It's important that we elevate and primarily focus on the rights of American citizens, but it's also important that we don't forget, 95 percent of the world's population lives beyond our own borders.
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A child born today will grow up with no conception of privacy at all. They'll never know what it means to have a private moment to themselves an unrecorded, unanalysed thought. And that's a problem because privacy matters, privacy is what allows us to determine who we are and who we want to be.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the importance of privacy in shaping one's identity in the modern world.
Edward Snowden highlights the significance of privacy by stating that future generations will grow up without understanding the concept of personal space or unrecorded thoughts. He argues that this lack of privacy is detrimental, as it plays a crucial role in individual identity and self-determination.
Themes
PrivacyIdentityFreedomSocietyTechnology
In practice
Example use cases
In a discussion about the impacts of technology on society, one might quote Snowden to illustrate the risks to personal privacy.
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