Comments on: Bentham and the Privacy of the Grave http://blog.law.cornell.edu/voxpop/2009/07/08/peter_winn/ New voices in legal information Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:09:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: cearta.ie » Ding, ding! Seconds out, round one: National Portrait Gallery Wikipedia v Wikipedia http://blog.law.cornell.edu/voxpop/2009/07/08/peter_winn/#comment-35 cearta.ie » Ding, ding! Seconds out, round one: National Portrait Gallery Wikipedia v Wikipedia Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:51:33 +0000 http://blog.law.cornell.edu/voxpop/2009/07/08/peter_winn/#comment-35 [...] A piece on this by TechnoLlama (Andres Guadamuz) – including the choice of image, though its subject has previously appeared on this blog – is too good to pass up (links in original): National [...] […] A piece on this by TechnoLlama (Andres Guadamuz) – including the choice of image, though its subject has previously appeared on this blog – is too good to pass up (links in original): National […]

]]> By: Four short links: 13 July 2009 | DodaPedia http://blog.law.cornell.edu/voxpop/2009/07/08/peter_winn/#comment-27 Four short links: 13 July 2009 | DodaPedia Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:06:51 +0000 http://blog.law.cornell.edu/voxpop/2009/07/08/peter_winn/#comment-27 [...] Bentham and the Privacy of the Grave — [M]uch of what Bentham meant to address in the context of his Panoptic structures we now take for granted. In Bentham’s lifetime, Parliamentary deliberations were confidential. Bentham’s arguments forced them into the sunlight. Legal decisions and statute books were accessible only to lawyers and judges. Bentham’s arguments led to codification of the law, and increasingly accessible legal rules. Bentham was far ahead of his time — the first modern information theorist. The idea that all actions of government would be presumptively available for public review did not become part of U.S. law until the passage of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in 1967. As we speak, it appears the English parliament is only now learning Bentham’s message about publicity. Bentham was an early transparency advocate, economist, and character. I first read of him in the excellent A Brief History of Economics: Artful Approaches to the Dismal Science. (via carlmalamud on Twitter) [...] […] Bentham and the Privacy of the Grave — [M]uch of what Bentham meant to address in the context of his Panoptic structures we now take for granted. In Bentham’s lifetime, Parliamentary deliberations were confidential. Bentham’s arguments forced them into the sunlight. Legal decisions and statute books were accessible only to lawyers and judges. Bentham’s arguments led to codification of the law, and increasingly accessible legal rules. Bentham was far ahead of his time — the first modern information theorist. The idea that all actions of government would be presumptively available for public review did not become part of U.S. law until the passage of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in 1967. As we speak, it appears the English parliament is only now learning Bentham’s message about publicity. Bentham was an early transparency advocate, economist, and character. I first read of him in the excellent A Brief History of Economics: Artful Approaches to the Dismal Science. (via carlmalamud on Twitter) […]

]]> By: Four short links: 13 July 2009 | Design Website http://blog.law.cornell.edu/voxpop/2009/07/08/peter_winn/#comment-26 Four short links: 13 July 2009 | Design Website Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:56:41 +0000 http://blog.law.cornell.edu/voxpop/2009/07/08/peter_winn/#comment-26 [...] Bentham and the Privacy of the Grave — [M]uch of what Bentham meant to address in the context of his Panoptic structures we now take for granted. In Bentham’s lifetime, Parliamentary deliberations were confidential. Bentham’s arguments forced them into the sunlight. Legal decisions and statute books were accessible only to lawyers and judges. Bentham’s arguments led to codification of the law, and increasingly accessible legal rules. Bentham was far ahead of his time — the first modern information theorist. The idea that all actions of government would be presumptively available for public review did not become part of U.S. law until the passage of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in 1967. As we speak, it appears the English parliament is only now learning Bentham’s message about publicity. Bentham was an early transparency advocate, economist, and character. I first read of him in the excellent A Brief History of Economics: Artful Approaches to the Dismal Science. (via carlmalamud on Twitter) [...] […] Bentham and the Privacy of the Grave — [M]uch of what Bentham meant to address in the context of his Panoptic structures we now take for granted. In Bentham’s lifetime, Parliamentary deliberations were confidential. Bentham’s arguments forced them into the sunlight. Legal decisions and statute books were accessible only to lawyers and judges. Bentham’s arguments led to codification of the law, and increasingly accessible legal rules. Bentham was far ahead of his time — the first modern information theorist. The idea that all actions of government would be presumptively available for public review did not become part of U.S. law until the passage of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in 1967. As we speak, it appears the English parliament is only now learning Bentham’s message about publicity. Bentham was an early transparency advocate, economist, and character. I first read of him in the excellent A Brief History of Economics: Artful Approaches to the Dismal Science. (via carlmalamud on Twitter) […]

