Instruction
listen to this lecture by Glenn Greenwald (Links:
https://www.ted.com/talks/glenn_greenwald_why_privacy_matters?language=en#t-912775
) on privacy and take notes. Then, answer these questions
Comprehension questions based on Greenwald’s talk on privacy concerns
1) What is the “common sentiment” that the speaker says arises in the debate over mass surveillance and privacy?
2) Greenwald initially simplifies the aforementioned sentiment by saying that it is based on a perception that there are two kinds of people: ________________ and _________________.
3) What action did Mark Zuckerberg take that contradicts his statement that “privacy is no longer a ‘social norm’”?
4) Why does the Greenwald give people his email address?
5) In Greenwald’s view, why is privacy craved “so universally and instinctively”?
6) What did each of these philosophers/authors have to say about privacy, and in what context?
a. Jeremy Benthem
b. Michel Foucault
c. George Orwell
7) Why does Greenwald say we want to avoid the lesson that “only those who are dissidents, who challenge power, who have…to worry about [privacy]”?
8) Near the end, Greenwald refers to “two destructive messages/lessons.” What are they?
9) What is your personal, overall reaction to Greenwald’s views? Thinking more broadly, how is privacy viewed in the city/country in which you grew up, and does it differ from Greenwald?