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What does it mean?
Storing everything digitally erodes privacy and weakens community bonds.
In plain terms
Data collection destroys privacy and community.
What can you take from it?
Digitization threatens personal privacy and community.

Where it applies

  • data collection
  • social media
  • surveillance

Putting it to work

  • protect personal data
  • advocate for privacy

Questions to consider

  • Is privacy possible in the digital age?
  • How does data collection affect trust?

Another view

Communities may adapt rather than disappear entirely.

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