I was watching a Joe Scott video about the Somerton Man, and at one point he mentions it’s believed he just wanted to be forgotten.
I’ve met a lot of people who are like this. They feel too dysphoric about their life and are eager to see the day when their families all pass away or have memory loss so that the worst parts of their life aren’t in other peoples’ heads anymore. It’s sad.
There are a lot of things we consider rights by default. There’s a right to a burial. There’s a right to a last meal. There’s a right to a will. Some of these have people who philosophize about them but most are taken for granted.
Do you think there’s a right to be forgotten? How much do you validate it? What’s your reasoning?
Yeah, “Right to be Forgotten” is a bit of a misnomer. It’s trying to be catchy, but oversimplifies the issue. At the end of the day it’s a data privacy concern. It’s less about someone else remembering you, and more about someone else resharing information they gathered about you with a third party without your consent. But that’s harder to put a name to.
Lemmy users turning every discussion into a data privacy concern. Literally not what the OP is talking about
I take it this thread is the first time you’ve heard the phrase Right to be Forgotten?