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EconTalk
Russ Roberts
Let Me Be Forgotten (with Lowry Pressly)
1 hour 21 minutes Posted Aug 4, 2025 at 10:30 am.
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What do we lose when every moment is recorded, every action scrutinized, and every past mistake preserved? Philosopher and author Lowry Pressly joins EconTalk's Russ Roberts to discuss why privacy isn't just about secrets or information control, the necessity of spontaneity, the importance of moral growth, and what we need to become fully human. From photography to forgetting, surveillance to selfhood, this episode challenges our assumptions about what it means to be seen--and unseen--in a data-driven world.