CIS 2050 Study Guide - Final Guide: Yoweri Museveni, Zeitgeist, Information Cascade

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Computing and Information Science
• Course: CIS 2050
• Professor: Garvin Blair

Document Summary

A growing number of people argue that the notion of having a private life in which we carefully restrict the information we share with others may not be a good idea. Scott mcnealy, the erstwhile sun microsystems ceo, who in 2000 stated: you have zero privacy anyway. The new view holds that we should all be more forthcoming in sharing intimate, personal information; that it would benefit us individually and society as a whole. Jeff jarvis, in his book public parts, makes the case for sharing and he practices what he preaches. He says this has had an enormously positive effect on his life, arguing the world would be a better place if everyone were more like him. He concludes that while sharing should be a personal choice, privacy regulation should be avoided because it"s more likely to prematurely undermine the benefits of sharing than to prevent the dangers. The facebook founders think more visibility makes us better people.