There is nothing we like to communicate to others as much as the seal of secrecy together with what lies under it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think, increasingly, despite what we are being told is an ever more open world of communication, there is a terrible alienation in the ordinary man between what he is being told and what he secretly believes.
In this age of communications that span both distance and time, the only tool we have that approximates a 'whisper' is encryption. When I cannot whisper in my wife's ear or the ears of my business partners, and have to communicate electronically, then encryption is our tool to keep our secrets secret.
Communication is at the very core of our society. That's what makes us human.
I don't set out to transmit a message. I don't write with a political point of view. There are no religious overtones. Looking back at my books, I can say, 'Oh, yes, it is there.' But it's not in my mind when I write.
Communication is everyone's panacea for everything.
If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.
The more we elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.
We don't need secrecy.
The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.
Secrecy is what is known, but not to everyone. Privacy is what allows us to keep what we know to ourselves.