Here’s Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law at Stanford University questioning the benefits of government transparency:
“There is no questioning the good that transparency creates in a wide range of contexts, government especially. But we should also recognize that the collateral consequence of that good need not itself be good. And if that collateral bad is busy certifying to the American public what it thinks it already knows, we should think carefully about how to avoid it.”
The whole thing is worth a look though.
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