4min chapter

Free Thoughts cover image

Why Privacy Matters (with Neil Richards)

Free Thoughts

CHAPTER

Intimacy Enables Different Types of Relationships

I think much of our political polarization has come from technological models based upon engagement, jamming things that outrage us and sharing facts about people. And i think some of that anger comes from forcing information about our views out of its intimate context into collision with ads that make the face books and twitters of the world more money. By contrast, you mentioned intimacy a moment. Intimacy is an example where we have privacy and we have choice,. We bring people in as our confidence, as our friends, as our intimates a into what we really think. But notice too where there is intimacy, or where there are lawyers and doctors, and where there is trust, we actually share more information

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode