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karl Says:

January 2nd, 2010 at 9:13 pm

I do not use anymore the term privacy for a couple of years. The term is not anymore making sense in the framework we are living now. I prefer to use intimacy (the degree of being close with someone or an environment) and opacity (the thickness between the « me » and the others having access to « me »)

I have written a few blog posts about this topic.

http://www.la-grange.net/2009/09/22/opacite

The opacity surrounding the « me » follows these principles:

1. Global : chaque unité d’information est disponible partout sur terre.

2. Instantané : chaque unité d’information est disponible en temps réel.

3. Répliqué : chaque unité d’information est répliquée à l’identique.

4. Permanent : chaque unité d’information est conservée pour une longue période de temps.

L’idéal d’aujourd’hui, en terme de fiction collective, serait que tous les exploités jusqu’au trognon aiment et comprennent qu’on les exploite non par méchanceté mais par nécessité. Et qu’ils en viennent à penser que s’ils étaient à la place du chef ou d’un de ses sbires, ils agiraient de même, seraient aussi vulgaires et décomplexés que lui. Si on peut les faire rêver à ça, au lieu des lendemains qui chantent, le tour est gagné.

L’impasse, est-ce vraiment le rêve de révolution ? Ne serait-ce pas le rêveur lui-même ?

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