The Future of the Internet II: Transparency v. privacy
One of the questions posed to almost 750 technology experts, executives, consultants and futurists worldwide. In the comments, please agree or disagree with whether the situation described will exist in 2020 and explain your reasoning.
Transparency builds a better world, even at the expense of privacy: As sensing, storage and communication technologies get cheaper and better, individuals' public and private lives will become increasingly "transparent" globally. Everything will be more visible to everyone, with good and bad results. Looking at the big picture -- at all of the lives affected on the planet in every way possible -- this will make the world a better place by 2020. The benefits will outweigh the costs.
