So without privacy politicians would work to build a Utopia or something? This is not worth the time of The Atlantic, or what I thought that institution was about. The idea that people will act more ethically because of privacy is something out of a Dystopian novel, but he actually sees this as Utopian; this makes me wonder if this is a prank.
Let us wonder, if we give up all privacy, I imagine this applies to institutions. So, when Google gives me their Secret key, or wait, no one will ever use encryption because there will be no secrets, what stops someone from firing a nuclear weapon because of course we will not have secrets like the "launch codes." I realize in such a Utopia we won't need nuclear weapons but let's Utopia will start tomorrow, before we get rid of these weapons ... What's to stop some mentally ill person from using the free knowledge to destroy the world of all new-found anti-privacy advocates?
Oh, you may say "we won't share those secrets." OK, where does this end because I don't know see how you get Utopia without everyone following this silly idea. I mean, it may come as a surprise, but humans are (relatively) intelligent self-interested agents and will not always follow such noble ideals as no-privacy, particularly if they will have grey area sorts of cases, such as keep launch codes secret. It's just such a farce. I never thought anyone could make Zuckerberg seem like someone that has intelligent thoughts about privacy but here we are.