I discuss this pretty regularly with Brin (on G+).  We disagree strongly.<p>His point is that <i>souveillance is the solution</i>.  I disagree for the reasons expressed by Bruce Schneier (in his famous exchange with Brin) and Yonatan Zunger (in a comment included on my G+ profile page links).  Surveillance <i>amplifies</i> power imbalances.<p>Power and People have different mixes of power and vulnerability.  Each exploits its strengths and fears its weaknesses.  Transparency doesn&#x27;t of itself balance those differences though.  If anything, it amplifies them.<p>That said, I&#x27;m for transparency punching up.  Less so punching down absent clear justification -- much as the US founding fathers established in the Bill of Rights.