I don't know. I suspect you live in the US so it might be easier there, but here in the UK I feel very unusual in my desire for privacy and freedom.
I have tried to convince people here that it's weird that the government, businesses and individuals are constantly filming us and using AI to monitor us, but in their view it's a good thing because it allows the government to stop bad people or supermarkets to stop theft, etc... And I don't even strictly disagree... If you value safety and are trusting of authority then mass surveillance is a reasonable position. I'm just not oriented that way personally. In my view the greater risk is a monopoly like the government abusing it's authority against me.
I suspect we'd need a cultural movement for people to start to care, and I'm not sure how you make privacy and freedom cool again...
More controversially I think it's just how I'm wired... And that you can't convince people to distrust authority. My desire for freedom and distrust of authority has been with me since I was extremely young. My dad is wired like it too, and so is my sister. We never talk politics as a family, but I've noticed how we're strangely aligned on these issues. In the UK people took lockdown very seriously, but we were all outraged about the idea of the government imposing house arrest on us, regardless of the risk.
I think your willingness to bend to authority is very core and hard wired trait. It's a trait which can be rapidly selected for in basically all social animals. The US as a country massively selected for people who were orientated towards risk and freedom, but not so much anymore. In fact, it's hard being anti-authority in an increasingly hierarchical corporate world.
The thing that scares me is the thought that most people do notice but simply don't care.
Any ideas on how we make the care?
I don't know. I suspect you live in the US so it might be easier there, but here in the UK I feel very unusual in my desire for privacy and freedom.
I have tried to convince people here that it's weird that the government, businesses and individuals are constantly filming us and using AI to monitor us, but in their view it's a good thing because it allows the government to stop bad people or supermarkets to stop theft, etc... And I don't even strictly disagree... If you value safety and are trusting of authority then mass surveillance is a reasonable position. I'm just not oriented that way personally. In my view the greater risk is a monopoly like the government abusing it's authority against me.
I suspect we'd need a cultural movement for people to start to care, and I'm not sure how you make privacy and freedom cool again...
More controversially I think it's just how I'm wired... And that you can't convince people to distrust authority. My desire for freedom and distrust of authority has been with me since I was extremely young. My dad is wired like it too, and so is my sister. We never talk politics as a family, but I've noticed how we're strangely aligned on these issues. In the UK people took lockdown very seriously, but we were all outraged about the idea of the government imposing house arrest on us, regardless of the risk.
I think your willingness to bend to authority is very core and hard wired trait. It's a trait which can be rapidly selected for in basically all social animals. The US as a country massively selected for people who were orientated towards risk and freedom, but not so much anymore. In fact, it's hard being anti-authority in an increasingly hierarchical corporate world.