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[Jan Whitaker]

At 08:10 AM 25/03/2013, Kim Holburn wrote:
>It's just one of those trackers that I block.  News sites these days 
>have twenty or so of these.  I just don't want all these sites to be 
>collecting data about me without asking me and with no apparent way 
>of me opting out.

It is all in the approach, isn't it? The idea of maximising related 
links, a la Google predictive search to a degree, should be serving 
users, not using users. Unfortunately, the majority of the public 
aren't informed enough to understand the underlying deal with the 
'devil' in order to protect themselves. It's all 'new math' to them.

I don't know, maybe it is we who are taking it all too seriously (can 
hear Brenda chuckling). In the scheme of things, maybe it's time to 
surrender and drink the Koolaid. This revolution in information 
behaviour exploitation to sell the latest gadget (it is all a soap 
opera of circus and entertainment after all) or shoes or feel-good 
pill is so engrained in the psyche now, it's probably too late 
anyway. I think society has lost the plot (or maybe it's just me).

Bring on the cherry tomatoes!!

Jan



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Our truest response to the irrationality of the world is to paint or 
sing or write, for only in such response do we find truth.
~Madeline L'Engle, writer

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