored? Is this only an issue when it's applied to some people or topics but not others?

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