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Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux

5623 The Price of Privacy!

Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux

Stefan Molyneux

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🗓️ 3 September 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

In this lecture, Stefan Molyneux examines the complex interplay between individual privacy rights and societal expectations. He raises important questions about how privacy concerns manifest, particularly in situations like mandatory checks for potential child abuse, while advocating for a balance between personal privacy and societal needs. Molyneux employs relatable analogies to depict how privacy affects employment and personal relationships, illustrating the risks of excessive privacy on opportunities and trust. He discusses how individuals often trade privacy for convenience in everyday interactions, emphasizing the economic repercussions tied to privacy choices in various industries. Ultimately, Molyneux urges a thoughtful approach to privacy, urging listeners to reflect on the long-term effects of their choices on social and professional dynamics.

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0:00.0

Well, good evening everybody, hope you're doing well.

0:03.0

Step had my own new farm, free domain.

0:05.0

So the question of privacy came up to the light stream.

0:08.0

I just wanted to do a really bit of follow up on that one lad.

0:12.0

And the question of privacy people said, well I did

0:17.0

an ennoble, I didn't like the fact that you had all of this invasion of privacy that it was mandatory to get these

0:26.4

scans for your kids to find out if they were abused and so on and people just

0:30.5

didn't like the privacy now Now I get, I get the privacy thing. Of course, right?

0:36.4

Of course. But I think it's also really important to not go too far in that direction, which is sort of a pointless thing to say, let me sort of frame that. It's like, you're over-exaggerating. It's like, well, that's kind of by definition, right? So I want you to picture your hiring manager and someone wants a job.

0:56.0

And let's say it's some high level job requires a lot of skill, education, experience, expertise, and... education experience expertise and the person comes in and you say can I see a

1:08.3

resume and they hand you a blank sheet of paper or a sheet of paper with

1:11.7

everything blacked out right right? Well then you would say, well no, I can

1:16.4

need to see your education and your references and your experience and all kinds of stuff, right? And if the person says, no, I'm going to keep that information private that's fine then the person has exercised their right to privacy

1:30.7

but they won't get the job.

1:33.0

If you meet a woman and you're both 35, let's say, you meet a woman, you think she's nice and smart, funny, cute or whatever, and you talk with her, and you say,

1:45.0

you say, hey, what's your name?

1:47.0

And she says, nope, that's private.

1:50.0

Again, she has the perfect right to stay private.

1:54.0

People do not need to, they don't have a right for you to tell them your name.

2:00.0

So she's perfectly private.

2:02.0

However, it would probably be wise to not have a second date, right?

2:05.8

A little too private, right? Or if you say, tell me a little bit about your life.

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