]]> By: tideliar http://blog.law.cornell.edu/voxpop/2009/07/08/peter_winn/#comment-25 tideliar Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:41:04 +0000 http://blog.law.cornell.edu/voxpop/2009/07/08/peter_winn/#comment-25 Nice article. First time I saw Bentham was when I interviewed there for med school I think...1993 maybe The Panopticon was a great idea and still has value. But free information exchange also leads to propaganda and other manipulations. Someone, or something, must control the flow of information. To use a cheap analogy, if information is the spice of life, we can look to Herbert's 'Dune': he who controls the spice, controls the universe. I think the affront to our moral sensibilities comes from the simple, evolutionarily advantageous trait of mistrust of others' motives. Why would I share absolutely when I have no guarantee that you are doing the same (prisoner's dilema?). The Panopticon as a thought experiment is fine, but like Utopia fails the minute you add humans and human nature to the mix. ******* Sent from my phone, please excuse typos. Nice article. First time I saw Bentham was when I interviewed there for med school I think…1993 maybe

The Panopticon was a great idea and still has value. But free information exchange also leads to propaganda and other manipulations. Someone, or something, must control the flow of information. To use a cheap analogy, if information is the spice of life, we can look to Herbert’s ‘Dune’: he who controls the spice, controls the universe.

I think the affront to our moral sensibilities comes from the simple, evolutionarily advantageous trait of mistrust of others’ motives. Why would I share absolutely when I have no guarantee that you are doing the same (prisoner’s dilema?). The Panopticon as a thought experiment is fine, but like Utopia fails the minute you add humans and human nature to the mix.

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Sent from my phone, please excuse typos.

]]> By: Four short links: 13 July 2009 | Tech-monkey.info Blogs http://blog.law.cornell.edu/voxpop/2009/07/08/peter_winn/#comment-24 Four short links: 13 July 2009 | Tech-monkey.info Blogs Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:46:16 +0000 http://blog.law.cornell.edu/voxpop/2009/07/08/peter_winn/#comment-24 [...] Bentham and the Privacy of the Grave — [M]uch of what Bentham meant to address in the context of his Panoptic structures we now take for granted. In Bentham’s lifetime, Parliamentary deliberations were confidential. Bentham’s arguments forced them into the sunlight. Legal decisions and statute books were accessible only to lawyers and judges. Bentham’s arguments led to codification of the law, and increasingly accessible legal rules. Bentham was far ahead of his time — the first modern information theorist. The idea that all actions of government would be presumptively available for public review did not become part of U.S. law until the passage of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in 1967. As we speak, it appears the English parliament is only now learning Bentham’s message about publicity. Bentham was an early transparency advocate, economist, and character. I first read of him in the excellent A Brief History of Economics: Artful Approaches to the Dismal Science. (via carlmalamud on Twitter) [...] […] Bentham and the Privacy of the Grave — [M]uch of what Bentham meant to address in the context of his Panoptic structures we now take for granted. In Bentham’s lifetime, Parliamentary deliberations were confidential. Bentham’s arguments forced them into the sunlight. Legal decisions and statute books were accessible only to lawyers and judges. Bentham’s arguments led to codification of the law, and increasingly accessible legal rules. Bentham was far ahead of his time — the first modern information theorist. The idea that all actions of government would be presumptively available for public review did not become part of U.S. law until the passage of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in 1967. As we speak, it appears the English parliament is only now learning Bentham’s message about publicity. Bentham was an early transparency advocate, economist, and character. I first read of him in the excellent A Brief History of Economics: Artful Approaches to the Dismal Science. (via carlmalamud on Twitter) […]

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