If You Don T Love It Leave It Summary

As the internet evolved, people have changed their perceptions of what is important to them. People are more desensitized to a lack of privacy by the constant necessity of giving it up, if through needing to sign up for a service, or by putting pictures out on social networks This has happened in online privacy and in the trust of online services. Charles Howarth’s piece “Technology is making us blind: the dangerous complacency of the iPhone era” argues that over time people have lost wariness of technology. Esther Dyson’s “If You Don’t Love It, Leave It” argues that the regulation of online content is dangerous. These two articles exemplify the progression of changing perceptions, from wary and almost fearful of technology to complacent about
For years, it has been suggested to always stay anonymous online. That changed with the rise of social media, facebook in particular. People now trust that facebook, instagram, snapchat, etc. are not doing things that would actually harm the user, even though they know that it would be a possibility. The users do not necessarily want to give up their privacy though, it has just become such a convenience as to be almost required. Howarth relates, “... this view of technology as fearsome is seldom expressed in the sci-fi films since 2000” (Howarth 87). The government also has been spying on people through the internet, as leaked by Edward Snowden. There was outrage, but eventually it died down with no real consequence. A similar thing is happening with recent FCC decisions being made to change the rules for net neutrality. It is similar because seemingly outrageous things are occurring, but people do not care enough to change anything. In the past, when these types of situations have occurred, there has been even greater outrage, and the government has complied with public opinion, but now there is not the same kind of reaction. It is like people are becoming apathetic about this important