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The Dangerous Temptations of Instant Truth


From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 03:31:50 -0500



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From: Tom Gray <tom_gray_grc () yahoo com>
Date: December 6, 2008 5:56:00 PM EST
To: dave () farber net, tom_gray_grc () yahoo com
Subject: The Dangerous Temptations of Instant Truth




Prof Farber:

For IP if you think it suitable

With networked technology, intelligence is being driven to the periphery with the capacity of knowledge being generated locally. Disjoint data can be merged to create knowledge. This places public data in an entirely different position in respect to privacy. Information that was previously difficult to generate is now almost trivial.


From the Times of London :

The Dangerous Temptations of Instant Truth
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/matthew_parris/article5295428.ece









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