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Much as the idea of God as an all-knowing force shaped behavior in the early medieval period, we are now entering an era when a new form of mysterious omniscience—the global data economy collecting and harnessing human information in pervasive ways most of us are incapable of comprehending—could have a profoundly similar effect on human social behavior. By looking back to the early Middle Ages, this session discusses how we might be in a better position to understand the cultural and legal implications for the future of privacy.

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