{"id":14065,"date":"2013-06-01T07:49:57","date_gmt":"2013-06-01T14:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=14065"},"modified":"2013-06-01T07:49:57","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T14:49:57","slug":"onward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/01\/onward\/","title":{"rendered":"Onward"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sorry for the couple of days non-posting. This may make no sense, but it’s been a combination of having nothing to say and having too much to say.<\/p>\n

I’ve wanted to go back to that Memorial Day post<\/a> to explain myself better and maybe answer a few commentors.<\/p>\n

But I didn’t think I should poke a stick in that hornet’s nest again. So I’ll just say thanks to those who commented thoughtfully (whether agreeing or disagreeing), thanks to those who offered new insights, thanks to those who defended me, and a much more ironic thanks to people who proved my point by flipping into a swivet.<\/p>\n

—–<\/p>\n

I’m still in that state of having too much yet too little to say. I’ve been thinking a lot this week about privacy. Obviously, it’s still a huge (and ever-more huge) concern, but in this era of tracking devices in our pockets and terrifyingly targeted advertising<\/a>, it seems that millions have chosen to be their very own personal Big Brother. And it appears that people may soon choose to make things much more dangerous<\/a> for themselves. <\/p>\n

Since Orwell, writers have warned of the power of Big Brother. More recently, of corporate Little Brothers<\/a>. But whoever would have guessed that when the surveillance state arrived in full, we’d embrace it as the latest cool-and-groovy thing and become our own Evil Twins, happily paying to spy on ourselves for the benefit of those other siblings?<\/p>\n

So I’ve wrestled this week with writing about privacy, too. Because it desperately needs doing but seems increasingly futile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sorry for the couple of days non-posting. This may make no sense, but it’s been a combination of having nothing to say and having too much to say. I’ve wanted to go back to that Memorial Day post to explain myself better and maybe answer a few commentors. But I didn’t think I should poke a stick in that hornet’s nest again. So I’ll just say thanks to those who commented thoughtfully (whether agreeing or disagreeing), thanks to those who offered new insights, thanks to those who defended me, and a much more ironic thanks to people who proved my…<\/p>\n

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