Without privacy, everything becomes a constant battle of "what will other people (and bots) think of what I'm doing" - powerful people, companies, and peers, people today and in the future.

I feel like this is already true of my life. In fact, this is probably true for everyone who has an insignificant life. Of course, if I go against social norms publicly or when I say something that attacks the freedom of others, others are going to push back. But I generally feel extremely free to do what I want to do and I feel very private merely because I Am not somebody many people care about. To be honest, I'd even LIKE if people cared more

I think this is also why groupchats (Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram) & smaller spaces (Discord) are thriving. 90% of my social app activity moved there, and when I try to introspect, that's because I can be myself there.

So if I say something controversial, these handpicked people (my friends) won't judge me. And if they do, they'd do it in a well-intentioned way. On the other side of the spectrum is sharing your hot take on Twitter which results in a huge public storm.

I think that's kinda the case for normies unless you live in a super small village and say a lot of outrageous stuff or behave some sort of way that goes against the social norms of that place (everyone will know haha)

One of the problems for me with having every take on X or some other place is that people will go back to your dumb takes from 15 years ago to ruin your credibility in the present - completely disregarding the fact that... people can change their views. I think that's where the right to be forgotten matters a lot.