I should add that the story is especially appropriate for the HN crowd because the privacy-less world is realized by a Google-like tech company that decides tha

I should add that the story is especially appropriate for the HN crowd because the privacy-less world is realized by a Google-like tech company that decides that complete transparency via omnipresent recording devices would lead to a healthier society. The arguments made by Noah in the article are identical to those used by the tech company in the book.