nostatenocaliphate

Would you agree with Snowden when he says "Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say?" Don't we need to convince more people of the vital importance of privacy when it comes to our freedom in order to build a mass movement to overturn the USA Freedom Acts of our world, and any other bills and institutions that threaten our ability to think, speak, and read freely? If a majority population just doesn't care, will those of use who currently do be enough to fight back the increasing attacks on net nuetrality, privacy, etc. launched by corporate and state institutions?

What do you think are the root causes behind the "I have nothing to hide" attitude towards electronic surveillance, and how do you think privacy advocates can best counter this ubiquitously pernicious argument?

Do you identify with the cypherpunk movement at all? If so, which ideas resonate most strongly with you? If not, in which way(s) do you think they have it wrong?

Are people more informed than ever due to the freedom and diversity of information on the Internet, or have the institutions that control the television waves and the debate halls managed to assert their dominance in the political space of the Internet, limiting the scope of acceptable ideas and defining the terms of the debate (or otherwise numbing the people to these thoughts at all with mindless entertainment)? Is propaganda what it used to be? Has it become more subtle or nuanced? Is the nation-state becoming obsolete in the face of a totally interconnected and politically aware world? Are decentralized and minimally hierarchical forms of governance like democratic confederalism in Rojava informed in part by the successes of the Internet, or vice-versa?

Can you describe your work as a member of the board of Freedom of the Press Foundation? What's it like working with such a star-studded board and where do you see the organization going in the future? Do you ever feel like there is too much star power and not enough grassroots support for FPF or is there, for it's size, and we just don't hear about it because it's not a juggernaut like the EFF?