Terry Nugent
Sep 9, 2018 · 1 min read

This is the world we live in. There are many upsides. Targeted ads are more relevant than mass marketing. In addition, more effective ads are good economic stimuli. Furthermore, by making marketing note efficient and effective, they make public companies more profitable, delivering better returns to 401ks.

Data is a tool. Like any other tool, it is neither good nor evil. The user determines whether it is used for productive or destructive purposes.

The Luddite approach to managing the risks vs. rewards of data and tech is to regulate with a bus toward online anonymity. In fact, well regulated digital identity can benefit netizens by making their online experience more valuable and functional. Imagine a world where passwords are passé. That is the better future we’ll deny ourselves if we let privacy paranoia shackle progressives.

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