Re: How transparent should transparency be?

From: Natasha Vita-More (natasha@natasha.cc)
Date: Fri Aug 01 2003 - 18:55:06 MDT

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    At 08:06 AM 8/1/03 -0400, Alex wrote:

    > I'm all for transparency in theory, but just how transparent
    > should we
    >make things?

    Depends on the forum. I like this list being transparent, and I'm more
    inclined to promote a transparent culture. Conversely, I am a very private
    person and don't like people knowing my personal business unless I share it.

    The problem is the gossip and assumption factors. If we don't tell
    everything, people make assumptions. If I lived in a society that was more
    compassionate and reasonable, I wouldn't mind it being much more
    transparent - and that goes for my personal life. Because of this, on a
    scale of 1 - 10, my personal privacy is at 10.

    Natasha

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